ROS1 Publish Point Cloud

This node publishes LiDAR scans as a ROS1 PointCloud2 message

Installation

To use this node enable omni.isaac.ros_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

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 ROS1 message

sim_lidar

Node Namespace (inputs:nodeNamespace)

string

Namespace of ROS1 Node, prepends any published/subscribed topic by the node namespace

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

10

Timestamp (inputs:timeStamp)

double

ROS1 Timestamp in seconds

0.0

Topic Name (inputs:topicName)

string

Name of ROS1 Topic

point_cloud

Metadata

Name

Value

Unique ID

omni.isaac.ros_bridge.ROS1PublishPointCloud

Version

1

Extension

omni.isaac.ros_bridge

Icon

ogn/icons/omni.isaac.ros_bridge.ROS1PublishPointCloud.svg

Has State?

False

Implementation Language

C++

Default Memory Type

cpu

Generated Code Exclusions

None

uiName

ROS1 Publish Point Cloud

Categories

isaacRos:publisher

Generated Class Name

OgnROS1PublishPointCloudDatabase

Python Module

omni.isaac.ros_bridge