Wamv model not found

[huiyulhy]

Describe the bug
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Running the standard competition command or command from custom WAMV to launch the simulation gives the following error on gazebo: ros2 launch vrx_gz competition.launch.py world:=sydney_regatta

Gazebo does not seem to be able to download the model of the WAMV - is there another way to download the meshes and place them into a directory?

Expected behavior
WAMV mesh should be downloaded and rendered, but the download does not seem to work.

To Reproduce
Ran the same steps per the instructions on installing VRX and launching the competition environment.

System Configuration:
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• OS: Ubuntu 22.04
• ROS Version: Ros2 Humble
• Gazebo Version: Gazebo garden
• Graphics Card: Nvidia 1660 super
• Are you using VRX or VRX Classic? VRX

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[caguero]

Hi! I can't reproduce this error. WAM-V doesn't have to be downloaded, it's generated on the fly from URDF.

Could you paste the error message that you're getting?
Are you using the latest VRX version?

[huiyulhy]

Sorry I forgot to attach this earlier, here is a screenshot of the error and how my wamv looks like on gazebo - it seems like my computer is unable to fetch the meshes from the wamv folder and also the thruster folder. I had just recently (maybe 3 days again) cloned the main branch from VRX - is that the correct VRX version?

[caguero]

Could you share the output of this command?

env | grep GZ

[huiyulhy]

This is the output from my terminal for this command, thanks for helping me to troubleshoot this!

[caguero]

The paths on GZ_SIM_RESOURCE_PATH look wrong. For instance, instead of:
/home/lhy/vrx_ws/install/wamv_description/share/wamv_description/models
you should have:
/home/lhy/vrx_ws/install/share/wamv_description/models

I wonder if you ran colcon build in the vrx_ws directory. My suggestion is to clear your workspace:

rm -rf build install log

Recompile again and in a new terminal source the appropriate install/setup.bash.

[huiyulhy]

This works great for me now. Thanks for helping me with troubleshooting!

[mvanlobensels]

How can I make Gazebo search in install/wamv_description/share/wamv_description/models instead?