Doubt about ultrasonic and IR sensors

Question

Hi all, I've seen in the SDF format, that there are IR sensors, but when I include one in a model, Gazebo gives me an error (Error [SensorManager.cc:151] Unable to create sensor of type[ir]).

How can I create an IR sensor?

And, the next one: to create an Ultrasonic (range) sensor, I need to create a ray sensor as it's parent?

I'm very noob with Gazebo, and still learning, but the tutorial on the web is with a contact sensor and doesn't works for my purposes.

Thank you.

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Originally posted by pablogaralv on Gazebo Answers with karma: 15 on 2013-02-14

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Original comments

Comment by Daniel Vaz on 2013-02-16:
http://gazebosim.org/wiki/Tutorials/1.3/control_robot/mobile_base_laser has a tutorial that uses a laser sensor. I don't know if the laser can help you, but maybe the tutorial could clarify some ideas.

Answer 1

The upcoming version of gazebo (1.9) will have ultrasonic sensor built in.

You can create an IR sensor using a ray sensor, and just use one ray.

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Originally posted by nkoenig with karma: 7676 on 2013-07-23

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