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title: Week 3 - ROS 2 Frequency Control & Spin Once (June 17 ~ 23)
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date: 2025-06-23
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categories: [Coding Period, Phase One]
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tags: [robotics-academy, ros2, follow-line, coding-period, phase-one]
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Hey everyone!
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This week continued the **Phase One** of my GSoC project with **JdeRobot**, where I'm working on porting the Follow Line exercise to use **ROS 2-native code** inside Robotics Academy.
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### Objectives for the Week
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- [x] Open PRs for changes in Robotics Academy and RAM for `rclpy.spin()`
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- [x] Add support for `rclpy.spin_once()` and implement user-controlled frequency
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- [ ] Migration of `frequency.py` into RA
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- [ ] ROS Native logging support from user code
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### What I Worked On
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We started the week with our weekly sync-up meeting with the mentors to review the progress and plan technical goals.
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![Weekly progress update meet](assets/lib/week_3.png)
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<sub><i>Weekly mentor sync-up</i></sub>
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The first major task I worked on was opening my initial PRs for the GSoC project. I created a new branch called `ros-native`, which will serve as the working branch for all ROS 2-native features. Once stable, it will be merged into production.
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The PRs this week focused on getting `rclpy.spin()` and `rclpy.spin_once()` running inside the existing Robotics Academy framework. With this done, the user can now choose how to control the event loop, and also has the ability to define the frequency of execution within their code. This marks a key milestone in the ROS 2-native migration.
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After this, I began working on migrating the existing frequency control (currently injected by RAM) into a new module inside RA. While the initial idea was clear, I quickly realized that this change requires deeper structural updates across the RA codebase—especially to support the optional use of `frequency.py`.
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I also began prototyping the logging integration. Currently, log output appears in the terminal running Docker, but not in the VNC (in-GUI terminal). On further investigation, I found that the print statements inside the VNC console are routed via an initialization in `GUI.py`. This means that if `GUI.py` isn't imported, the logs don’t show up in the VNC console. I’ll need to explore workarounds or alternative ways to enable logging visibility without requiring the GUI import.
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### PRs & Issues Raised
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Here are the key contributions made this week:
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**Issues**
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- [Add ROS 2 spin() support to user code](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/issues/217)
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- [Support for rclpy.spin_once() and user-defined frequency](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/issues/218)
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- [New frequency control module](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/issues/219)
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- [Fix logging in VNC Console](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/issues/222)
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**Pull Requests**
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- [Add ROS 2 spin() support to user code](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/pull/216)
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- [Support for rclpy.spin_once() and user-defined frequency](https://github.com/JdeRobot/RoboticsApplicationManager/pull/221)
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### Key Learnings & Outcomes
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- Implemented native ROS 2 loops using `rclpy.spin()` and `rclpy.spin_once()` within the existing framework
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- Enabled frequency control directly via user code, rather than injecting it from RAM
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- Identified architectural gaps that need to be addressed for logging and `frequency.py` migration
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> I will be taking a short break this coming week as I have exams scheduled. I’ll resume development and continue from **June 28**.
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Thanks for reading! Next up, I’ll finalize the GUI image publishing mechanism and continue refining the frequency and logging logic to better support ROS 2-native workflows.
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Until next week —
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_Ashish_

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