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ROS DDS Integration without ros dep

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Description

We integrated DDS, turns out manufacturers invent their types and DDS between robots is not compatible.

https://github.com/dimensionalOS/dimos/issues/1058

Can we create ROS compatible DDS encoding implementation that doesn't require working ros+ubuntu / rclpy installation?

This would be powerful since it would allow us to deploy anywhere, run ros in a docker, and talk to it directly via it's own protocol. without adding system level dep for ros.

Also potentially makes it easier to integrate new robots quickly since they do often offer a ros layer which does normalize a messaging standard as opposed to raw DDS

AFAIK no one has done this yet, but could be low hanging fruit

maybe https://ternaris.gitlab.io/rosbags/topics/serde.html
https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6973118608248191a7bf57a2a1e80be1

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Research direction

No implementation files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing issue #1058 and the linked rosbags serialization reference; done means providing ROS-compatible DDS encoding that works without a ROS, Ubuntu, or rclpy installation.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
distributed-systems, robotics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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