ROS话题消息的定义与使用

在文件夹learning_topic中新建一个命名为msg的文件夹，存放消息类文件,方便管理
Person.msg

string name
uint8 sex
uint8 age

uint8 unknown = 0
uint8 male = 1
uint8 female = 2

在package.xml中添加功能包依赖

<build_depend>message_generation</build_depend>
<exec_depend>message_runtime</exec_depend>

package.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package format="2">
  <name>learning_topic</name>
  <version>0.0.0</version>
  <description>The learning_topic package</description>

  <!-- One maintainer tag required, multiple allowed, one person per tag -->
  <!-- Example:  -->
  <!-- <maintainer email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</maintainer> -->
  <maintainer email="mm@todo.todo">mm</maintainer>


  <!-- One license tag required, multiple allowed, one license per tag -->
  <!-- Commonly used license strings: -->
  <!--   BSD, MIT, Boost Software License, GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2.1, LGPLv3 -->
  <license>TODO</license>


  <!-- Url tags are optional, but multiple are allowed, one per tag -->
  <!-- Optional attribute type can be: website, bugtracker, or repository -->
  <!-- Example: -->
  <!-- <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/learning_topic</url> -->


  <!-- Author tags are optional, multiple are allowed, one per tag -->
  <!-- Authors do not have to be maintainers, but could be -->
  <!-- Example: -->
  <!-- <author email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</author> -->


  <!-- The *depend tags are used to specify dependencies -->
  <!-- Dependencies can be catkin packages or system dependencies -->
  <!-- Examples: -->
  <!-- Use depend as a shortcut for packages that are both build and exec dependencies -->
  <!--   <depend>roscpp</depend> -->
  <!--   Note that this is equivalent to the following: -->
  <!--   <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend> -->
  <!--   <exec_depend>roscpp</exec_depend> -->
  <!-- Use build_depend for packages you need at compile time: -->
  <!--   <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend> -->
  <!-- Use build_export_depend for packages you need in order to build against this package: -->
  <!--   <build_export_depend>message_generation</build_export_depend> -->
  <!-- Use buildtool_depend for build tool packages: -->
  <!--   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend> -->
  <!-- Use exec_depend for packages you need at runtime: -->
  <!--   <exec_depend>message_runtime</exec_depend> -->
  <!-- Use test_depend for packages you need only for testing: -->
  <!--   <test_depend>gtest</test_depend> -->
  <!-- Use doc_depend for packages you need only for building documentation: -->
  <!--   <doc_depend>doxygen</doc_depend> -->
  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
  <build_depend>geometry_msgs</build_depend>
  <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend>
  <build_depend>rospy</build_depend>
  <build_depend>std_msgs</build_depend>
  <build_depend>turtlesim</build_depend>
  <build_export_depend>geometry_msgs</build_export_depend>
  <build_export_depend>roscpp</build_export_depend>
  <build_export_depend>rospy</build_export_depend>
  <build_export_depend>std_msgs</build_export_depend>
  <build_export_depend>turtlesim</build_export_depend>
  <exec_depend>geometry_msgs</exec_depend>
  <exec_depend>roscpp</exec_depend>
  <exec_depend>rospy</exec_depend>
  <exec_depend>std_msgs</exec_depend>
  <exec_depend>turtlesim</exec_depend>

  <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend>
  <exec_depend>message_runtime</exec_depend>


  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
  <export>
    <!-- Other tools can request additional information be placed here -->

  </export>
</package>

在CMakeLists.txt添加编译选项

//打开文件夹learning_topic，打开CMakeLists.txt。
//在最上方的find_package中添加以下语句
message_generation
//找到Declare ROS dynamic reconfigure parameters的位置，在上方添加以下语句
add_message_files(FILES Person.msg)
generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES std_msgs)
//第一句,告诉编译器Person.msg是我们定义的消息接口
//第二句，告诉编译器在编译Person.msg文件的时候，需要依赖ROS哪些已有的库或者包。
//找到catkin specific configuration（即Build上方），添加以下语句

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)
project(learning_topic)

## Compile as C++11, supported in ROS Kinetic and newer
# add_compile_options(-std=c++11)

## Find catkin macros and libraries
## if COMPONENTS list like find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS xyz)
## is used, also find other catkin packages
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
  geometry_msgs
  roscpp
  rospy
  std_msgs
  turtlesim
  message_generation
)

## System dependencies are found with CMake's conventions
# find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)


## Uncomment this if the package has a setup.py. This macro ensures
## modules and global scripts declared therein get installed
## See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/user_guide/setup_dot_py.html
# catkin_python_setup()

################################################
## Declare ROS messages, services and actions ##
################################################

## To declare and build messages, services or actions from within this
## package, follow these steps:
## * Let MSG_DEP_SET be the set of packages whose message types you use in
##   your messages/services/actions (e.g. std_msgs, actionlib_msgs, ...).
## * In the file package.xml:
##   * add a build_depend tag for "message_generation"
##   * add a build_depend and a exec_depend tag for each package in MSG_DEP_SET
##   * If MSG_DEP_SET isn't empty the following dependency has been pulled in
##     but can be declared for certainty nonetheless:
##     * add a exec_depend tag for "message_runtime"
## * In this file (CMakeLists.txt):
##   * add "message_generation" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
##     find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ...)
##   * add "message_runtime" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
##     catkin_package(CATKIN_DEPENDS ...)
##   * uncomment the add_*_files sections below as needed
##     and list every .msg/.srv/.action file to be processed
##   * uncomment the generate_messages entry below
##   * add every package in MSG_DEP_SET to generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES ...)

