# RealSense Camera not working on Gazebo

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**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/realsense-camera-not-working-on-gazebo/893 "2024-01-19T10:40:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/realsense-camera-not-working-on-gazebo/893/2 "2024-01-31T21:28:32Z")

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Hi @iibuan, I recently sent you instruction for creating a ROS workspace to run the Gazebo simulation of Stretch

> [@Create Workspace for using Gazebo Simulator](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/create-workspace-for-using-gazebo-simulator/897/2):
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> Hi @iibuan, the stretch\_create\_catkin\_workspace.sh script is meant to be run on a Stretch robot. The script is looking for calibration data unique to the robot to set up other parts of the ROS workspace. Since you’re only interested in getting the Gazebo simulation running, I’ve put together the following instructions for you. It’ll create a ROS workspace that includes everything you need to run the Gazebo simulation of Stretch. These instructions are meant to be run on a Linux system with ROS N…

With that workspace, you should be able to see Realsense imagery. For example, when I try it, I see

 ![Screenshot from 2024-01-31 16-21-01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hello_robot2/original/1X/3bbb01b5210e29e3ede7c9ea55b5a70a3a348357.jpeg)

When adding the Camera display, make sure you’re adding the `/camera/color/image_raw` topic.

 ![Screenshot from 2024-01-31 16-26-56](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hello_robot2/original/1X/0c6c24f8667d005400823a1a50e1988a21e067af.png)

And when adding the PointCloud2 display, make sure you’re adding the `/camera/depth/color/points` topic.

 ![Screenshot from 2024-01-31 16-27-14](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hello_robot2/original/1X/661696bce70915ac24edde3313ade74ec04aaaaf.png)

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