diffbot.xacro

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<robot name="robot" xmlns:xacro="http://www.ros.org/wiki/xacro">
<!--
Robot model taken from http://wiki.ros.org/pr2_mechanism/Tutorials/SImple%20URDF-Controller%20Example
-->
  <xacro:include filename="$(find diff_drive_controller)/test/wheel.xacro"/>

  <xacro:property name="deg_to_rad" value="0.01745329251994329577"/>

  <!-- Constants for robot dimensions -->
  <xacro:property name="width" value="0.5" /> <!-- Square dimensions (widthxwidth) of beams -->
  <xacro:property name="wheel_radius" value="0.11" /> <!-- Link 1 -->
  <xacro:property name="thickness" value="0.086" /> <!-- Link 2 -->
  <xacro:property name="axel_offset" value="0.05" /> <!-- Space btw top of beam and the each joint -->

  <!-- Links: inertial,visual,collision -->
  <link name="base_link">
    <inertial>
      <!-- origin is relative -->
      <origin xyz="0 0 0" rpy="0 0 0"/>
      <mass value="5"/>
      <inertia ixx="5" ixy="0" ixz="0" iyy="5" iyz="0" izz="5"/>
    </inertial>
    <visual>
      <geometry>
        <box size="${width} 0.1 0.1"/>
      </geometry>
    </visual>
    <collision>
      <!-- origin is relative -->
      <origin xyz="0 0 0"/>
      <geometry>
        <box size="${width} 0.1 0.1"/>
      </geometry>
    </collision>
  </link>


  <link name="base_footprint">
    <visual>
      <geometry>
        <sphere radius="0.01"/>
      </geometry>
    </visual>
    <collision>
      <origin xyz="0 0 0"/>
      <geometry>
        <sphere radius="0.00000001"/>
      </geometry>
    </collision>
  </link>
  <joint name="base_footprint_joint" type="fixed">
    <origin xyz="0 0 ${wheel_radius}" rpy="0 0 0"/>
    <child link="base_link"/>
    <parent link="base_footprint"/>
  </joint>


  <!-- Wheels -->
  <xacro:wheel name="wheel_0" parent="base" radius="${wheel_radius}" thickness="${thickness}">
    <origin xyz="${width/2+axel_offset} 0 0" rpy="${-90 * deg_to_rad} 0 0"/>
  </xacro:wheel>
  <xacro:wheel name="wheel_1" parent="base" radius="${wheel_radius}" thickness="${thickness}">
    <origin xyz="${-width/2+axel_offset} 0 0" rpy="${-90 * deg_to_rad} 0 0"/>
  </xacro:wheel>


  <!-- Colour -->
  <gazebo reference="base_link">
    <material>Gazebo/Green</material>
  </gazebo>

  <gazebo reference="base_footprint">
    <material>Gazebo/Purple</material>
  </gazebo>

</robot>