Zero-dependency ROS-like middleware for Python

This library is intended to be used for small projects that require a simple middleware for communication between processes. It is not intended to be a replacement for ROS.

Why ZeroROS?

See these discussions in ROS Discourse and this one in reddit/ROS.

Installation

Use pip to install the library:

pip install zeroros

Usage

The library is composed of three main classes: Publisher, Subscriber and MessageBroker.

MessageBroker

The MessageBroker class is used to create a message broker that can be used by publishers and subscribers to communicate with each other.

from zeroros import MessageBroker

broker = MessageBroker()

Publisher

The Publisher class is used to publish messages to a topic. The constructor takes two arguments: the topic name and the message type. The topic name is a string, while the message type is a Python class. The message type is used to serialize and deserialize messages.

from zeroros import Publisher

pub = Publisher("topic_name", String)
pub.publish("Hello world!")

Subscriber

The Subscriber class is used to subscribe to a topic and receive messages. The constructor takes two arguments: the topic name and the message type. The topic name is a string, while the message type is a Python class. The message type is used to serialize and deserialize messages.

import time
from zeroros import Subscriber

def callback(msg):
    print(msg)

sub = Subscriber("topic_name", String, callback)
while True:
    # Do something else
    time.sleep(1)

# Stop the subscriber
sub.stop()

Messages

The library comes with a few built-in messages that can be used out of the box. The following messages are available:

• std_msgs.String
• std_msgs.Int
• std_msgs.Float
• std_msgs.Bool
• std_msgs.Header
• geometry_msgs.Vector3
• geometry_msgs.Vector3Stamped
• geometry_msgs.Twist
• geometry_msgs.Quaternion
• geometry_msgs.Pose
• geometry_msgs.PoseStamped
• geometry_msgs.PoseWithCovariance
• geometry_msgs.TwistWithCovariance
• nav_msgs.Odometry
• nav_msgs.Path
• sensors_msgs.LaserScan
• More to come...