作为学习ros的初学者,写下这篇文章,帮助自己理清ros工作的一个流程,在此感谢前辈的文章添加链接描述
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创建工作空间(workspace)
工作空间可以作为一个独立的项目进行编译,存放ROS程序的源文件、编译文件和执行文件。建立工作空间的方法如下:
$ mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
虽然这时候的工作空间是空的,但是我们依旧可以进行编译:
$ cd ..
$ catkin_make
这时候,会在当前文件夹下生成devel,build这两个子文件夹,在devel文件夹下能看到几个setup.*sh文件.
接下来把工作空间在bash中注册:
$ source devel/setup.bash
或在加入: echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
这样就不用每次都source一下
要验证是否已经在bash中注册可以使用如下命令:
$ echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
若是输出如下信息:
/home/youruser/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/indigo/share:/opt/ros/indigo/stacks
则代表创建成功。
创建一个ROS功能包(Package)
在一个工作空间内,可能会包含多个ROS功能包。而最基本ROS功能包中会包括CmakeLists.txt和Package.xml这两个文件,其中Package.xml中主要包含本项目信息和各种依赖(depends),而CmakeLists.txt中包含了如何编译和安装代码的信息。
首先切换到工作空间:
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
现在可以使用catkin_create_pkg命令去创建一个叫beginner_tutorials的包,这个包的依赖是std_msgs、roscpp、rospy。
$ catkin_create_pkg beginner_tutorials std_msgs rospy roscpp
接下来在工作空间编译这个工程包:
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ catkin_make
一个简单的发布(Publisher)、订阅(Subscriber)程序
写一个发布(Publisher)节点
节点(node)是连接到ROS网络中可执行的基本单元。我们在这创建一个发布者—“talker”节点,这个节点持续对外发布消息。
直接进入我们的beginner_tutorials目录,在src目录中右键创建一个talker.cpp文件,里面的内容如下:
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
#include
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/**
* The ros::init() function needs to see argc and argv so that it can perform
* any ROS arguments and name remapping that were provided at the command line. For programmatic
* remappings you can use a different version of init() which takes remappings
* directly, but for most command-line programs, passing argc and argv is the easiest
* way to do it. The third argument to init() is the name of the node.
*
* You must call one of the versions of ros::init() before using any other
* part of the ROS system.
*/
ros::init(argc, argv, "talker");
/**
* NodeHandle is the main access point to communications with the ROS system.
* The first NodeHandle constructed will fully initialize this node, and the last
* NodeHandle destructed will close down the node.
*/
ros::NodeHandle n;
/**
* The advertise() function is how you tell ROS that you want to
* publish on a given topic name. This invokes a call to the ROS
* master node, which keeps a registry of who is publishing and who
* is subscribing. After this advertise() call is made, the master
* node will notify anyone who is trying to subscribe to this topic name,
* and they will in turn negotiate a peer-to-peer connection with this
* node. advertise() returns a Publisher object which allows you to
* publish messages on that topic through a call to publish(). Once
* all copies of the returned Publisher object are destroyed, the topic
* will be automatically unadvertised.
*
* The second parameter to advertise() is the size of the message queue
* used for publishing messages. If messages are published more quickly
* than we can send them, the number here specifies how many messages to
* buffer up before throwing some away.
*/
ros::Publisher chatter_pub = n.advertise("chatter", 1000);
ros::Rate loop_rate(10);
/**
* A count of how many messages we have sent. This is used to create
* a unique string for each message.
*/
int count = 0;
while (ros::ok())
{
/**
* This is a message object. You stuff it with data, and then publish it.
*/
std_msgs::String msg;
std::stringstream ss;
ss << "hello world " << count;
msg.data = ss.str();
ROS_INFO("%s", msg.data.c_str());
/**
* The publish() function is how you send messages. The parameter
* is the message object. The type of this object must agree with the type
* given as a template parameter to the advertise<>() call, as was done
* in the constructor above.
