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How can I activate/deactivate sensors in Gazebo?

asked 2015-08-20 19:55:26 -0500

Neil Traft
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Is it possible, from ROS, to send a message to Gazebo to turn on/off a sensor by name?

Peeking at the source code, I see the sensors themselves have a setActive(bool) function. Is there an existing way to access this via messages, or would I need to write my own SensorPlugin?