Gazebo Fortress

offers a robust physics engine & high-quality graphics. Allows roboticists to test algorithms, design robots, perform regression testing, and train AI systems using realistic scenarios.

Pre-req: Virtual Machine

• Gazebo

  • Compatible with ROS2 Iron according to this link

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    Reason behind Gazebo Fortress

Installation

Installation instructions or continue here (same tutorial)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lsb-release wget gnupg

sudo wget https://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.gpg -O /usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ignition-fortress

Launch Gazebo (Link)

ign gazebo sim quadcopter.sdf