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A set of packages which contain common interface files (.msg and .srv).
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Why is there no safety scanner standard msg? #203

Open tonynajjar opened 2 years ago

tonynajjar commented 2 years ago

I'm talking about the safety scanners that have fields of different shapes and output whether an obstacle is detected within that field.

What is your opinion on having a standard msg for that? I don't think any other existing "common" msg is suitable.

gbiggs commented 2 years ago

I do not know why we don't currently have one, but you are most welcome to propose such a message! It would be helpful to do it as part of providing (or modifying) a safety scanner driver to publish the message, though, to ensure the design is driven by a use case and meets the needs of the hardware.

tonynajjar commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the quick feedback. I'm not working on/with any scanner driver unfortunately and don't have much knowledge on the HW requirements. I was just hoping to use it for my application. I hope someone who does sees this issue and can take it on.