## Generate messages in the 'msg' folder
# add_message_files(
#   FILES
#   Message1.msg
#   Message2.msg
# )

## Generate services in the 'srv' folder
# add_service_files(
#   FILES
#   Service1.srv
#   Service2.srv
# )

## Generate actions in the 'action' folder
# add_action_files(
#   FILES
#   Action1.action
#   Action2.action
# )

## Generate added messages and services with any dependencies listed here
# generate_messages(
#   DEPENDENCIES
#   geometry_msgs#   std_msgs
# )

################################################
## Declare ROS dynamic reconfigure parameters ##
################################################

## To declare and build dynamic reconfigure parameters within this
## package, follow these steps:
## * In the file package.xml:
##   * add a build_depend and a exec_depend tag for "dynamic_reconfigure"
## * In this file (CMakeLists.txt):
##   * add "dynamic_reconfigure" to
##     find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ...)
##   * uncomment the "generate_dynamic_reconfigure_options" section below
##     and list every .cfg file to be processed

## Generate dynamic reconfigure parameters in the 'cfg' folder
# generate_dynamic_reconfigure_options(
#   cfg/DynReconf1.cfg
#   cfg/DynReconf2.cfg
# )

add_message_files(FILES Person.msg)
generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES std_msgs)

###################################
## catkin specific configuration ##
###################################
## The catkin_package macro generates cmake config files for your package
## Declare things to be passed to dependent projects
## INCLUDE_DIRS: uncomment this if your package contains header files
## LIBRARIES: libraries you create in this project that dependent projects also need
## CATKIN_DEPENDS: catkin_packages dependent projects also need
## DEPENDS: system dependencies of this project that dependent projects also need
catkin_package(
#  INCLUDE_DIRS include
#  LIBRARIES learning_topic
#  CATKIN_DEPENDS geometry_msgs roscpp rospy std_msgs turtlesim
#  DEPENDS system_lib

    CATKIN_DEPENDS geometry_msgs roscpp rospy std_msgs turtlesim message_runtime
)

###########
## Build ##
###########

## Specify additional locations of header files
## Your package locations should be listed before other locations
include_directories(
# include
  ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)

## Declare a C++ library
# add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
#   src/${PROJECT_NAME}/learning_topic.cpp
# )

## Add cmake target dependencies of the library
## as an example, code may need to be generated before libraries
## either from message generation or dynamic reconfigure
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})

## Declare a C++ executable
## With catkin_make all packages are built within a single CMake context
## The recommended prefix ensures that target names across packages don't collide
# add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}_node src/learning_topic_node.cpp)

## Rename C++ executable without prefix
## The above recommended prefix causes long target names, the following renames the
## target back to the shorter version for ease of user use
## e.g. "rosrun someones_pkg node" instead of "rosrun someones_pkg someones_pkg_node"
# set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_node PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME node PREFIX "")

## Add cmake target dependencies of the executable
## same as for the library above
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_node ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})

## Specify libraries to link a library or executable target against
# target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}_node
#   ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
# )

add_executable(velocity_publisher src/velocity_publisher.cpp)
target_link_libraries(velocity_publisher ${catkin_LIBRARIES})


add_executable(pose_subscriber src/pose_subscriber.cpp)
target_link_libraries(pose_subscriber ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

#############
## Install ##
#############

# all install targets should use catkin DESTINATION variables
# See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/adv_user_guide/variables.html

## Mark executable scripts (Python etc.) for installation
## in contrast to setup.py, you can choose the destination
# catkin_install_python(PROGRAMS
#   scripts/my_python_script
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark executables for installation
## See http://docs.ros.org/melodic/api/catkin/html/howto/format1/building_executables.html
# install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}_node
#   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark libraries for installation
## See http://docs.ros.org/melodic/api/catkin/html/howto/format1/building_libraries.html
# install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
#   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
#   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
#   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_GLOBAL_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark cpp header files for installation
# install(DIRECTORY include/${PROJECT_NAME}/
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DESTINATION}
#   FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
#   PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
# )

## Mark other files for installation (e.g. launch and bag files, etc.)
# install(FILES
#   # myfile1
#   # myfile2
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
# )

