Volta Topics
The available topics in Volta are listed below.
ROS Topics in Volta
ROS Topic
Purpose
/tf
All transforms between different ROS frames exisitng in the system
/diagnostics
Topic contains detailed diagnostics information related to Volta power and battery status
/diag_enable
A flag to start detailed diagnostics in Volta
/rpm_pub
Contains RPM data published by ROS controller
/rpm_sub
Contains RPM data read by encoders
/cmd_vel
Command topic to move the robot. This topic is directly echoed to the firmware. The commands are issued using the twist_mux package. Please modify the twist_mux package set up in the Volta_control package to issue vehicle commands.
Note: It is recommended to not directly issue commands to this topic./nav/cmd_vel
Command topic for the navigation stack. This topic is configured as input to the twist_mux package
/joy/cmd_vel
Command topic for the joystick commands. This topic is configured as input to the twist_mux package
/keyboard/cmd_vel
Command topic for commands using keyboard commands. This topic is configured as input to the twist_mux package
Sensor Topics in Volta
Sensor Topic
Purpose
/keyboard/cmd_vel
Command topic for keyboard commands. The topic is configured as input to the twist_mux package
/odometry/wheel
Odometry topic for odometry computed from the wheel encoders
/odometry/filtered
Odometry topic for odometry computed from fusion of wheel encoder and IMU data
/imu/data
Filtered IMU data
/scan
Raw scan data received from the Lidar
/scan_filtered
Filtered scan data limiting the range as received from the Lidar
/camera/depth/image_rect_raw
Image rectified by intrinsic/ extrinsic parameters
/camera/depth/camera_info
Camera’s intrinsic or extrinsic parameters
/camera/depth/color/points
RGB Point Cloud