Gazebo Tutorials

Gazebo tutorials are organized into Guided and Categorized. Documentation is also available for the API, and a help forum is located at Gazebo Answers.

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Guided

A curriculum-style set of tutorials, recommended for people new to Gazebo.

Beginner
First-time Gazebo users

  1. Overview and Installation
  2. Understanding the GUI
  3. Model Editor
Bonus material
  1. Building with custom SVG
  2. Building Editor
  3. Logging and Playback

Intermediate
Customize simulation

  1. Construct a Velodyne LiDAR
  2. Model appearance
  3. Sensor Noise
  4. Upload Velodyne model
  5. Control plugin
  6. Connect to ROS

Advanced
Contribute to Gazebo.

  1. Where is the code?
  2. Run your own copy of Gazebo
  3. Workflow
  4. Code quality
  5. Code review

Category: Get Started

Welcome to the Gazebo tutorials! This is a great place to start, especially if you're a new Gazebo user. Each category to the left presents a collection of relevant tutorials.

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Quick Start
Simple and fast introduction to Gazebo.
Gazebo Components
Overview of the basic components in a Gazebo simulation.
Gazebo Architecture
Overview of Gazebo's code structure.
Capture screenshot
Shows how to capture a screen shot of Gazebo's render win...