The Standard ROS JavaScript Library

Maintainer: Russell Toris
License: BSD
Bugtracker: https://github.com/RobotWebTools/roslibjs/issues
Source: https://github.com/RobotWebTools/roslibjs

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The Standard ROS JavaScript Library

About

roslibjs is the core JavaScript library for interacting with ROS from the browser. It uses WebSockets to connect with rosbridge and provides publishing, subscribing, service calls, actionlib, TF, URDF parsing, and other essential ROS functionality. roslibjs is developed as part of the Robot Web Tools effort.

API Documentation

JSDoc for the project is available on the Robot Web Tools website.

http://robotwebtools.org/roslibjs/

CDN Releases

This project is released on a CDN as part of the Robot Web Tools effort. The following is a list of the available revisions:

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Source Code

Source code is available at https://github.com/RobotWebTools/roslibjs. Pull requests should be made to the develop branch. This project follows the ROS JavaScript Style Guide.

Tutorials

Writing an actionlib client with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to create an actionlib client and pass a goal.
Publishing video and IMU messages with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to use a mobile phone to publish video and IMU messages via roslibjs and rosbridge
Basic ROS functionality with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to publish, subscribe, and perform service calls with roslibjs.
Writing a URDF parser with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to fetch a URDF model of a robot and parse it with roslibjs.
Writing a dynamic_reconfigure client with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to interface with nodes using dynamic_reconfigure parameters using service calls from roslibjs.
Using TF with roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to use TF with roslibjs.
Math utilities provided by roslibjs
This tutorial shows you how to use the math utilities that are part of roslibjs.

Support

Please send bug reports to the GitHub Issue Tracker. Feel free to contact us at any point with questions and comments.

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