mROS 2 (mros2 as casually codename) realizes a agent-less and lightweight runtime environment compatible with ROS 2 for embedded devices.
mROS 2 mainly offers pub/sub APIs compatible with rclcpp for embedded devices.
mROS 2 consists of communication library for pub/sub APIs, RTPS protocol, UDP/IP stack, and real-time kernel. This repository provides the reference implementation of mROS 2 that can be operated on the Mbed enabled board. Please also check mros2 repository for more details and another implementations.
- Mbed device
- Board: Mbed enabled boards having an Ethernet port
- For now, these boards below are confirmed to run the example on them.
- These boards below are also confirmed but not always supported in the latest version (due to our development resources,,,).
- Kernel: Mbed OS 6
- check the Mbed website for the boards list where mros2 may work. Please let us know if you find a new board that can work as mros2 enabled device.
- Board: Mbed enabled boards having an Ethernet port
- Host environment
- ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Network setting
- When running by default, make sure both the device and the host are connected to the wired network with the following setting, since they are statically configured to the board.
- IP address: 192.168.11.x (.2 will be assigned to the board)
- Netmask: 255.255.255.0
- Gateway: 192.168.11.1
- You can configure these setting to yours by editing
platform/mros2-platform.h. - If you want to use DHCP connection, please comment out the
#define MROS2_IP_ADDRESS_STATICline inplatform/mros2-platform.h.
- You can configure these setting to yours by editing
- The firewall on the host (Ubuntu) needs to be disabled for ROS 2 (DDS) communication (e.g.
$ sudo ufw disable). - If the host is connected to the Internet with other network adapters, communication with mros2 may not work properly. In that case, please turn off them.
- When running by default, make sure both the device and the host are connected to the wired network with the following setting, since they are statically configured to the board.
- Prepare these items below.
- Host PC having an Ethernet port whose network is set to the above and a docker environment.
- Mbed board having an Ethernet port (listed above).
- Build Mbed executable binary using the Docker environment for Mbed CLI2.
(You can also use the native environment where MBed CLI2 could work well. Please addnativeto 4th arg. (see the example instruction to prepare native env))
git clone https://github.com/mROS-base/mros2-mbed
cd mros2-mbed
#(Please replace the [TARGET] with the ones as below.)
# +-------------------+----------------+
# | Your target board | [TARGET] |
# +-------------------+----------------+
# | NUCLEO-F767ZI | NUCLEO_F767ZI |
# | NUCLEO-H743ZI2 | NUCLEO_H743ZI2 |
# | NUCLEO-F429ZI | NUCLEO_F429ZI |
# | NUCLEO-F746ZG | NUCLEO_F746ZG |
# | F746NG-Discovery | DISCO_F746NG |
# | F769NI-Discovery | DISCO_F769NI |
# | Arch Max v1.1 | ARCH_MAX |
# | GR-MANGO | GR_MANGO |
# +-------------------+----------------+
./build.bash all [TARGET] echoback_string
After that, you will find an executable binary is created in the path below.
cmake_build/[TARGET]/develop/GCC_ARM/mros2-mbed.bin
- Connect the PC and Mbed Board with USB and LAN cables.
- Open Serial Console of the Mbed board. (115200bps)
- Copy the executable binary above to the Mbed Board. (you may find it in the Nautilus file manager as NODE_F429ZI, F767ZI or DAPLINK.)
mros2-mbed start!
app name: echoback_string
Successfully connected to network
IP Address: 192.168.11.2
[MROS2LIB] set IP address for RTPS communication
[MROS2LIB] mros2_init task start
mROS 2 initialization is completed
[MROS2LIB] create_node
[MROS2LIB] start creating participant
[MROS2LIB] successfully created participant
[MROS2LIB] create_publisher complete.
[MROS2LIB] create_subscription complete.
[MROS2LIB] Initilizing Domain complete
ready to pub/sub message
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 0'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 1'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 2'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 3'
...(SNIPPED)...
