I would like to have a model of a flexible hanging rope in Gazebo. I couldn’t find any examples or models of it. Please suggest me examples or resources for this. I am looking forward for the help.
You can start by creating a model with many small linear parts connected by ball joints or hinge joints. I highly suggest generating the model by a script to get all the positions and offsets exact.
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You mean a cable as combination of many small linear lines. Can anyone show me any existing examples of this in Gazebo ?
Not exactly a rope, but you can get some inspiration from the models for tracked vehicles with tracks composed of many small segments, e.g.: GitHub - yoshito-n-students/gazebo_continuous_track .
@peci1 Are you trying to say the sdf of track as an inspiration ?
Yes, a track is basically just a rope with both ends knotted together =)
Another example modeling a fire hose.
I have made a simple exemplary cable/rope with cartesian position control. Please check out https://github.com/jmz3/Gazebo_cable