• Johan Engelen (11/11) Jul 29 2017 Hi all,
• =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (4/14) Jul 30 2017 Looks like you will have to make a robot to have it write the D client
• aberba (3/14) Jul 31 2017 Mike as been doing some foundation work non ARM Cortex
• Johan Engelen (4/11) Jul 31 2017 I know of Mike's work, but ROS is not only for embedded
• thinwybk (7/18) Nov 22 2017 Hi Johan,
• thinwybk (4/26) Nov 22 2017 Have you considered to post on discourse.ros.org (client
• Johan Engelen (12/27) Dec 17 2017 Andrei thought it could be a good GSoC project.
• thinwybk (23/35) Dec 19 2017 That sounds great. I believe that ROS2 could be a door opener for
• thinwybk (10/22) Jan 07 2018 Could be already too late for GSoC project w.r.t. timeline
• Johan Engelen (5/8) Jan 17 2018 This is not too late for a GSoC project. We can add it as an idea
• thinwybk (5/10) Jan 20 2018 Sure, why not. (You are welcome.)
• ashit axar (9/13) Jan 19 2018 i made things like CNC-Milling machine, wheat mill with

Johan Engelen <j j.nl> writes:

Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS 
and would be able to work on creating a D client library for it?

ROS is used a lot at our university and in robot research in 
general, and most people use the C++ client (the main one, next 
to Python). In arguing for teaching D at our university, it would 
help a lot if students could use D with ROS.

Cheers,
   Johan

(fyi: I'm an assistent prof Robotics and Mechatronics and LDC 
developer)

=?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

On 07/29/2017 03:21 AM, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS and would
 be able to work on creating a D client library for it?

 ROS is used a lot at our university and in robot research in general,
 and most people use the C++ client (the main one, next to Python). In
 arguing for teaching D at our university, it would help a lot if
 students could use D with ROS.

 Cheers,
   Johan

 (fyi: I'm an assistent prof Robotics and Mechatronics and LDC developer)

Looks like you will have to make a robot to have it write the D client 
for ROS. :o)

Ali

aberba <karabutawotld gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS 
 and would be able to work on creating a D client library for it?

 ROS is used a lot at our university and in robot research in 
 general, and most people use the C++ client (the main one, next 
 to Python). In arguing for teaching D at our university, it 
 would help a lot if students could use D with ROS.

 Cheers,
   Johan

 (fyi: I'm an assistent prof Robotics and Mechatronics and LDC 
 developer)

Mike as been doing some foundation work non ARM Cortex 
...microcontrollers... His work is closest I know of.

Johan Engelen <j j.nl> writes:

On Monday, 31 July 2017 at 21:41:47 UTC, aberba wrote:
 On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS 
 and would be able to work on creating a D client library for 
 it?

 Mike as been doing some foundation work non ARM Cortex 
 ...microcontrollers... His work is closest I know of.

I know of Mike's work, but ROS is not only for embedded 
platforms. (in fact, I think the majority of people run ROS on 
unconstrained systems with Linux available)

thinwybk <thinwybk mailbox.org> writes:

On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS 
 and would be able to work on creating a D client library for it?

 ROS is used a lot at our university and in robot research in 
 general, and most people use the C++ client (the main one, next 
 to Python). In arguing for teaching D at our university, it 
 would help a lot if students could use D with ROS.

 Cheers,
   Johan

 (fyi: I'm an assistent prof Robotics and Mechatronics and LDC 
 developer)

Hi Johan,

a bit late... yes, I am working in robotics and I would be 
interrested in helping out. I know that other people visit ROS 
and D meetups in munich and could be interrested as well.

Cheers,
Florian

thinwybk <thinwybk mailbox.org> writes:

On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 at 19:02:17 UTC, thinwybk wrote:
 On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with ROS 
 and would be able to work on creating a D client library for 
 it?

 ROS is used a lot at our university and in robot research in 
 general, and most people use the C++ client (the main one, 
 next to Python). In arguing for teaching D at our university, 
 it would help a lot if students could use D with ROS.

 Cheers,
   Johan

 (fyi: I'm an assistent prof Robotics and Mechatronics and LDC 
 developer)

 Hi Johan,

 a bit late... yes, I am working in robotics and I would be 
 interrested in helping out. I know that other people visit ROS 
 and D meetups in munich and could be interrested as well.

 Cheers,
 Florian

Have you considered to post on discourse.ros.org (client 
libraries) https://discourse.ros.org/c/client-libraries as well? 
You would propably get more response there.

Johan Engelen <j j.nl> writes:

On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 at 22:16:12 UTC, thinwybk wrote:
 On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 at 19:02:17 UTC, thinwybk wrote:
 On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here that are working with 
 ROS and would be able to work on creating a D client library 
 for it?


 a bit late... yes, I am working in robotics and I would be 
 interrested in helping out. I know that other people visit ROS 
 and D meetups in munich and could be interrested as well.

