G.A. vd. Hoorn

All Gazebo models currently have `true` configured for all links. It's unclear why that is, and if possible it should be changed, as it seems undesirable.

Verify repository state

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Trying to work towards #1 I noticed that something may not be completely OK with the current state of the repository. I'll try to clear this up in the coming...

Release?

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@jrgnicho: what are the plans with this repository? Should it be released or are we ok with this remaining a source repository only for now?

Use intrinsics from CameraInfo message?

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The current implementation of `yak_ros` requires users to provide the relevant camera intrinsics via the `camera_matrix` ROS parameter. I'm wondering whether it would be possible to instead retrieve a message...

Wireshark dissector?

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A quick search using Google returned https://gist.github.com/driftregion/ee12af4ef4e202ef5111d4c9987a9382 by @driftregion. It does dissect some traffic, but the payloads don't seem to be dissected. Would you internally perhaps also use Wireshark and...

Release / include rxros2_teleop_msgs package

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This is not a direct dependency of any of the examples or `rxros2` itself, but is mentioned in the `rxros2_cpp` readme, so it would be nice if we could release...

laser_scanner: fix off-by-one in `angle_increment` calculation

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This may fix the issues experienced by @ashchennikov in #57. Some quick tests (`fov: 5 degrees` and `fov: 90 degrees`) show this to work:  (scans of the little pickets...

Investigate DirectX hooking to grab depth buffer(s)

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Hooking into the render pipeline of FS might allow us to publish depth images, which would go toward a proper 3D / depth camera sensor. Rendering multiple viewpoints at the...

Review the `collisionMask` passed to `rayCastClosest(..)`

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The current collision mask is set to: https://github.com/tud-cor/FS19_modROS/blob/5e8d48482b79c9608f7fdbe42f88f7e7ef0bc568/modROS.lua#L92-L98 IIRC, we've not been able to really find any documentation for those bit positions, except in this article/tutorial: [How to Set Correct...

We currently don't have plans for a port to ROS 2. While it would not be too difficult, there are many other aspects which could currently benefit from our attention,...