/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Copyright (c) FIRST 2016. All Rights Reserved. */ /* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code */ /* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */ /* the project. */ /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #pragma once #include #include using namespace gazebo; /** * \brief Plugin for reading the angle of a joint. * * This plugin publishes the angle of a joint to the topic every * physics update. Supports reading in either radians or degrees. * * To add a potentiometer to your robot, add the following XML to your * robot model: * * * Joint Name * ~/my/topic * {degrees, radians} * * * - `joint`: Name of the joint this potentiometer is attached to. * - `topic`: Optional. Message will be published as a gazebo.msgs.Float64. * - `units`: Optional. Defaults to radians. */ class Potentiometer : public ModelPlugin { public: /// \brief Load the potentiometer and configures it according to the sdf. void Load(physics::ModelPtr model, sdf::ElementPtr sdf); /// \brief Sends out the potentiometer reading each timestep. void Update(const common::UpdateInfo& info); private: /// \brief Publish the angle on this topic. std::string topic; /// \brief Whether or not this potentiometer measures radians or degrees. bool radians; /// \brief The joint that this potentiometer measures physics::JointPtr joint; physics::ModelPtr model; ///< \brief The model that this is attached to. event::ConnectionPtr updateConn; ///< \brief Pointer to the world update function. transport::NodePtr node; ///< \brief The node we're advertising on. transport::PublisherPtr pub; ///< \brief Publisher handle. };