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How to dynamically update mass/center of mass/inertia during Gazebo sim

asked 2017-04-06 01:47:03 -0500

r0salesr gravatar image

Hi,

Components in the URDF files can be assigned static mass, center of mass, and inertial matrix.

Is there a way to update those values dynamically once the Gazebo simulation environment has started up?

For example, say I had a fuel tank on a robot and I wanted to decrease the weight and center of mass of the tank as a function of engine power output over time. Or maybe I have a robot expelling a liquid from a holding tank or sucking up a liquid into a holding tank.

I can't seem to find a solution to this in the ROS docs.

Thank you, Randy

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answered 2017-04-07 00:21:27 -0500

r0salesr gravatar image

Yep...just needed to look a little longer. The GetMass() and SetMass functions in the Gazebo inertial physics library had what I wanted.

Thanks! Randy

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answered 2017-04-06 04:47:17 -0500

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I think you can find the answer here:

http://answers.gazebosim.org/questions/

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