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: Physics Library

A core component of Gazebo are the physics engines. These tutorials describe how to use the physics engines in order to acheive desired behavior.

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Friction
How to setup friction properties.
Torsional friction
How to setup torsional friction properties.
Collide bitmask
Learn how to control which geometries collide or do not c...
Fluids
Fluid simulation on the GPU using Fluidix library.
Aerodynamics
Simulate aerodynamic robots and vehicles with the LiftDra...
Hydrodynamics
Simulate self-propelling underwater submarines using lift...
Clone a simulation
This tutorial describes how to clone the current simulation.
Manage physics profiles
Use the Preset Manager interface to store and switch betw...
Parallel physics
Take advantage of improved physics performance with two d...
Physics Parameters
How to tune the physics parameters.