[PRE REVIEW]: robot_collision_checking: A Lightweight ROS 2 Interface to FCL (Flexible Collision Library)

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@mazrk7<!--end-author-handle-- (Mark Zolotas) Repository: https://github.com/philip-long/robot_collision_checking Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): paper Version: v1.0.0 Editor: !--editor-->@crvernon<!--end-editor-- Reviewers: Pending Managing EiC: Chris Vernon

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Commit count by author:

    30  philip-long
    20  Mark Zolotas
    17  philip long
     5  philip
     2  mazrk7

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1007/s10514-012-9321-0 is OK
- 10.1126/scirobotics.abm6074 is OK
- 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225337 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: ROS: an open-source Robot Operating System
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Reducing the barrier to entry of complex robotic s...
- 10.15607/rss.2021.xvii.017 may be a valid DOI for title: Proximal and Sparse Resolution of Constrained Dyna...
- 10.1007/s11235-015-0034-5 may be a valid DOI for title: Rviz: a toolkit for real domain data visualization

INVALID DOIs

- None

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 656

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

✅ License found: MIT License (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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