🌌 rosSimverse

rosSimverse is a focused repository for ROS-based simulations using URDF/XACRO, Gazebo environments, and ROS launch files. All content is centered on ROS 1 (Noetic) workflows and robot modeling using simulation tools.

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🧭 Table of Contents

Module/Folder	Description
GazeboBot/	Contains a basic robot model defined using model.sdf and model.config, suitable for spawning in Gazebo via ROS.
HexaCopter/	Simulates a hovering drone using a firefly_base.xacro robot model and a ROS launch file for dynamic testing in Gazebo.

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🤖 Features Covered

• Build robots using URDF/XACRO and ROS integration
• Simulate robot models in Gazebo environments
• Launch robots via roslaunch with pre-defined states
• Integrate simple control logic (e.g., hover using MAVROS)

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📚 ROS Learning Resources

🚦 ROS Core

• ROS Wiki (Noetic)
• ROS Tutorials

🏗 Robot Modeling

• URDF & XACRO
• Gazebo + ROS Integration

🧰 Useful Packages

• robot_state_publisher
• joint_state_publisher
• gazebo_ros
• mavros

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🛠 Requirements

• ROS 1 (tested on Noetic)
• Gazebo 9 or 11
• catkin_make workspace setup
• Optional: RViz, MAVROS tools

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🚀 Quick Start

cd ~/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/rosSimverse.git
cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash