[ROS Q&A] 117 – How to Launch a ROS Industrial Robots Simulation

In this video we will see how to launch a complex industrial environment with several robots in it, including ROS industrial robots and service robots.

The simulation contains a UR5 industrial robot and a couple of mobile bases. Also, many types of sensors include, including lasers cameras, and even a conveyor belt simulation.

This amazing simulation was created by the OSRF for their ARIAC competition 2017 using Gazebo simulator

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Step 1. Create a project in ROS Development Studio(ROSDS)

ROSDS helps you follow our tutorial in a fast pace without dealing without setting up an environment locally. If you haven’t had an account yet, you can create a free account here. You can get the shared project through this link .

Step 2. Run the simulation

We prebuilt the package for this project. You can run the simulation with the following command

source ~/simulation_ws/install/setup.bash
rosrun osrf_gear gear.py --development-mode -f /home/user/simulation_ws/install/share/osrf_gear/config/sample.yaml

You can then open the gazebo simulation from Tools->Gazebo. You should see the whole simulation of a warehouse.

Step 3. Demo

We prepared a demo which you can simply launch with the following command

./catkin_ws/src/demo.sh

After executing, you should see the robots are moving around.

We will use this simulation in a future ROS Developers Live Class #20 for playing with robots in industrial environments:

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Edit by: Tony Huang

RELATED LINKS
▸ OSRF: https://www.osrfoundation.org/
▸ ARIAC competition: http://gazebosim.org/ariac

▸ Robot Ignite Academy
▸ ROS Industrial online course
▸ ROS Development Studio