gazebo_ros_control plugin: GazeboRosControlPlugin missing <legacyModeNS> DefaultRobotHWSim

asked 2018-05-28 03:51:44 -0500

bas
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I upgraded my Linux box from Ubuntu 17.04 to 18.04 (x64) and upgraded ROS lunar to melodic. Now, when I run my launch file I get the following error:

[ERROR] [1527494740.144219702, 307.635000000]: GazeboRosControlPlugin missing <legacyModeNS> while using DefaultRobotHWSim, defaults to true.
This setting assumes you have an old package with an old implementation of DefaultRobotHWSim, where the robotNamespace is disregarded and absolute paths are used instead.
If you do not want to fix this issue in an old package just set <legacyModeNS> to true.

I am not sure what this error message is telling me. Let me sum what I think I know:

The gazebo_ros_control plugin is a gazebo plugin providing an interface to control a robot in gazebo from ros. (so maybe this is not the right place to ask this question)
I am not sure which setting assumes that I am using an old implementation of DefaultRobotHWSim, but DefaultRobotHWSim is part of the ubuntu package ros-melodic-gazebo-ros-control. The following package is currently installed on my system: ros-melodic-gazebo-ros-control/bionic,now 2.8.2-0bionic.20180522.164152 amd64 [installed,automatic]

So according to the error message I have two options here:

Fix this issue in an old package or
set <legacyModeNS> to true

For 1. I am not sure what AN OLD PACKAGE refers to, one of my packages or the gazebo_ros_control plugin package and for 2. I am not sure where to set <legacyModeNS> to true.

I have another error where my publisher is stopping to publish control messages once I set a new set point, but I thought I fix the most obvious error first.

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Hi, have you fixed this issue? I met the same issue today. Thanks a lot.

lacfo ( 2018-08-26 15:53:00 -0500 )edit

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answered 2018-05-28 04:39:27 -0500

bas
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Reading the source code in gazebo_ros_control_plugin.cpp for melodic and lunar (http://docs.ros.org/melodic/api/gazebo_ros_control/html/gazebo__ros__control__plugin_8cpp_source.html) this error message must have made its appearance already in lunar. I must have missed it.

So, for

this would mean fixing the gazebo_ros_control plugin (as far as I understand)

<legacyModeNS> goes into the .gazebo file accompanying the .urdf ord .xacro file

<gazebo>
  <static>false</static>

  <plugin name="gazebo_ros_control" filename="libgazebo_ros_control.so">
    <robotNamespace>/mugator_manip</robotNamespace>
    <robotSimType>gazebo_ros_control/DefaultRobotHWSim</robotSimType>
    <legacyModeNS>true</legacyModeNS>
  </plugin>
</gazebo>

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thanks, it can solve the question.

Yanqingyang ( 2019-03-19 01:01:30 -0500 )edit

Solved mine too

Reshmon ( 2019-05-06 03:24:10 -0500 )edit

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What do you mean by "fixing the gazebo_ros_control plugin"? I have kinetic on Ubuntu 16.04 ang having the same problem even though I have gazebo-ros-control installed. How do I fix this?

teshansj ( 2019-09-17 23:00:35 -0500 )edit

I also have Kinetic on Ubuntu 16.04, and I added the line <legacynodens>true</legacynodens> in my gazebo file, just like @bas proposed. It seems to work, since I don't have the error anymore. I only had one .gazebo file, so it was easy to find it in my folders.

petitpoulet ( 2019-10-02 09:42:53 -0500 )edit

Where can I find the file where I can update legacyModeNS ?

oovidiustr ( 2019-10-18 10:10:21 -0500 )edit

below command should retrieve the path of the file where the changes need to be done.

grep robotSimType -R /home/my_name/catkin_ws

Replace the path in above command with your catkin workspace directory

sujideevi ( 2020-02-03 21:00:07 -0500 )edit

where is file?I cant find it.

moyu ( 2020-03-27 04:34:55 -0500 )edit

where to find the file? the .gazebo file i mean

mohan_pannirselvam ( 2020-05-05 15:48:27 -0500 )edit

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answered 2020-07-10 03:32:20 -0500

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updated 2020-07-10 22:13:25 -0500

jayess
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Go to ur_discription/urdf/commom.gazebo.xacro and modify the file by as follows

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<robot xmlns:xacro="http://wiki.ros.org/xacro">

  <gazebo>
    <plugin name="ros_control" filename="libgazebo_ros_control.so">
      <!--robotNamespace>/</robotNamespace-->
      <!--robotSimType>gazebo_ros_control/DefaultRobotHWSim</robotSimType-->
      <legacyModeNS>true</legacyModeNS>
    </plugin>

<!--
    <plugin name="gazebo_ros_power_monitor_controller" filename="libgazebo_ros_power_monitor.so">
      <alwaysOn>true</alwaysOn>
      <updateRate>1.0</updateRate>
      <timeout>5</timeout>
      <powerStateTopic>power_state</powerStateTopic>
      <powerStateRate>10.0</powerStateRate>
      <fullChargeCapacity>87.78</fullChargeCapacity>     
      <dischargeRate>-474</dischargeRate>
      <chargeRate>525</chargeRate>
      <dischargeVoltage>15.52</dischargeVoltage>
      <chargeVoltage>16.41</chargeVoltage>
    </plugin>
-->
  </gazebo>
</robot>

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