[ROS Q&A] 002 - Parallel Robots - Implementing closed kinematic chains

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Creating robots with Closed Kinematics structures in URDF is not supported. Thats why we have to use SDF format to be able to create them.
Here is a micro-tutorial on how to create a simple closed box example in RDS: http://www.theconstructsim.com/rds-ros-development-studio/.
You will also learn how to move it through the gzclient applying torques to the joints.
Thank you to https://github.com/progtologist/gazebo-tracks because it was very useful to get this simple example working.

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