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This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Author: Maintained by Tully Foote/tfoote@willowgarage.com
License: BSD
Repository: ros-pkg
Source: svn https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/common_msgs/tags/common_msgs-1.4.0

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This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Author: Maintained by Tully Foote/tfoote@willowgarage.com
License: BSD
Source: svn https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/common_msgs/branches/common_msgs-1.6

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This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Author: Maintained by Tully Foote/tfoote@willowgarage.com
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: fuerte-devel)

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This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
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License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: groovy-devel)

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This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
Author:
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: hydro-devel)

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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
Author:
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: indigo-devel)

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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
Author:
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: jade-devel)

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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Michel Hidalgo <michel AT ekumenlabs DOT com>
Author: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: jade-devel)

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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
Author:
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: jade-devel)

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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Michel Hidalgo <michel AT ekumenlabs DOT com>
Author: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: jade-devel)

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Dependencies (5)
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Package Summary

This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Michel Hidalgo <michel AT ekumenlabs DOT com>
Author: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/ros/common_msgs.git (branch: noetic-devel)

ROS Message / Service Types

ROS Message Types	ROS Service Types
BatteryState CameraInfo ChannelFloat32 CompressedImage FluidPressure Illuminance Image Imu JointState Joy JoyFeedback JoyFeedbackArray LaserEcho LaserScan MagneticField MultiDOFJointState MultiEchoLaserScan NavSatFix NavSatStatus PointCloud PointCloud2 PointField Range RegionOfInterest RelativeHumidity Temperature TimeReference	SetCameraInfo

A number of these messages have ROS stacks dedicated to manipulating them.

More information on how to use the sensor_msgs/LaserScan message can be found in the laser_pipeline stack.
More information on how to use the sensor_msgs/Image and sensor_msgs/CameraInfo messages can be found in the image_pipeline stack.
The sensor_msgs/JointState message is published by joint_state_controller, and received by robot_state_publisher (which combines the joint information with urdf to publish a robot's tf tree).
The sensor_filters package provides easy-to-setup nodes and nodelets for running filters on the sensor data.