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ros_acomms

ROS interface to the WHOI Micromodem and transport of ROS messages across an acoustic link, with simulation. Supports ROS 1 and ROS 2.

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Overview

ros_acomms is a ROS package that provides a generic ROS interface to the WHOI Micromodem and transparent transport of ROS messages across an acoustic link. It also provides simulation capabilities.

The same packages build under ROS 1 (catkin) and ROS 2 (ament). Source is on the WHOI GitLab, and the documentation covers setup and the simulator.

License

Message, service and launch definitions are LGPL-3.0. The nodes and the rest of the code are AGPL-3.0. The repo's LICENSE gives the reason: groups that change ros_acomms should contribute those changes back.

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