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Robot_description not found

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asked 2012-05-23 12:40:49 -0500

paepcke
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I installed Fuerte using 'sudo apt-get install ros-fuerte-pr2-desktop' I can rosmake various packages, including arm_navigation/planning_environment.

However, when I run 'roslaunch planning_environment environment_server.launch', the service cannot find the (presumably PR2) robot model:

...: Robot model '/robot_description' not found! Did you remap 'robot_description'?

I thought any required models would have come down with the ros-fuerte-pr2-desktop installation. Unless by side effect, I did not remap 'robot_description'.

Anything else I need to install or configure?

Thanks!

Andreas

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The problem ended up being libmysql.so missing various symbols. This defect then prevented Gazebo from initializing properly. Re-installing libmysqlclient16 made the problem disappear. Unclear how the defective library came down. (Thanks to Lorenz for the answer, though.)

paepcke ( 2012-05-26 21:21:26 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-05-24 00:13:51 -0500

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Did you upload a robot description to the parameter server? Normally, you execute the planning launch file when you either have a real robot or simulation running. You can also upload the robot description with

roslaunch pr2_description upload_pr2.launch

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