[ros-users] RFC: rviz on Android

Sat Apr 21 02:06:09 UTC 2012

I would certainly be interested in helping out.  I did a somewhat-iOS
capable ROS bridge based on a 3rd party app for the iPhone and iPad, but I
don't know that it's really a suitable long term solution.

I, too, was considering something along the lines of rosbridge for a more
fully-featured cross platform "app" (which could support any web enabled
device).

I think that if a "mobile ROS" is done, it should be with the goal to be as
cross platform as possible.  I understand this becomes cumbersome when it
comes to Rviz, but for most of the other interesting day-to-day
information, widgets and text should cover it.

~mc

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 13:00, Dave Hershberger <hersh at willowgarage.com>wrote:

> er, I meant he's starting in May and I hope that in *June* we'll be ready
> to farm out the Display subclass work.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Dave Hershberger <hersh at willowgarage.com
> > wrote:
>
>> That's great, thanks.  The project is supposed to start sometime in May
>> when my intern arrives.  Hopefully sometime in April we'll be ready to
>> start writing Display classes, which is the place that looks easiest (to
>> me) to farm out different pieces of work.  All Displays are subclasses of
>> the Display class and they all use the same APIs do their various work, and
>> there are about 20 of them.
>>
>> It will also be great to have people testing and reporting bugs in
>> different use cases we might not see in-house.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:37 AM, blackstag <blackstag at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dave when this happens let me know I can see how we can help you with
>>> some resources from the DPRG.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Dave Hershberger <
>>> hersh at willowgarage.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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" <rgariepy at clearpathrobotics.com>
>>>> 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 <damonkohler at google.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Dariush Forouher
>>>>>> <forouher at iti.uni-luebeck.de> 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
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>>>>>> >
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>>>>>> >
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