We don't have any IOS plans that I know of. We've focused on Android for our mobile and tablet development because of its openness and because a bunch of nice infrastructure has been written and continues to be written for Android (ROS-Java and ROS-Android) ( http://code.google.com/p/rosjava/) by Damon Kohler and others at Google. Dave On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:31 AM, It's My Robot! wrote: > Will you be working on an IOS (apple iphone/ipad) version? > > > > Op 20 apr. 2012 om 18:26 heeft Dave Hershberger > het volgende geschreven: > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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 > >