%% Get Started with ROS
% Robot Operating System (ROS) is a communication interface that enables different parts of a robot system to discover each other, and send and receive data between them. MATLAB® supports ROS with a library of functions that enables you to exchange data with ROS-enabled physical robots or robot simulators such as Gazebo®.
% This example introduces how to:
% Set up ROS within MATLAB
% Get information about capabilities in a ROS network
% Get information about ROS messages
%% ROS Terminology
% A ROS network comprises different parts of a robot system (such as a planner or a camera interface) that communicate over ROS. The network can be distributed over several machines.
% A ROS master coordinates the different parts of a ROS network. It is identified by a Master URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) that specifies the hostname or IP address of the machine where the master is running.
% A ROS node contains a collection of related ROS capabilities (such as publishers, subscribers, and services). A ROS network can have many ROS nodes.
% Publishers, subscribers, and services are different kinds of ROS entities that process data. They exchange data using messages.
% A publisher sends messages to a specific topic (such as "odometry"), and subscribers to that topic receive those messages. A single topic can be associated with multiple publishers and subscribers.
% For more information, see Robot Operating System (ROS) and the Concepts section on the ROS website.
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%% Initialize ROS Network
% Use rosinit to initialize ROS. By default, rosinit creates a ROS master in MATLAB and starts a global node that is connected to the master. The global node is automatically used by other ROS functions.

rosinit

% Use rosnode list to see all nodes in the ROS network. Note that the only available node is the global node created by rosinit.

rosnode list

% Use exampleHelperROSCreateSampleNetwork to populate the ROS network with three additional nodes and sample publishers and subscribers.

exampleHelperROSCreateSampleNetwork

% Use rosnode list again to see the three new nodes (node_1, node_2, and node_3).

rosnode list

% The figure shows the current state of the ROS network. The MATLAB global node is disconnected since it currently does not have any publishers, subscribers or services.
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%% Topics
% Use rostopic list to see available topics in the ROS network. There are three active topics: /pose, /rosout, and /scan. The default logging topic, rosout, is always present in the ROS network. The other two topics were created as part of the sample network.

rostopic list

% Use rostopic info <topicname> to get specific information about a specific topic. The command below shows that /node_1 publishes (sends messages to) the /pose topic, and /node_2 subscribes (receives messages from) to that topic. See Exchange Data with ROS Publishers and Subscribers for more information.

rostopic info /pose

% Use rosnode info <nodename> to get information about a specific node. The command below shows that node_1 publishes to /pose and /rosout topics and subscribes to the /scan topic.

rosnode info /node_1

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%% Services
% ROS services provide a mechanism for procedure calls across the ROS network. A service client sends a request message to a service server, which processes the information in the request and returns with a response message (see Call and Provide ROS Services).
% Use rosservice list to see all available service servers in the ROS network. The command below shows that two services (/add and /reply) are available.

rosservice list

% Use rosservice info <servicename> to get information about a specific service.

rosservice info /add

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%% Messages
% Publishers, subscribers, and services use ROS messages to exchange information. Each ROS message has an associated message type that defines the datatypes and layout of information in that message (See Work with Basic ROS Messages).
% Use rostopic type <topicname> to see the message type used by a topic. The command below shows that the /pose topic uses messages of type geometry_msgs/Twist.

rostopic type /pose

% Use rosmsg show <messagetype> to view the properties of a message type. The geometry_msgs/Twist message type has two properties, Linear and Angular. Each property is a message of type geometry_msgs/Vector3, which in turn has three properties of type double.

rosmsg show geometry_msgs/Twist
rosmsg show geometry_msgs/Vector3

% Use rosmsg list to see the full list of message types available in MATLAB.
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%% Shut Down ROS Network
% Use exampleHelperROSShutDownSampleNetwork to remove the sample nodes, publishers, and subscribers from the ROS network. This command is only needed if the sample network was created earlier using exampleHelperROSStartSampleNetwork.

exampleHelperROSShutDownSampleNetwork

% Use rosshutdown to shut down the ROS network in MATLAB. This shuts down the ROS master that was started by rosinit and deletes the global node. Using rosshutdown is the recommended procedure once you are done working with the ROS network.

rosshutdown

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%% Next Steps
% Connect to a ROS Network
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