- One of the easiest way to operate the host is using Docker. On the host terminal, type the command below.
docker run --rm -it --net=host ros:humble /bin/bash \
-c "source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash &&
cd &&
git clone https://github.com/mROS-base/mros2-host-examples &&
cd mros2-host-examples &&
colcon build --packages-select mros2_echoreply_string &&
source install/setup.bash &&
ros2 run mros2_echoreply_string echoreply_node"
Then, we can confirm the communication between the host and Mbed board via ROS 2 topic.
Cloning into 'mros2-host-examples'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 831, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (85/85), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (68/68), done.
remote: Total 831 (delta 46), reused 26 (delta 15), pack-reused 746
Receiving objects: 100% (831/831), 96.01 KiB | 7.38 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (448/448), done.
Starting >>> mros2_echoreply_string
Finished <<< mros2_echoreply_string [9.02s]
Summary: 1 package finished [9.17s]
[INFO] [1666012200.122092282] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 7'
[INFO] [1666012200.122210443] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 7'
[INFO] [1666012201.127168943] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 8'
[INFO] [1666012201.127216518] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 8'
[INFO] [1666012202.132162620] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 9'
[INFO] [1666012202.132208473] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
Publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 9'
[INFO] [1666012203.137265544] [mros2_echoreply_node]:
...(SNIPPED)...
serial console on the board
...(SNIPPED)...
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 5'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 6'
[MROS2LIB] subscriber matched with remote publisher
[MROS2LIB] publisher matched with remote subscriber
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 7'
subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 7'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 8'
subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 8'
publishing msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 9'
subscribed msg: 'Hello from mros2-mbed onto NUCLEO_F767ZI: 9'
...(SNIPPED)...
This repository contains some example applications in workspace/ to communicate with ROS 2 nodes on the host.
You can switch the example by specifying the third argument of build.bash.
Of course you can also create a new program file and specify it as your own application.
Please also check mROS-base/mros2-host-examples repository for more detail about the host examples.
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
string(std_msgs::msg::String) message to/to_linuxtopic. - (The node on the host will echoreply this message as it is.)
- The mROS 2 node subscribes the replied message from
/to_stmtopic.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_echoreply_string echoreply_node
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscribes
string(std_msgs::msg::String) message from/to_stmtopic. - And then publishes this
stringmessage as it is to/to_linuxas the reply.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscribes
- Host operation:
- at first terminal:
$ ros2 run mros2_echoback_string sub_node - and then, at second terminal:
$ ros2 run mros2_echoback_string pub_node - or, at one terminal:
$ ros2 launch mros2_echoback_string pubsub.launch.py
- at first terminal:
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
float32(std_msgs::msg::Float32) message to/to_linuxtopic.- Note that this application just print whether the value of message is less than 0.0, between 0.0 and 1.0, or greater than 1.0.
- If you want to print float value in serial console, you need to add
"target.printf_lib": "std"into mbed_app.json (see detail). Note that linking std lib will increase the size of Flash memory.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_sub_float32 sub_node- or,
$ ros2 launch mros2_sub_float32 sub.launch.py
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscribes
uint16(std_msgs::msg::UInt16) message from/to_stmtopic.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscribes
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_pub_uint16 pub_node- or,
$ ros2 launch mros2_pub_uint16 pub.launch.py
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
Twist(geometry_msgs::msg::Twist) message to/cmd_veltopic. - This application requires to generated header files for
TwistandVector3. See detail in <repo_root>/README.md#generating-header-files-for-custom-msgtypes.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_sub_twist sub_node- or,
$ ros2 launch mros2_sub_twist sub.launch.py
- Description:
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscibes
Pose(geometry_msgs::msg::Pose) message to/cmd_veltopic. - This application requires to generated header files for
Pose,PointandQuartenion. See detail in <repo_root>/README.md#generating-header-files-for-custom-msgtypes.
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board subscibes
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_pub_pose pub_node- or,
$ ros2 launch mros2_pub_pose pub.launch.py
- Description:
- This is a sample application along with mturtlesim (mros2 dedicated version of turtlesim).
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
Twist(geometry_msgs::msg::Twist) message to/turtle1/cmd_veltopic, according to the input from keyboard via serial console.
- Please see mturtle_teleop/README.md for more detail including host operation.
- Description:
- This is a sample application along with mturtlesim (mros2 dedicated version of turtlesim).
