gazebo_launch.py

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import os
 
from ament_index_python.packages import get_package_share_directory
 
from launch import LaunchDescription
from launch.actions import DeclareLaunchArgument, ExecuteProcess
from launch.conditions import IfCondition, UnlessCondition
from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration, PythonExpression
 
 
def generate_launch_description():
    declare_use_simulator_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "use_simulator", default_value="False", description="Whether to execute gzclient)"
    )
 
    use_simulator = LaunchConfiguration("use_simulator")
    world = LaunchConfiguration("world")
    headless = LaunchConfiguration("headless")
    show_gz_lidar = LaunchConfiguration("show_gz_lidar")
 
    sm_dance_bot_strikes_back_dir = get_package_share_directory("sm_dance_bot_strikes_back")
    launch_dir = os.path.join(sm_dance_bot_strikes_back_dir, "launch")
 
    declare_use_simulator_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "use_simulator", default_value="True", description="Whether to start the simulator"
    )
 
    declare_simulator_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "headless", default_value="False", description="Whether to execute gzclient)"
    )
 
    declare_show_gz_lidar = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "show_gz_lidar",
        default_value="True",
        description="Whether to apply a namespace to the navigation stack",
    )
 
    declare_world_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "world",
        default_value=os.path.join(
            sm_dance_bot_strikes_back_dir, "worlds", "ridgeback_race.world"
        ),
        description="Full path to world model file to load",
        condition=IfCondition(show_gz_lidar),
    )
 
    declare_world_cmd_2 = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        "world",
        default_value=os.path.join(
            sm_dance_bot_strikes_back_dir, "worlds", "ridgeback_race_no_lidar.world"
        ),
        description="Full path to world model file to load",
        condition=UnlessCondition(show_gz_lidar),
    )
 
    # Create the launch description and populate
    ld = LaunchDescription()
 
    # xtermprefix = "xterm -xrm 'XTerm*scrollBar:  true' -xrm 'xterm*rightScrollBar: true' " \
    # "-hold -geometry 1000x600 -sl 10000 -e"
 
    gzenv = dict(os.environ)
    model_database_uri = os.environ["GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH"]
    gzenv["GAZEBO_MODEL_DATABASE_URI"] = model_database_uri
 
    # Specify the actions
    start_gazebo_server_cmd = ExecuteProcess(
        condition=IfCondition(use_simulator),
        cmd=["gzserver", "-s", "libgazebo_ros_init.so", world, "--verbose"],
        env=gzenv,
        cwd=[launch_dir],
        output="screen",
    )
 
    start_gazebo_client_cmd = ExecuteProcess(
        condition=IfCondition(PythonExpression([use_simulator, " and not ", headless])),
        cmd=["gzclient"],
        cwd=[launch_dir],
        env=gzenv,
        output="screen",
    )
 
    # Add any conditioned actions
    ld.add_action(declare_simulator_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_simulator_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_world_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_world_cmd_2)
 
    ld.add_action(declare_show_gz_lidar)
 
    ld.add_action(start_gazebo_server_cmd)
    ld.add_action(start_gazebo_client_cmd)
 
    return ld