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Published inFeb 2020
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Bernardo Ronquillo Japón
Bernardo Ronquillo Japón
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Bernardo Ronquillo Japón

Bernardo Ronquillo Japn is an Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics expert who has worked for top technology companies since 1995, including Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias, Gran Telescopio Canarias, Altran, and Alestis Aerospace. Using his skills and experience, he founded The Robot Academy, where he develops open source hardware and software solutions for engineers and makers: Social Robot IO (2015), for the stimulation of children with autistic spectrum disorder; Robot JUS (2016), which helps engineers get deeper technical insights with the Robot Operating System (ROS) when using low-complexity hardware; and IIoT All-in-One (2018) as an industrial IoT training package for assisting companies in their digital transformation process.
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Moving your model around

Once the simulation has been launched, you can use the interaction icons in the Gazebo window. For example, you can play with the rotation tool of the environment toolbar to see how gravity affects the cone when you move it from its point of equilibrium:

Also, you can access the Joints panel (drag from the right border of the Gazebo window if it is not visible), select the GoPiGo model from the left pane, and under the Force tab in the Joints panel, apply 1 N.m torque to the left wheel. You will see how the robot starts to rotate around the right wheel, where no external force is acting:

These interactions are quite simple, and at this point, they should give you a good taste of what simulation can support your work as a robotics engineer.

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Bernardo Ronquillo Japón

Bernardo Ronquillo Japn is an Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics expert who has worked for top technology companies since 1995, including Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias, Gran Telescopio Canarias, Altran, and Alestis Aerospace. Using his skills and experience, he founded The Robot Academy, where he develops open source hardware and software solutions for engineers and makers: Social Robot IO (2015), for the stimulation of children with autistic spectrum disorder; Robot JUS (2016), which helps engineers get deeper technical insights with the Robot Operating System (ROS) when using low-complexity hardware; and IIoT All-in-One (2018) as an industrial IoT training package for assisting companies in their digital transformation process.
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