Drivers

SIG Coordinator: TBD

Topics: driver packaging, sensor_msgs, dynamic_reconfigure

Members:

• Melonee Wise
• Patrick Mihelich
• Chad Rockey
• Jack O'Quin
• Ken Tossell

Proposed new features

• dynamic_reconfigure enhancements

• Unary stack packaging for many drivers
• Official USB camera driver
• Joystick driver support for Feedback messages

• Laser driver message API changes (NaN and Inf), new REP required: see <<Ticket(ros-pkg 4367)>>

• Wiimote support for ROS EKF

• New openni_camera driver

• openni_kinect stack reorganization to minimize dependencies

Deadlines

First feature freeze (2012-01-15)

• dynamic_reconfigure enhancements

• Unary stack packaging

• Hokuyu and Sick laser driver API changes (depends on new REP approval)

• New openni_camera driver

• Wiimote Feedback changes (Breaks existing API)

Second feature freeze (2012-02-15)

• Driver modifications to use new dynamic_reconfigure features

• USB camera driver
• Wiimote fixes
• Kinect calibration improvements

Release date (2012-03-15)

• Bug fixes not affecting APIs