vbot_ros2_msgs

Public ROS 2 interface definitions for VITA Dynamics robots. This repository lets third parties build ROS 2 nodes that communicate with VITA robots without needing access to the closed-source robot stack.

This repository is generated. It is synchronized from the internal vita-robot repository on each public release; do not open PRs that edit *.msg, *.srv, *.action, package.xml, or CMakeLists.txt files directly — those changes will be overwritten on the next sync.

What is here

• A flat ROS 2 workspace src/ containing the message / service / action packages that make up the public VITA robot interface.
• A colcon-buildable layout (no Bazel, no internal tooling).

Supported ROS distro

• ROS 2 Humble (Ubuntu 22.04). Other distros are not validated by CI; they may work but are unsupported.

Build

mkdir -p ~/vbot_ws/src
cd ~/vbot_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/VitaDynamics/vbot_ros2_msgs.git
cd ..
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
colcon build
source install/setup.bash

Use from your own package

In your downstream package.xml:

<depend>lowlevel_msg</depend>

In your downstream CMakeLists.txt:

find_package(lowlevel_msg REQUIRED)

License

Apache-2.0.

Issues and contributions

Please file issues on this repository. For changes to message schemas, open an issue here describing the use case — schema edits land in the internal repository first and are propagated here on the next release.