Examples are valid for:

ROS version: Kinetic
Ubuntu version: ubuntu-16.04

This problem is shown in the figure.

When executing "roslaunch  xarm_gazebo  xarm6_beside_table.launch  run_demo: = true", all joints of the UFACTORY xArm are at 0 in the gazebo.

Solutions

●  Comment out the Pid parameter of the joint under the gazebo_ros_control module      in the xarm6_traj_controller file.
● Comment out the Pid parameter of the joint under the gazebo_ros_control module in the xarm6_position_controllers file.
●   Save the xarm6_traj_controller.yaml and the xarm6_position_controllers.yaml

The directory of the xarm6_traj_controller file: src/xarm_controller/config/xarm6_traj_controller.yaml

xarm:    
  joint_state_controller:      
  type: joint_state_controller/JointStateController      
  publish_rate: 50
         
xarm6_traj_controller:      
  type: position_controllers/JointTrajectoryController      
  joints:        
     - joint1        
     - joint2        
     - joint3        
     - joint4        
     - joint5        
     - joint6      
constraints:          
  goal_time: 0.5          
  stopped_velocity_tolerance: 0.05          
  joint1: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}          
  joint2: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}          
  joint3: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}          
  joint4: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}          
  joint5: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}          
  joint6: {trajectory: 1, goal: 0.01}      
stop_trajectory_duration: 0.2      
state_publish_rate:  25      
action_monitor_rate: 10      

# No Pid gains specified error fix    
# gazebo_ros_control:    
#   pid_gains:    
#     joint1: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}    
#     joint2: {p: 1400.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}    
#     joint3: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 5.0}    
#     joint4: {p: 850.0, i: 3.0, d: 5.0}    
#     joint5: {p: 500.0, i: 3.0, d: 1.0}    
#     joint6: {p: 500.0, i: 1.0, d: 1.0} 


The directory of the xarm6_position_controllers file: src/xarm_controller/config/xarm6_position_controllers.yaml

xarm: 
# Publish all joint states ----------------------------------- joint_state_controller:
type: joint_state_controller/JointStateController
publish_rate: 50

# Position Controllers --------------------------------------- joint1_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint1
pid: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}
joint2_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint2
pid: {p: 1400.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}
joint3_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint3
pid: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 5.0}
joint4_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint4
pid: {p: 850.0, i: 3.0, d: 5.0}
joint5_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint5
pid: {p: 500.0, i: 3.0, d: 1.0}
joint6_position_controller:
type: position_controllers/JointPositionController
joint: joint6
pid: {p: 500.0, i: 1.0, d: 1.0}

# No Pid gains specified error fix
# gazebo_ros_control:
# pid_gains:
# joint1: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}
# joint2: {p: 1400.0, i: 5.0, d: 10.0}
# joint3: {p: 1200.0, i: 5.0, d: 5.0}
# joint4: {p: 850.0, i: 3.0, d: 5.0}
# joint5: {p: 500.0, i: 3.0, d: 1.0}
# joint6: {p: 500.0, i: 1.0, d: 1.0}

●  After the problem is solved, execute the following commands, xArm will move              normally in gazebo, see the following video.

source devel/set.bash
roslaunch xarm_gazebo xarm6_beside_table.launch run_demo:=true



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