Documentation for loading the controller is outdated about ros2_control HOT 7 CLOSED

For future users who might struggle like me because of the same reason, try below, it worked.

  cm.load_controller(
    "test_joint_state_controller",
    "joint_state_controller/JointStateController");

You can also see sample examples at this link.

This was really confusing because the input "controller_type" for the function "load_controller" is the name of the plugin that you use, not the plugin type. I feel like there should be consistency in naming variables.

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That change got introduced in #41
@jordan-palacios Do you mind coming up with a follow-up PR to address the documentation?

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"joint_state_controller/JointStateController" should work

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@jordan-palacios friendly ping.

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@ddengster Yes it does indeed. Thanks for the clarification.

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@buschbapti

Did it really work for you? I don't know what I did wrong. I get the
"Loader for controller 'joint_state_controller/JointStateController' not found" message. I downloaded the ros2_controllers package and compiled it together so joint_state_controller should be in it. Would you share what you did to make it work?

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There is an explanation in the rod-controls/ros2_control_demos repository README about this.

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