Topics:
- Progress releasing ROS Melodic
- GSoC - we got three students!
- Cartesian path planning in MoveIt!
- Python interfaces
- Adding/updating maintainer list
- Google C++ style
- World MoveIt! Day
Attendees:
- Michael ‘v4hn’ Görner
- Robert Haschke
- Isaac IY Saito
- Jorge Nicho
- Dave Coleman
- Ian McMahon
- Bence Magyar
- Gijs van der Hoorn
- Mike Lautman
- Levi H. Armstrong
- Akiyoshi Ochiai
Summary
Progress releasing ROS Melodic
- May 23rd first official release (v0.10.1), but its still in beta
- Two warnings remain
- Melodic is not stable
- OMPL has changed its version number and we need to adapt to it
- Still need to release Kinetic again, as well as Indigo and Lunar
- Need to announce in blog posts
Extending MoveIt! messages
- Update MotionPlanRequest with new constraints
- Joint trajectories
- Cartesian trajectories
- Will debate this further in a PR proposal
GSoC - we have three students!
- Quick updates on their status
- Overall going well
Cartesian path planning in MoveIt!
- Move Cartesian capabilities out of RobotState
- Perhaps convert to its own planning plugin
- Descartes integration - a MoveGroup capability - coming online
- Another new Cartesian plugin is being developed by an undisclosed team
Python interfaces
- Use boost:python to cleanup code
- Move python wrappers to each coresponding folder
- Change folder structure to follow best pratices of python
Adding/updating maintainer list
- Add Mike Lautman (PickNik), he has been very active on the Cartesian planning
capability and the new tutorials
Google C++ style
- Continue using clang-tidy to modernize codebase
- When ROS style guideline does not address it, default to Google style
- ROS 2.0 is much truer to GSG
Backporting TF2 Changes (Ian)
- Depending on Melodic changes in RVIZ.
World MoveIt! Day
- Offical date is October 25th!
- Need to create blog post
- Newcomers should work on tutorials and create issues on things that are
confusing/difficult. - Prepare more materials for how to organize a World MoveIt! Day to help
organizers.