@foxglove/ros2

Standalone TypeScript implementation of the ROS 2 protocol built on @foxglove/rtps

Deprecated

This library is no longer maintained by Foxglove, as we now use the Foxglove WebSocket for connecting to ROS 2 systems.

Usage

A simple listener that is compatible with the ROS 2 "talker" example application.

import { parse as parseMsgDef } from "@foxglove/rosmsg";
import { toString as timeString } from "@foxglove/rostime";
import { RosNode } from "@foxglove/ros2";
import { getNetworkInterfaces, UdpSocketNode } from "@foxglove/ros2/nodejs";

async function main() {
  const ros = new RosNode({
    name: "listener",
    udpSocketCreate: UdpSocketNode.Create,
    getNetworkInterfaces,
    // log: console, // Enable this for verbose console debugging
  });

  await ros.start();

  // Create a message definition for the std_msgs/msg/String type
  const msgDefinition = parseMsgDef("string data", { ros2: true });

  // Subscribe to the /chatter topic
  const subscription = ros.subscribe({
    topic: "/chatter",
    dataType: "std_msgs/msg/String",
    msgDefinition,
  });
  subscription.on("message", (timestamp, msg, _data, _publisher) => {
    const strMsg = msg as { data: string };
    console.log(`[INFO] [${timeString(timestamp)}] [listener]: I heard: [${strMsg.data}]`);
  });

  // Listen for Ctrl+C to stop
  process.on("SIGINT", () => void shutdown(ros));

  // Wait for Ctrl+C
  process.stdin.resume();
}

async function shutdown(ros: RosNode) {
  await ros.shutdown();
  process.exit();
}

void main();

Notes

Receiving large (>256KB) messages not be possible with the default Linux networking receive buffer size of 256KB, depending on CPU speed / contention / network speed / many factors. Linux users should set the following sysctls:

sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=26214400
sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=26214400
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.udp_mem=26214400

Or permanently in /etc/sysctl.conf:

net.core.rmem_max=26214400
net.core.rmem_default=26214400
net.ipv4.udp_mem=26214400

Test

yarn test

License

@foxglove/ros2 is licensed under the MIT License.

Releasing

Run yarn version --[major|minor|patch] to bump version
Run git push && git push --tags to push new tag
GitHub Actions will take care of the rest