I have an intern coming this summer who will be working on rviz-for-android. If people would like to help out, I'm sure we could find pieces for others to work on. I totally agree with Damon that it should not be a port of rviz but rather a rewrite which takes Android and the phone/tablet environment into account from the start. Dave On Apr 20, 2012 5:27 AM, "Ryan Gariepy" wrote: > Have you taken a look at wviz? (http://ros.org/wiki/wviz) > > -Ryan > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Damon Kohler wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Dariush Forouher >> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Working with a mobile robot I sometimes dream of having a tablet running >> > rviz, that would visualize all the data and had a nice touchscreen >> interface >> > for moving and stuff. >> > >> > * Is someone already working on this or has worked in the past? >> >> The android_core stack is evolving toward something like rviz. >> However, rather than focusing on a single rviz-like application, the >> focus is on creating Android Views that could be combined to build it. >> >> One example is the VisualizationView: >> >> >> http://code.google.com/p/rosjava/source/browse/android_honeycomb_mr2/src/org/ros/android/view/visualization/VisualizationView.java?repo=android >> >> > * What would be the best approach? Reimplement everything or >> > try to adapt rviz_qt to run on Android? >> >> I think re-implementing everything with Android in mind is the best >> approach. Attempting a direct port will probably lead to >> inflexibility and sub-optimal performance. >> >> There are a lot of additional considerations when working on mobile >> devices that, as a desktop application, rviz does not need to take >> into account. >> >> > * What features would be the most interesting? >> >> I've been focusing primarily on mapping, other point-like >> visualizations, and 2D camera control for now. Once the views are in >> place, building a flexible app, like rviz, that can be configured at >> run time to show arbitrary topic data should be straight forward. >> >> > cheers >> > Dariush >> > -- >> > Institut für Technische Informatik / Universität zu Lübeck >> > http://www.iti.uni-luebeck.de/mitarbeiter/dariush-forouher-m-sc.html >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ros-users mailing list >> > ros-users@code.ros.org >> > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------- >> Damon Kohler >> Software Engineer >> >> Google Germany GmbH >> Dienerstr. 12 >> 80331 München >> ---------------------------------------------- >> AG Hamburg, HRB 86891 >> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg >> Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Katherine Stephens >> ---------------------------------------------- >> Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat >> sind, leiten Sie diese bitte nicht weiter, informieren den Absender >> und löschen Sie die E-Mail und alle Anhänge. Vielen Dank. >> >> This email is confidential. If you are not the right addressee please >> do not forward it, please inform the sender, and please erase this >> e-mail including any attachments. Thanks. >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >