Re: [PlayerStage-Gazebo] Three questions about gazebo svn HEAD

[Stephan P. <ple...@gm...>]

I experience the exact same issues:


Peter Nordin wrote:
> 1. The resRange parameter is missing from the hokuyo-urg-04l.model.
>   
What is this parameter good for?
> 2. When I set an object (box or sphere) to static the visuals and 
> geometry are placed exactly 2 times the given <xyz> value but the laser 
> still hits the object at the specified location. If I select the object 
> in gazebo the bounding box is drawn around the visual at 2*<xyz>. If I 
> use <static> false its OK. Static objects are not standing still though. 
> The are slowly rotating and moving around.
>   
This is a little annoying.
> 3. I dont know if this is a bug but, why do some objects (boxes usually) 
> slowly move around or rotate (when <static> = false). Trying to build 
> obstacle courses with non static objects is difficult as the obstacles 
> move around.
>
> 4. When an object is selected and I drag or scroll the mouse to move it, 
> gazebo crashes with the following error “ODE INTERNAL ERROR 2: invalid 
> operation for locked space in dGeomMoved()”. Usually it does not crash 
> right away but after about one second of movement.
>   
This is weird, with earlier versions of gazebo it was possible to move 
objects around, and I think it was a quite useful feature.
> 5. During installation the contents of /usr/local/share/gazebo does not 
> seem to be updated. Som new LaserBlue color was missing , and the new 
> sicklms model file with resRange was not included.  (I had to manually 
> copy and replace the files). I am using Kubuntu 8.04.
>   
As much as I like the new "fan" option, the graphics of the ray sensor 
(fan or lines) are not working properly, although the data published to 
the interface looks good.

    Stephan