Is there a way to specify the initial position of the Robotic from .world file?
Hi, I winder if I can specify the initial position of the robotic that I can later control using rosrun on some script file in the .world file? For example, when I include a <include> block of turtlebot in the .world file and run on this .world file, the turtlebot in the Gazebo map is not controllable, like this .world file below:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sdf version="1.5">
<world name="basic_world">
<include>
<uri>model://ground_plane</uri>
</include>
<include>
<uri>model://sun</uri>
<pose>6 3 3.7 0 0.4 2.5</pose>
<name>sun_0</name>
</include>
<include>
<uri>model://turtlebot</uri>
<pose>-1.1 2.6 -0.245 -0.78 0 0</pose>
<name>turtlebot_1</name>
</include>
</world>
</sdf>
If I then run rosrun on some control script attempt to drive the turtlebot, nothing would happen, the turtlebot seems to be only a 'pure' model on the map, only I ran roslaunch on a turtlebot package and change the map reference to my own map I can control that turtlebot on the map with my Python script, like this:
roslaunch turtlebot_gazebo turtlebot_world.launch world_file:=my.world
And it seems that to change the initial position of this 'controllable' turtlebot would be something not very easy and smooth, I may have to dive deep into the code of the official turtlebot package and change the initial position, a seperate process of .world file. So my question being, is there a way I can specify the initial position(6 parameters, x, y, z, roll, pitch, yaw) of a controllable turtlebot in the Gazebo .world file? By saying controllable, I mean I can later run rosrun on a Python control script in another terminal to control that turtlebot to make it move and perform certain tasks in the Gazebo simulation.
I'm doubting whether you wouldn't get better answers/more response on Gazebo Answers. The fact you're using a
.world
file for this essentially makes it a Gazebo-specific question.