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes
Twist(geometry_msgs::msg::Twist) message to/turtle1/cmd_veltopic, according to the input from Joystick module.
- Please see mturtle_teleop_joy/README.md for more detail including host operation.
- Description:
- This sample application is an example to demonstrate the fragmented message feature added by the Pull-Request below. #32
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes too long
string(std_msgs::msg::String) message prepared inlong_text.txtto the/to_linuxtopic. - (The node on the host will calculate the CRC value of subscribed long string, and publish the value as the reply.)
- The mROS 2 node subscribes
uint32(std_msgs::msg::UInt32) message as the calculated CRC value from/to_stmtopic.
- Host operation:
$ ros2 run mros2_sub_long_string_pub_crc sub_long_string_pub_crc_node
- Description:
- This sample application is an example to demonstrate the fragmented message feature added by the Pull-Request below. #32
- The mROS 2 node on the embedded board publishes an
Image(sensor_msgs::msg::Image) message to the/to_linuxtopic. - This sample uses the DCMI I/F of STM32 MCU as a camera I/F. The camera module to be used is the prevalence one like below.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4166233
- If you don't have the camera module but want to try publishing image, you can use
pub_imagesample instead (that publises a dummy image defined inmros_image.h).
- If you don't have the camera module but want to try publishing image, you can use
- For some NUCLEO boards (e.g., NUCELO-F429ZI), you might have to solder two pin headers on both PA8 and PB7 to connect them to XCLK and VSYNC respectively. The whole of the pin connections between the MCU and the camera module should be below.
refs: https://www.stmcu.jp/design/document/users_manual/52234/
MCU Camera module 3.3V --- 3V3 GND --- GND PB9 --- SDA PB8 --- SCL PB7 --- VSYNC PA4 --- HSYNC(or HREF) PA6 --- PIXCLK(or PCLK) PA8 --- XCLK PE6 --- D7 PE5 --- D6 PB6 --- D5 PE4 --- D4 PC9 --- D3 PC8 --- D2 PC7 --- D1 PC6 --- D0 PA0 -- Reset GND --- PWNDN
- Host operation:
$ rqt- And then, subscribe to the topic
/to_linuxand visualize it byImage Viewon the GUI like below.
Movie Sample
The main source of the application is app.cpp.
You can change and/or add filename by editing ${APP_SRCS} in CMakeLists.txt.
If you have several directories that contain application code files,
you also need to edit CMakeLists.txt (see details in comment).
If you want to use your own customized message type followed by the ROS 2 manner, please refer to mros2#generating-header-files-for-custom-msgtypes section. (this section was moved because it is common feature for mROS 2).
platform/rtps/config.h is the configuration file for embeddedRTPS.
We may be able to realize the RTPS communication to the appropriate configuration by editting this file.
For lwIP (UDP/IP) configuration, you may need to edit mbed_app.json according to your application requirement.
Note that we have added some cofigurations for mros2 (UDP and RTPS) communication.
We should seek the appropreate configurations or how to fit them to the demand of applications. Please let us know about them if you have any opinions or awesome knowledges!
When using the docker environment for build, it will try to clone mros2/ dir/repo automatically during the cmake process.
To prevent this, we can simply clone code from GitHub as the development mode and/or add # to the beginning of mros2.lib.
Caution: Although you can easily try out the basic features of mros2 online, this environment has not been fully maintained. Note that new features such as uniquely defined message types are not available.
We also provide an online development environment for mros2-mbed. By using the following Codes on Keil Studio Cloud (a.k.a Mbed Online Complier), you can try out the power of mros2 just in 5 minute. (we wish :D
- example application:
- mbed-mros2 (core library for mros2-mbed)
Please feel free to let us know in Issues on this repository if you have any troubles or causes.
The source code of this repository itself is published under Apache License 2.0.
Please note that this repository requires the following stacks as the submodules, and also check their Licenses.
- mros2: the pub/sub APIs compatible with ROS 2 Rclcpp
- embeddedRTPS: RTPS communication layer (including lwIP and Micro-CDR)
- Mbed OS 6: an open source embedded operating system designed specifically for the "things" in the Internet of Things
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