#############
## Testing ##
#############

## Add gtest based cpp test target and link libraries
# catkin_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME}-test test/test_learning_topic.cpp)
# if(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}-test)
#   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-test ${PROJECT_NAME})
# endif()

## Add folders to be run by python nosetests
# catkin_add_nosetests(test)

编译生成语言相关文件:

catkin_make

编译成功后可以在~/catkin_ws/devel/include/learning_topic下查看生成的Person.h文件

创建publisher和subscriber
person_publisher.cpp

/**
 * 该例程将发布/person_info话题，自定义消息类型learning_topic::Person
 */
 
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include "learning_topic/Person.h"

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // ROS节点初始化
    ros::init(argc, argv, "person_publisher");

    // 创建节点句柄
    ros::NodeHandle n;

    // 创建一个Publisher，发布名为/person_info的topic，消息类型为learning_topic::Person，队列长度10
    ros::Publisher person_info_pub = n.advertise<learning_topic::Person>("/person_info", 10);

    // 设置循环的频率
    ros::Rate loop_rate(1);

    int count = 0;
    while (ros::ok())
    {
        // 初始化learning_topic::Person类型的消息
    	learning_topic::Person person_msg;
		person_msg.name = "Tom";
		person_msg.age  = 18;
		person_msg.sex  = learning_topic::Person::male;

        // 发布消息
		person_info_pub.publish(person_msg);

       	ROS_INFO("Publish Person Info: name:%s  age:%d  sex:%d", 
				  person_msg.name.c_str(), person_msg.age, person_msg.sex);

        // 按照循环频率延时
        loop_rate.sleep();
    }

    return 0;
}

person_subscriber.cpp

/**
 * 该例程将订阅/person_info话题，自定义消息类型learning_topic::Person
 */
 
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include "learning_topic/Person.h"

// 接收到订阅的消息后，会进入消息回调函数
void personInfoCallback(const learning_topic::Person::ConstPtr& msg)
{
    // 将接收到的消息打印出来
    ROS_INFO("Subcribe Person Info: name:%s  age:%d  sex:%d", 
			 msg->name.c_str(), msg->age, msg->sex);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // 初始化ROS节点
    ros::init(argc, argv, "person_subscriber");

    // 创建节点句柄
    ros::NodeHandle n;

    // 创建一个Subscriber，订阅名为/person_info的topic，注册回调函数personInfoCallback
    ros::Subscriber person_info_sub = n.subscribe("/person_info", 10, personInfoCallback);

    // 循环等待回调函数
    ros::spin();

    return 0;
}

person_publisher.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# 该例程将发布/person_info话题，自定义消息类型learning_topic::Person

import rospy
from learning_topic.msg import Person

def velocity_publisher():
	# ROS节点初始化
    rospy.init_node('person_publisher', anonymous=True)

	# 创建一个Publisher，发布名为/person_info的topic，消息类型为learning_topic::Person，队列长度10
    person_info_pub = rospy.Publisher('/person_info', Person, queue_size=10)

	#设置循环的频率
    rate = rospy.Rate(10) 

    while not rospy.is_shutdown():
		# 初始化learning_topic::Person类型的消息
    	person_msg = Person()
    	person_msg.name = "Tom";
    	person_msg.age  = 18;
    	person_msg.sex  = Person.male;

		# 发布消息
        person_info_pub.publish(person_msg)
    	rospy.loginfo("Publsh person message[%s, %d, %d]", 
				person_msg.name, person_msg.age, person_msg.sex)

		# 按照循环频率延时
        rate.sleep()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        velocity_publisher()
    except rospy.ROSInterruptException:
        pass

person_subscriber.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# 该例程将订阅/person_info话题，自定义消息类型learning_topic::Person

import rospy
from learning_topic.msg import Person

def personInfoCallback(msg):
    rospy.loginfo("Subcribe Person Info: name:%s  age:%d  sex:%d", 
			 msg.name, msg.age, msg.sex)

def person_subscriber():
	# ROS节点初始化
    rospy.init_node('person_subscriber', anonymous=True)

	# 创建一个Subscriber，订阅名为/person_info的topic，注册回调函数personInfoCallback
    rospy.Subscriber("/person_info", Person, personInfoCallback)

	# 循环等待回调函数
    rospy.spin()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    person_subscriber()

配置CMakeLists.txt中的编译规则

add_executable(person_publisher src/person_publisher.cpp)
target_link_libraries(person_publisher ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(person_publisher ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp)

add_executable(person_subscriber src/person_subscriber.cpp)
target_link_libraries(person_subscriber ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(person_subscriber ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp)

编译并运行publisher和subscriber

cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash
roscore

//新开一个终端，运行subscriber
rosrun learning_topic person_subscriber
//新开一个终端，运行publisher
rosrun learning_topic person_publisher
//ROS Master是帮助节点的创建和链接的。节点一旦创建和链接后，就不受ROS Master影响