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Currently the most used and supported framework is ROS[1][2], so I don't really see myself using this framework for either research or my hobby projects unless

• Symmetry 12y ago
  Right, though I think it would be fairly straightforward to make a bridge. This is all pretty cool, but I think I'd really want something lower level than a RESTful API for streaming data from a SLS or a LIDAR to assemble into a costmap. I see they've included OpenCV in their system but no PCL[1]. I suppose that makes sense since you can just connect a camera to your OpenCV handler directly but when you're using pointcloads you're usually combining a bunch of them. Of course, when I create my Nim or Rust based robotics framework in my Copious Spare Time I'm going to use a pub-sub network where you can declare topics to be local-reliable (shared memory), global-reliable (tcp), or global-unreliable (udp-based). [1]http://www.pointclouds.org/ http://www.pointclouds.org/
  • Qworg 12y ago
    I like that vision of pub-sub, BTW. It helps to make things explicit (and bar access when it would conflict). I agree that PCL integration is a must for larger robot platforms. I'm unsure I understand their "platforms" argument - OpenCV as platform?
  • dom96 12y ago
    It's nice to hear that you are considering using Nim for this.
• ricw 12y ago
  ROS has an entirely different target group. You'll never be able to run ROS on a traditional robotics / IoT framework. We're talking KBs of RAM; kilo/megahertz CPU speeds; minimal power consumption.