ros-controls / ros-controls/ros2_controllers
Create alternative to std_msgs/Float64MultiArray in ForwardCommandController & family
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Description
Problem:
std_msgs/Float64MultiArray is deprecated.
# This was originally provided as an example message.
# It is deprecated as of Foxy
# It is recommended to create your own semantically meaningful message.
# However if you would like to continue using this please use the equivalent in example_msgs.
# Please look at the MultiArrayLayout message definition for
# documentation on all multiarrays.
MultiArrayLayout layout # specification of data layout
float64[] data # array of data
https://github.com/ros2/common_interfaces/blob/foxy/std_msgs/msg/Float64MultiArray.msg
Proposal:
Create (an) alternative in control_msgs. This could be a set of messages with a single joint interface type, one supporting multiples, or one message that has a field for the joint interface type and one that is fully dynamic --- (dynamic joint states??).
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 reviewing the deprecated std_msgs/Float64MultiArray definition and its MultiArrayLayout documentation, then inspect the control_msgs area where the alternative would belong. Compare the proposed single-interface, multi-interface, and dynamic joint-state message options. Done means an agreed semantically meaningful control_msgs alternative is specified and added.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- robotics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100