The Robobo model is compatible with Gazebo 11 (ROS Noetic). These two versions can be downloaded from:

• Gazebo 11: https://github.com/mintforpeople/robobo-gazebo-simulator

The readme file on the previous links contains written instructions of the model basic usage.

As starting point, we encourage you to watch the following video tutorial:

https://documentation.theroboboproject.com/gazebo/tutorial_gazebo.mp4

It contains a detailed explanation of the following aspects:

• Gazebo model installation
• Available ROS topics
• Available ROS services
• Running programs from Python scripts
• Example of application

To run the same script in the real and simulated Robobo is very simple.

Starting with the real robot, to run a script, the following steps must be performed:

$ cd ~/<workspace_name>
$ source devel/setup.bash
$ export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://<<robobo_ip>>:11311/

Then, the script should be saved in the robobo_examples/src folder

Next, the script must be made executable:

$ chmod +x <<name_script.py>>

Finally, this script must be executed:

$ rosrun robobo_examples <<name_script.py>>

The first step is to configure simulation, as explained in https://github.com/mintforpeople/robobo-gazebo-simulator#simulation-configuration

Then, the model must be launched using:

$ cd ~/<workspace_name>
$ source devel/setup.bash
$ roslaunch robobo_gazebo robobo.launch

Finally, the script must be executed as in the case of the real one:

$ rosrun robobo_examples <<name_script.py>>