 Have you considered to post on discourse.ros.org (client 
 libraries) https://discourse.ros.org/c/client-libraries as 
 well? You would propably get more response there.

Andrei thought it could be a good GSoC project.
It may take a bit of effort to define the project such that the D 
community at large can benefit from it. I'm thinking about 
possible additions to dub/other tool to support a more complex 
build setup like ROS is using; but perhaps it is not needed with 
D's more advanced capabilities in comparison to C++.

Shall we schedule a time for an online chat/discussion (slack, 
gitter, ...) to see how to proceed?  (and discuss tech things 
like ROS1 or ROS2, step-plan and minimum requirements, ...)

cheers,
   Johan

thinwybk <thinwybk mailbox.org> writes:

On Sunday, 17 December 2017 at 14:16:14 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 at 22:16:12 UTC, thinwybk wrote:

 Andrei thought it could be a good GSoC project.
 It may take a bit of effort to define the project such that the 
 D community at large can benefit from it. I'm thinking about 
 possible additions to dub/other tool to support a more complex 
 build setup like ROS is using; but perhaps it is not needed 
 with D's more advanced capabilities in comparison to C++.

That sounds great. I believe that ROS2 could be a door opener for 
D into the technical domain (beginning in robotics and 
automotive). ROS2 is considered a real alternative in industry 
and automotive. (In comparison to ROS1 which needs heavy 
modification to be suitable for these domains.) A lot of C++ 
programmers could discover D as an easier to use, more productive 
and more reliable programming language to implement components 
for these systems. D as system programming language has the 
potential to address low to mid level needs like high-performance 
code (ROS C++ client) as well as high level needs like 
interfacing to machine learning frameworks (ROS Python client).

 Shall we schedule a time for an online chat/discussion (slack, 
 gitter, ...) to see how to proceed?  (and discuss tech things 
 like ROS1 or ROS2, step-plan and minimum requirements, ...)

 cheers,
   Johan

Unfortunately from a technological point of view I am not the 
right person to consider I guess :) My background is embedded 
software with strong focus on methodology and C/C++ design in a 
testing context. Right now I am implementing way more Python than 
C++. I am working with ROS1 since half a year or so. It would be 
more valuable to have someone from OSRF 
(https://www.osrfoundation.org/) and/or ROS-Industrial 
(http://rosindustrial.org/) involved. If you don't have contacts 
to ROS-I already: I could introduce you to some ROS-I project 
managers which have very strong technical background in ROS. I 
would love to join the discussion.

thinwybk <thinwybk mailbox.org> writes:

On Sunday, 17 December 2017 at 14:16:14 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 at 22:16:12 UTC, thinwybk wrote:

 Andrei thought it could be a good GSoC project.
 It may take a bit of effort to define the project such that the 
 D community at large can benefit from it. I'm thinking about 
 possible additions to dub/other tool to support a more complex 
 build setup like ROS is using; but perhaps it is not needed 
 with D's more advanced capabilities in comparison to C++.

Could be already too late for GSoC project w.r.t. timeline 
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline I guess. 
However despite of the GSoC project a D client library could be 
very valuable to the D community.

 Shall we schedule a time for an online chat/discussion (slack, 
 gitter, ...) to see how to proceed?  (and discuss tech things 
 like ROS1 or ROS2, step-plan and minimum requirements, ...)

 cheers,
   Johan

For everyone interested in the technological stuff refer to a 
short summary in this repository: 
https://github.com/fkromer/ros2-d-client-library

Cheers,
Florian

Johan Engelen <j j.nl> writes:

On Sunday, 7 January 2018 at 15:40:16 UTC, thinwybk wrote:
 For everyone interested in the technological stuff refer to a 
 short summary in this repository: 
 https://github.com/fkromer/ros2-d-client-library

This is not too late for a GSoC project. We can add it as an idea 
to the GSoC page, with a link to your summary (great, thanks!).

Cheers,
    Johan

thinwybk <thinwybk mailbox.org> writes:

On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 22:48:13 UTC, Johan Engelen 
wrote:
 This is not too late for a GSoC project. We can add it as an 
 idea to the GSoC page, with a link to your summary (great, 
 thanks!).

 Cheers,
    Johan

Sure, why not. (You are welcome.)

Cheers,
Florian

ashit axar <www.ashit.axar gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 29 July 2017 at 10:21:32 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote:
 Hi all,
   Are there any robot folks out here

here i am :)

 that are working with ROS

i made things like CNC-Milling machine, wheat mill with 
controller board, and ...
but i didn't done such a complex project that i need to use any 
embedded OS.
i'm interested in 'ChibiOS/RT'. and would try using it

most people use the C++ client (the main one, next to Python)



i would like to use D whenever possible.