1 nodelet插件编写和使用流程介绍
ROS nodelet插件和ROS中普通插件编写流程一样,因为它们都是借助plubinlib来实现插件动态加载,都必须follow pluginlib使用规则,因此编写一个nodelet插件大致流程如下:
1.1编写nodelet插件class
由于插件基类是nodelet::NodeLet已经存在,所以不必编写啦。
MyNodeletClass.h
#include <nodelet/nodelet.h>
namespace example_pkg
{
class MyNodeletClass : public nodelet::Nodelet
{
public:
virtual void onInit();
};
}
1.2 导出nodelet插件
MyNodeletClass.cpp
// this should really be in the implementation (.cpp file)
#include <pluginlib/class_list_macros.h>
#include <example_pkg/MyNodeletClass.h>
namespace example_pkg
{
void MyNodeletClass::onInit()
{
NODELET_DEBUG("Initializing nodelet...");
}
}
// watch the capitalization carefully
PLUGINLIB_EXPORT_CLASS(example_pkg::MyNodeletClass, nodelet::Nodelet)
1.3 接入到ROS系统使用插件
1)编写插件描述符
MyNodeletClass.xml
<library path="lib/libMyNodeletClass">
<class name="example_pkg/MyNodeletClass" type="example_pkg::MyNodeletClass" base_class_type="nodelet::Nodelet">
<description>
This is my nodelet.
</description>
</class>
</library>
2)导出插件包到ROS系统
package.xml
...
<build_depend>nodelet</build_depend>
<run_depend>nodelet</run_depend>
<export>
<nodelet plugin="${prefix}/nodelet_plugins.xml" />
</export>
...
3)编译插件
主要是CMakeLists.txt一些修改工作
4)nodelet启动文件
<launch>
<!--node:nodelet manager launch-->
<node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="standalone_nodelet" args="manager" output="screen"/>
<!--node:my nodelet launch -->
<node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="MyNodeletClass" args="load example_pkg/MyNodeletClass standalone_nodelet" output="screen">
</node>
</launch>
2 实例分析
分析ROS已经提供的插件nodelet_tutorial_math:
2.1 编写并导出插件nodelet_tutorial_math
常规做法是分成2步,第一步编写插件,放到.h文件,第二步导出插件,放到.cpp文件;这里合并到.cpp一起完成如下。
nodelet插件主要编写的就是函数OnInit(继承自Nodelet),做一些ROS node基本初始化。
#include <pluginlib/class_list_macros.h>
#include <nodelet/nodelet.h>
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <std_msgs/Float64.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h> //fabs
namespace test_nodelet
{
class Plus : public nodelet::Nodelet
{
public:
Plus()
: value_(0)
{}
private:
virtual void onInit()
{
ros::NodeHandle& private_nh = getPrivateNodeHandle();
private_nh.getParam("value", value_);
pub = private_nh.advertise<std_msgs::Float64>("out", 10);
sub = private_nh.subscribe("in", 10, &Plus::callback, this);
}
void callback(const std_msgs::Float64::ConstPtr& input)
{
std_msgs::Float64Ptr output(new std_msgs::Float64());
output->data = input->data + value_;
NODELET_DEBUG("Adding %f to get %f", value_, output->data);
pub.publish(output);
}
ros::Publisher pub;
ros::Subscriber sub;
double value_;
};
PLUGINLIB_DECLARE_CLASS(test_nodelet, Plus, test_nodelet::Plus, nodelet::Nodelet);
}
2.2 插件接入到ROS系统使用
1)编写插件描述符
nodelet_math.xml
2)导出插件到ROS系统
package.xml
3)编写插件启动文件
plus.launch
启动后将会看到如下节点:
4)编译插件
CMakeLists.txt