Building Extensible ROS Nodes with pluginlib
When developing ROS applications that require runtime extensibility, pluginlib provides a powerful mechanism for loading plugins dynamically without modifying the core application. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a basic plugin system using pluginlib.
First, create a new ROS package to house the plugin implementation:
$ roscd
$ cd ../s ...
Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:23:59 +0000 by kickstart