dimensionalOS / dimensionalOS/dimos
ROS transport without a ROS install
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Description
Get the ROS transport working on a machine with no ROS installed. Just hardcode the top 80% of most commonly used messages (stdmsg) the other me Not needed for Galaxia integration.
Definition of done
- ROS topics publish and subscribe on a machine with no ROS distro installed
- No
source /opt/ros/...step and no ROS runtime dependency - Covered by a test that runs on a clean image
Synced from DIM-1545 by jeff
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing ROS transport and identifying where it requires a ROS distribution or runtime. Define the supported common messages and the clean-image test boundary; done means topics publish and subscribe without sourcing /opt/ros or installing a ROS runtime.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- robotics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100