hsd-dev / action_bridge

A package to bridge actions between ROS1 and ROS2.

Please clone dashing-devel branch in case you are working with ROS Dashing.

NOTE:

• Currently supports forwarding goals from ROS1 (melodic) action client to ROS2 (crystal) action server
• As an example, implemented interfaces for the action bridge for FibonacciAction
  and FollowJointTrajectoryAction

Prerequisites:

(rosdep does not work properly with mixed ROS1 and ROS2 dependencies)

sudo apt install ros-melodic-actionlib ros-melodic-actionlib-tutorials ros-melodic-control-msgs ros-melodic-roscpp ros-crystal-control-msgs ros-crystal-example-interfaces ros-crystal-rclcpp ros-crystal-rclcpp-action

How to build:

Clone the repository in the src folder of your ROS2 workspace.

git clone [e-mail]:ipa-hsd/action_bridge.git

Since the package provides a bridge for FollowJointTrajectoryAction, which is part of the control_msgs, clone the package modified for ROS2.

git clone -b crystal-devel [e-mail]:ros-controls/control_msgs.git

Since action_bridge package depends on both ROS1 and ROS2, source both workspaces.

source /opt/ros/melodic/local_setup.bash
source /opt/ros/crystal/local_setup.bash
colcon build

Now you are ready to run the action_bridge!
Source this workspace to use the executeables built in the previous step.

source <path-to-workspace>/install/local_setup.bash

2 example executables are available:

• action_bridge_fibonacci_node and
• action_bridge_follow_joint_trajectory_node
  You can start one of these nodes in the following manner:

ros2 run action_bridge action_bridge_fibonacci_node

OR

ros2 run action_bridge action_bridge_follow_joint_trajectory_node