Feature/joint wrench msgs by my-rice · Pull Request #221 · ros-controls/control_msgs

my-rice · 2025-06-26T08:21:24Z

This PR introduces joint trajectory messages with task space wrench as described in issue #284. In particular, the following message definitions are added:

JointWrenchTrajectory.msg
JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint.msg

In addition to these messages, the corresponding action definition, FollowJointWrenchTrajectory.action, has also been created.

To avoid repeating code, I reused trajectory_msgs/JointTrajectoryPoint where possible. I am not completely sure if this was the best approach, so I am open to feedback on that.

- [REF] Modified old organization of the message to introduce only two message definitions: JointWrenchTrajectory and JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint - [REF] Adjust CMakeLists.txt to adapt to the new changes

…oryPoint messages

…ontrol

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…intWrenchTrajectory.action

christophfroehlich

Thanks the addition. I have some minor comments

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…sistent formatting. Co-authored-by: Christoph Fröhlich <christophfroehlich@users.noreply.github.com>

…ectory.action

my-rice · 2025-06-26T10:13:40Z

@christophfroehlich I implemented all the requested changes.

christophfroehlich

LGTM

saikishor · 2025-06-27T10:37:34Z

+string wrench_frame
+geometry_msgs/Wrench wrench


Can we use the WrenchStamped here instead?

Suggested change

string wrench_frame

geometry_msgs/Wrench wrench

geometry_msgs/WrenchStamped wrench

If we use WrenchStamped here instead of Wrench + wrench_frame, the message would end up with two headers, each containing its own timestamp (one inside the JointTrajectoryPoint and another inside the WrenchStamped field). Generally, I’d expect users of this message to assume that the wrench and the JointTrajectoryPoint are synchronized, meaning they share the same timestamp.

I agree with you, but I'm not sure about separating it as a wrench_frame_id. It should belong within the same context in my opinion. I understand your point on using stamped, but I'm not convinced with the current variable naming and usage.

Any other proposals? Or thoughts? @my-rice @christophfroehlich

I understand your point, but would be happy with the current approach as well.

To avoid duplicate header, we could add another layer with a WrenchFramed message?

Yes!
Let's discuss in the PMC Meeting

Ok, I wrote an item in the 'New Business' section of the agenda. Feel free to revise it or move it to a different section.

WrenchFramed

@saikishor as we discussed in yesterday’s PMC meeting, the proposed solution is to introduce the WrenchFramed message. This would allow us to encapsulate both the wrench_frame_id and the wrench itself in a structured layer.
I have two questions about this:

Should I introduce the WrenchFramed message as part of this PR, or submit it in a separate one?

Should WrenchFramed be added to the control_msgs package or another one?

Please add it in the same PR in this repository.

my-rice · 2025-07-14T09:21:23Z

Hey @saikishor, have you had a chance to review the updates on this PR?

saikishor · 2025-07-14T19:29:19Z

Hey @saikishor, have you had a chance to review the updates on this PR?

Hey @my-rice
I'm extremely sorry, this got out of my inbox last week. Thanks for the ping.

saikishor

I left some comments. Please take a look

my-rice · 2025-07-15T13:11:34Z

I'm extremely sorry, this got out of my inbox last week. Thanks for the ping.

@saikishor No worries at all. Thanks for getting back to me.

I left some comments. Please take a look

I believe I have responded to all of your comments on the PR.

…to feature/joint_wrench_msgs

…to use it

saikishor

Rest looks good to me :)

Co-authored-by: Sai Kishor Kothakota <saisastra3@gmail.com>

saikishor

LGTM

my-rice added 7 commits June 19, 2025 18:58

[ADD] Add new message definitions for joint trajectory control

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[REF] Change the defintions of Joint Wrench Point messages.

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- [REF] Modified old organization of the message to introduce only two message definitions: JointWrenchTrajectory and JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint - [REF] Adjust CMakeLists.txt to adapt to the new changes

[DOC] Refine comments in JointWrenchTrajectory and JointWrenchTraject…

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…oryPoint messages

[ADD] Introduce FollowJointWrenchTrajectory action for joint wrench c…

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…ontrol

[DOC] Update comments in JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint message for clarity

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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/unisa-acg/control_msgs in…

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[FMT] Fix formatting issue by adding a newline at the end of FollowJo…

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…intWrenchTrajectory.action

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[ADD] Add index field in FollowJointWrenchTrajectory.action

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[DOC] Update comments in JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint.msg to ensure con…

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[DOC] Add description for TRAJECTORY_ABORTED in FollowJointWrenchTraj…

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Merge branch 'master' into feature/joint_wrench_msgs

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Proposal: Modular Reference Handling in ROS 2 Controllers ros-controls/ros2_controllers#1757

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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/unisa-acg/control_msgs in…

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[ADD] Add WrenchFramed message and update JointWrenchTrajectoryPoint …

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[REF] Update control_msgs/msg/WrenchFramed.msg

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	string wrench_frame
	geometry_msgs/Wrench wrench
	geometry_msgs/WrenchStamped wrench

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