Unit 9 ROS Actions: Servers & Messages Quiz Problem

[georg.novotny2]

Hello there,

for the 9.4 actions_quiz I have created a catkin pkg with the following structure:

user:~/catkin_ws/src/actions_quiz$ tree
.
|-- CMakeLists.txt
|-- action
|   `-- CustomActionMsg.action
|-- launch
|   `-- action_custom_msg.launch
|-- package.xml
`-- src
    `-- action_server.py


3 directories, 5 files

When I manually launch the action server via roslaunch actions_quiz action_custom_msg.launch and then publish the following code via ROS CLI the drone in my simulation takes off / lands respectively with goal: ‘LAND’.

user:~/catkin_ws/src/actions_quiz$ rostopic pub /action_custom_msg_as/goal actions_quiz/CustomActionMsgActionGoal "header:
  seq: 0
  stamp:
    secs: 0
    nsecs: 0
  frame_id: ''
goal_id:
  stamp:
    secs: 0
    nsecs: 0
  id: ''
goal:
  goal: 'TAKEOFF'"

But the automated grading gave me this grading: Drone did not take off (mark: 6.0)
Should the action msg be structured different then below?

string goal
---
---
string feedback

[georg.novotny2]

@courses Would appreciate an update here since my subscription ends soon.

Also for the Certificate I need to use the currently unavailable RealRobotLab? Or Is the point Real Robot Project 40.00% in _ Your scores for ROS Basics in 5 Days (Python)_ for the certificate something different?

[georg.novotny2]

So I guess the script that tests the action server sends a lower-case goal string, since the only thing I changed is if goal.goal == "TAKEOFF": to if goal.goal.upper() == "TAKEOFF":

Can someone please tell me where I can find the Real Robot Project for the ROS Basics in 5 Days (Python) course?

[georg.novotny2]

@rtellez @duckfrost @albertoezquerro anybody?

[georg.novotny2]

Never mind, finally found it

[rodrigo55]

Hi, the real robot project can be found at the bottom of unit 4 in the course ROS basics in 5 days (Python)

As for the issue, I’m glad you found the solution. You should make sure that all of the processes in your terminal are killed before running the grader.