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

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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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.

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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

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