Is it possible to visualize two robot models in RViz?
I tried to find a way to do this but every guide is about Gazebo, not Rviz. Any help will be appreciated.
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I tried to find a way to do this but every guide is about Gazebo, not Rviz. Any help will be appreciated.
Yes it is possible. The most important thing to remember is namespaces. Check out Multiple robots simulation and navigation.
Here is an example launch file with 3 turtlebot3 robots in gazebo. You will have to visualize your RViz topics.
<launch>
<!-- <param name="/use_sim_time" value="true"/> -->
<arg name="model" default="$(env TURTLEBOT3_MODEL)" doc="model type [burger, waffle, waffle_pi]"/>
<arg name="first_tb3" default="tb3_0"/>
<arg name="second_tb3" default="tb3_1"/>
<arg name="third_tb3" default="tb3_2"/>
<!-- 3 in the same room: -->
<arg name="first_tb3_x_pos" default="3.0"/>
<arg name="first_tb3_y_pos" default="4.0"/>
<arg name="first_tb3_z_pos" default=" 0.0"/>
<arg name="first_tb3_yaw" default=" 0.0"/>
<arg name="second_tb3_x_pos" default=" 3.0"/>
<arg name="second_tb3_y_pos" default="1.0"/>
<arg name="second_tb3_z_pos" default=" 0.0"/>
<arg name="second_tb3_yaw" default=" 0.0"/>
<arg name="third_tb3_x_pos" default=" 3.0"/>
<arg name="third_tb3_y_pos" default=" 3.0"/>
<arg name="third_tb3_z_pos" default=" 0.0"/>
<arg name="third_tb3_yaw" default=" 0.0"/>
<include file="$(find gazebo_ros)/launch/empty_world.launch">
<arg name="world_name" value="$(find turtlebot3_gazebo)/worlds/turtlebot3_house.world"/>
<arg name="paused" value="false"/>
<arg name="use_sim_time" value="true"/>
<!-- <arg name="gui" value="false"/> -->
<arg name="gui" value="true"/>
<arg name="headless" value="false"/>
<arg name="debug" value="false"/>
</include>
<group ns = "$(arg first_tb3)">
<param name="robot_description" command="$(find xacro)/xacro $(find turtlebot3_description)/urdf/turtlebot3_$(arg model).urdf.xacro" />
<node pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="robot_state_publisher" name="robot_state_publisher" output="screen">
<param name="publish_frequency" type="double" value="50.0" />
<param name="tf_prefix" value="$(arg first_tb3)" />
</node>
<node name="spawn_urdf" pkg="gazebo_ros" type="spawn_model" args="-urdf -model $(arg first_tb3) -x $(arg first_tb3_x_pos) -y $(arg first_tb3_y_pos) -z $(arg first_tb3_z_pos) -Y $(arg first_tb3_yaw) -param robot_description" />
</group>
<group ns = "$(arg second_tb3)">
<param name="robot_description" command="$(find xacro)/xacro $(find turtlebot3_description)/urdf/turtlebot3_$(arg model).urdf.xacro" />
<node pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="robot_state_publisher" name="robot_state_publisher" output="screen">
<param name="publish_frequency" type="double" value="50.0" />
<param name="tf_prefix" value="$(arg second_tb3)" />
</node>
<node name="spawn_urdf" pkg="gazebo_ros" type="spawn_model" args="-urdf -model $(arg second_tb3) -x $(arg second_tb3_x_pos) -y $(arg second_tb3_y_pos) -z $(arg second_tb3_z_pos) -Y $(arg second_tb3_yaw) -param robot_description" />
</group>
<group ns = "$(arg third_tb3)">
<param name="robot_description" command="$(find xacro)/xacro $(find turtlebot3_description)/urdf/turtlebot3_$(arg model).urdf.xacro" />
<node pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="robot_state_publisher" name="robot_state_publisher" output="screen">
<param name="publish_frequency" type="double" value="50.0" />
<param name="tf_prefix" value="$(arg third_tb3)" />
</node>
<node name="spawn_urdf" pkg="gazebo_ros" type="spawn_model" args="-urdf -model $(arg third_tb3) -x $(arg third_tb3_x_pos) -y $(arg third_tb3_y_pos) -z $(arg third_tb3_z_pos) -Y $(arg third_tb3_yaw) -param robot_description" />
</group>
</launch>
Asked: 2023-04-15 04:06:29 -0500
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Last updated: Jul 27 '23
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Your question has not enough information. Are these 2 wheeled-robots on a map, or are they 2 robot arms? What exactly do you want to visualize?
wheeled robots.