Anemometer Sensor

A Gazebo anemometer sensor to measure wind speed and direction.

Usage

Add the SDF for the sensor to a <link> element of your model.

<sensor name="anemometer_sensor" type="anemometer">
  <always_on>true</always_on>
  <update_rate>50</update_rate>
  <topic>anemometer</topic>
</sensor>

Published Topics

1. ~/anemometer (gazebo::msgs::Param_V)

• time (gazebo::msgs::Time)
  The simulation time of the observation.

• true_wind (gazebo::msgs::Vector3d)
  The true wind at the link origin.

• apparent_wind (gazebo::msgs::Vector3d)
  The apparent wind at the link origin (i.e. true wind adjusted for the link velocity).

Parameters

1. <always_on> (bool, default: false)
   Standard <sensor> parameter. See SDF documentation for details.

2. <update_rate> (double, default: 0)
   Standard <sensor> parameter. See SDF documentation for details.

3. <topic> (string, default: ~/anemometer)
   Standard <sensor> parameter. See SDF documentation for details.