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Adding ultrasonic sensor to the robot

asked 2017-04-24 15:59:39 -0600

FAIZ gravatar image

Hello everyone. I am new to ROS and was using gazebo for simulation of Innok_Heros robot. Is it possible to add ultrasonic sensor to this robot, if yes can someone please hint me on the method to do the same.

Thank you.

-FAIZ.

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answered 2017-04-24 20:45:30 -0600

Geoff gravatar image

updated 2017-04-24 20:45:51 -0600

You can use the gazebo_ros_range plugin to simulate an ultrasonic (sonar) sensor. Look at lines 82 to 115 of this test world file to see how to add one to your own simulated robot.

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Thank you for the reply, I am using urdf file. Will this work on that.

FAIZ gravatar image FAIZ  ( 2017-04-25 00:10:31 -0600 )edit

Yes, you can put the relevant information in your URDF file wrapped in a <gazebo> tag. See this tutorial on using URDF with Gazebo and this one on adding a laser scanner to the URDF.

Geoff gravatar image Geoff  ( 2017-04-25 00:32:22 -0600 )edit

Does this work for ROS2 ?

Ahmad Altarabeen gravatar image Ahmad Altarabeen  ( 2022-05-18 16:29:57 -0600 )edit

Look at ROS 2 Migration for the ported version of the range sensor plugin.

mrubio gravatar image mrubio  ( 2022-11-10 08:49:56 -0600 )edit
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answered 2020-07-08 07:17:21 -0600

mananmadman gravatar image

I agree with the top answer, I tried it, it worked for me.

You can have a look at my code if you want:

https://github.com/OpenPi-bot/robot-s... :)

The code for the sensor is plugin is in this file:

https://github.com/OpenPi-bot/robot-s...

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works for me on Noetic.

amjack gravatar image amjack  ( 2022-08-04 04:17:24 -0600 )edit

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