Hi,
I implemented a similar shutdown function based on this in a python script without a class, as expected in exercise 3.1. (unit 3 topics). I mean it is not expected to shutdown the robot but I was curious about how to do it. However, when pressing ctr+C the robot will not stop:
#! /usr/bin/env python import rospy # Import the Python library for ROS from geometry_msgs.msg import Twist # Import the Int32 message from the std_msgs package def clean_shutdown(self): ''' Stop robot when shutting down ''' rospy.loginfo("System is shutting down. Stopping robot...") vel.linear.x = 0 vel.angular.z = 0 rospy.on_shutdown(clean_shutdown) rospy.init_node('vel_publisher') # Initiate a Node named 'topic_publisher' pub = rospy.Publisher('/cmd_vel', Twist, queue_size=1) # Create a Publisher object, that will publish on the /counter topic # messages of type Int32 rate = rospy.Rate(1) # Set a publish rate of 2 Hz vel = Twist() # Create a var of type Int32 vel.linear.x = 0.5 # Initialize 'count' variable vel.angular.z = 0.5 while not rospy.is_shutdown(): # Create a loop that will go until someone stops the program execution pub.publish(vel) # Publish the message within the 'count' variable rate.sleep()
Am I missing something?