*/
chatter_pub.publish(msg);
ros::spinOnce();
loop_rate.sleep();
++count;
}
return 0;
}
写一个订阅(Subscriber)节点
还是在src目录下,创建一个listener.cpp文件。内容如下:
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
/**
* This tutorial demonstrates simple receipt of messages over the ROS system.
*/
void chatterCallback(const std_msgs::String::ConstPtr& msg)
{
ROS_INFO("I heard: [%s]", msg->data.c_str());
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/**
* The ros::init() function needs to see argc and argv so that it can perform
* any ROS arguments and name remapping that were provided at the command line. For programmatic
* remappings you can use a different version of init() which takes remappings
* directly, but for most command-line programs, passing argc and argv is the easiest
* way to do it. The third argument to init() is the name of the node.
*
* You must call one of the versions of ros::init() before using any other
* part of the ROS system.
*/
ros::init(argc, argv, "listener");
/**
* NodeHandle is the main access point to communications with the ROS system.
* The first NodeHandle constructed will fully initialize this node, and the last
* NodeHandle destructed will close down the node.
*/
ros::NodeHandle n;
/**
* The subscribe() call is how you tell ROS that you want to receive messages
* on a given topic. This invokes a call to the ROS
* master node, which keeps a registry of who is publishing and who
* is subscribing. Messages are passed to a callback function, here
* called chatterCallback. subscribe() returns a Subscriber object that you
* must hold on to until you want to unsubscribe. When all copies of the Subscriber
* object go out of scope, this callback will automatically be unsubscribed from
* this topic.
*
* The second parameter to the subscribe() function is the size of the message
* queue. If messages are arriving faster than they are being processed, this
* is the number of messages that will be buffered up before beginning to throw
* away the oldest ones.
*/
ros::Subscriber sub = n.subscribe("chatter", 1000, chatterCallback);
/**
* ros::spin() will enter a loop, pumping callbacks. With this version, all
* callbacks will be called from within this thread (the main one). ros::spin()
* will exit when Ctrl-C is pressed, or the node is shutdown by the master.
*/
ros::spin();
return 0;
}
编译创建的节点
在编译我们创建的节点之前,我们还需要编辑Cmakelist.txt文件(注意:是beginner_tutorials项目包下的CMakelist文件),告诉编辑器我们需要编辑什么文件,需要什么依赖。打开相应的CMakelist文件
在文件中添加如下语句:
include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS})(找到这个位置,添加以下语句)
add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp)
target_link_libraries(talker ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(talker beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp)
add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp)
target_link_libraries(listener ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(listener beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp)
将目录切换到工作空间目录,并执行catkin_make运行命令:
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ catkin_make
若是没有报错则文件编译完成。
测试程序的正确性
首先,我们得要启动ROS核心程序roscore。
$ roscore
若是前面没有添加echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
则每开一个终端就需要注册一下:
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ source ./devel/setup.bash
运行talker.cpp节点
rosrun beginner_tutorials talker
当运行成功时,则会出现如下信息:
[ INFO] [1547964361.358836271]: hello world 12
[ INFO] [1547964361.458837732]: hello world 13
[ INFO] [1547964361.558842476]: hello world 14
[ INFO] [1547964361.658843518]: hello world 15
[ INFO] [1547964361.758828707]: hello world 16
[ INFO] [1547964361.858848536]: hello world 17
这就表示发布(Publisher)节点已经正确的运行了。
接下来运行listener节点:$ rosrun beginner_tutorials listener
这时候会看到如下信息:
`[ INFO] [1547964474.752571964]: I heard: [hello world 23]
[ INFO] [1547964474.852573978]: I heard: [hello world 24]
[ INFO] [1547964474.952543237]: I heard: [hello world 25]
[ INFO] [1547964475.052528214]: I heard: [hello world 26]
[ INFO] [1547964475.152539526]: I heard: [hello world 27]
[ INFO] [1547964475.252531352]: I heard: [hello world 28]
[ INFO] [1547964475.352789340]: I heard: [hello world 29]
`
这说明订阅节点(listener)已经成功的接收到了发布节点(talker)发布的信息。至此,整个程序结束!