ROS2 Publish Point Cloud

This node publishes LiDAR scans as a ROS2 PointCloud2 message

Installation

To use this node enable omni.isaac.ros2_bridge in the Extension Manager.

Inputs

Name

Type

Descripton

Default

Buffer Size (inputs:bufferSize)

uint

Size (in bytes) of the buffer (0 if the input is a texture)

0

Context (inputs:context)

uint64

ROS2 context handle, Default of zero will use the default global context

0

Cuda Device Index (inputs:cudaDeviceIndex)

int

Index of the device where the data lives (-1 for host data)

-1

Data (inputs:data)

pointf[3][]

Buffer array data, must contain data if dataPtr is null

[]

Data Ptr (inputs:dataPtr)

uint64

Pointer to the buffer data

0

Exec In (inputs:execIn)

execution

The input execution port

None

Frame Id (inputs:frameId)

string

FrameId for ROS2 message

sim_lidar

Node Namespace (inputs:nodeNamespace)

string

Namespace of ROS2 Node, prepends any published/subscribed topic by the node namespace

Qos Profile (inputs:qosProfile)

string

QoS profile config

Queue Size (inputs:queueSize)

uint64

The number of messages to queue up before throwing some away, in case messages are collected faster than they can be sent. Only honored if ‘history’ QoS policy was set to ‘keep last’. This setting can be overwritten by qosProfile input.

10

Timestamp (inputs:timeStamp)

double

ROS2 Timestamp in seconds

0.0

Topic Name (inputs:topicName)

string

Name of ROS2 Topic

point_cloud

Metadata

Name

Value

Unique ID

omni.isaac.ros2_bridge.ROS2PublishPointCloud

Version

1

Extension

omni.isaac.ros2_bridge

Icon

ogn/icons/omni.isaac.ros2_bridge.ROS2PublishPointCloud.svg

Has State?

False

Implementation Language

C++

Default Memory Type

cpu

Generated Code Exclusions

None

uiName

ROS2 Publish Point Cloud

Categories

isaacRos2:publisher

Generated Class Name

OgnROS2PublishPointCloudDatabase

Python Module

omni.isaac.ros2_bridge