Bug solution multi-vehicles in wamv_gazebo.urdf.xacro #644
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When trying to launch a second vessel with the name wamv2, the following error message was shown "[ERROR] [launch]: Caught exception in launch (see debug for traceback): Error Code 20: Msg: Child frame with name[wamv/base_link] specified by joint with name[wamv_external_pivot_joint] not found in model with name[WAM-V]" The problem was found in line 103 of the wamv_gazebo.urdf.xacro file, in which the namespace was not properly referenced to the namespace but only to the standard topic namespace of "wamv/base_link". As a result without changing the child to "$(arg namespace)/base_link, it is not possible to spawn a second vehicle with a different namespace. Therefor, without the change, it would not be possible to control the vessels independent of each other, as both subscribe to the same topic.
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When trying to launch a second vessel with the name wamv2, the following error message was shown
[ERROR] [launch]: Caught exception in launch (see debug for traceback): Error Code 20: Msg: Child frame with name[wamv/base_link] specified by joint with name[wamv_external_pivot_joint] not found in model with name[WAM-V]When inspecting the problem (also see problem #638), I found the problem in line 103 of the
wamv_gazebo.urdf.xacrofile, in which the namespace was not properly referenced to the namespace but only to the standard topic namespace ofwamv/base_link. As a result without changing the child to$(arg namespace)/base_link, it is not possible to spawn a second vehicle with a different namespace. Therefore, without the change, it would not be possible to control the vessels independent of each other, as both subscribe to the same topic.Tested the changes for ROS2