Implement Publisher

1. code part

(1) python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

########################################################################
####          Copyright 2020 GuYueHome (www.guyuehome.com).          ###
########################################################################

# 该例程将发布turtle1/cmd_vel话题，消息类型geometry_msgs::Twist

import rospy
from geometry_msgs.msg import Twist

def velocity_publisher():
	# ROS节点初始化
    rospy.init_node('velocity_publisher', anonymous=True)

	# 创建一个Publisher，发布名为/turtle1/cmd_vel的topic，消息类型为geometry_msgs::Twist，队列长度10
    turtle_vel_pub = rospy.Publisher('/turtle1/cmd_vel', Twist, queue_size=10)

	#设置循环的频率
    rate = rospy.Rate(10) 

    while not rospy.is_shutdown():
		# 初始化geometry_msgs::Twist类型的消息
        vel_msg = Twist()
        vel_msg.linear.x = 0.5
        vel_msg.angular.z = 0.2

		# 发布消息
        turtle_vel_pub.publish(vel_msg)
        rospy.loginfo("Publsh turtle velocity command[%0.2f m/s, %0.2f rad/s]", 
				vel_msg.linear.x, vel_msg.angular.z)

		# 按照循环频率延时
        rate.sleep()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        velocity_publisher()
    except rospy.ROSInterruptException:
        pass

(2) C++

/***********************************************************************
Copyright 2020 GuYueHome (www.guyuehome.com).
***********************************************************************/

/**
 * 该例程将发布turtle1/cmd_vel话题，消息类型geometry_msgs::Twist
 */
 
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <geometry_msgs/Twist.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	// ROS节点初始化
	ros::init(argc, argv, "velocity_publisher");

	// 创建节点句柄
	ros::NodeHandle n;

	// 创建一个Publisher，发布名为/turtle1/cmd_vel的topic，消息类型为geometry_msgs::Twist，队列长度10
	ros::Publisher turtle_vel_pub = n.advertise<geometry_msgs::Twist>("/turtle1/cmd_vel", 10);

	// 设置循环的频率
	ros::Rate loop_rate(10);

	int count = 0;
	while (ros::ok())
	{
	    // 初始化geometry_msgs::Twist类型的消息
		geometry_msgs::Twist vel_msg;
		vel_msg.linear.x = 0.5;
		vel_msg.angular.z = 0.2;

	    // 发布消息
		turtle_vel_pub.publish(vel_msg);
		ROS_INFO("Publsh turtle velocity command[%0.2f m/s, %0.2f rad/s]", 
				vel_msg.linear.x, vel_msg.angular.z);

	    // 按照循环频率延时
	    loop_rate.sleep();
	}

	return 0;
}

2. set up env

(1) python

1. create a folder under your <package> named scripts, it is because distinguish between python and c++
2. go to the terminal

roscore

rosrun turtlesim turtlesim_node # another terminal

rosrun learning_topic velocity_publisher.py

we can see the turtle move

(2) C++

1. put the c code in the <package>/src folder

2. go to the CMakeLists.txt file, add these two command here

   add_executable(velocity_publisher src/velocity_publisher.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(velocity_publisher ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

   

3. go to the workspace root folder and open terminal here

4. compile the c++ file

   catkin_make

   if can see 0% to 100% means success

5. then go to the terminal

   roscore

   rosrun turtlesim turtlesim_node # another terminal

   rosrun learning_topic velocity_publisher