2023.1.2

Targets Webots R2023b

Notable changes:

• Fixed errors showing up when launching moveit for ur5e.
• Fixed nav2 turtlebot test failing very often.
• Fixed build and tests for rolling.
• Fixed deprecated ros_controls command: cmd_vel_unstamped.
• Remove usage of deprecated resource manager method: activate_all_components().
• Set is_urdf_loaded__ of the resource manager to true.

2023.1.1

Targets Webots R2023b

Notable changes:

• Added deprecation message when declaring driver node in launch file.
• Fixed RangeFinder activation to also check for point cloud subscriptions.
• Added component remapping parameter to WebotsController to rename PROTO components.
• Added animation_{start,stop}_recording services to Ros2Supervisor node.
• Added /Ros2Supervisor namespace to Ros2Supervisor node.
• Fixed Python plugin termination on SIGINT call or simulation ends.

2023.1.0

Targets Webots R2023b

Notable changes:

• Added Ros2Pen static plugin.
• Added support for Navigation2 in Iron.
• Clean simulation reset in launch files.
• Fixed Universal Robot trajectory interpolation.
• Added new TIAGo project to webots_ros2_tiago to run real robot configuration.
• Added new WebotsController node in the driver interface to launch robot controller plugins.
• Fixed unfound robot window library in Tesla example.
• Default to canonical topic name and fix camera_info stamp in Ros2Camera, Ros2RangeFinder.
• Added VacuumGripper gripper support in webots_ros2_driver.
• Added BoolStamped message in webots_ros2_msgs.
• Added GetBool service in webots_ros2_msgs.
• Fixed webots_ros2_control component activation.

2023.0.4

Targets Webots R2023a

Notable changes:

• Dropped support for Foxy.
• Added Iron support.
• Fixed vertical field of view in static RangeFinder plugin.
• Added support for painted point clouds
• Fixed ability to launch RViz without other tools in e-puck example.
• Fixed command line arguments in importer tools.
• Added custom handler in driver interface to start nodes when Webots is ready.

2023.0.3

Targets Webots R2023a

Notable changes:

• Fixed the calibration of the TIAGo.
• Improved the navigation of the TIAGo example.
• Added Cartographer for SLAM in the TIAGo example.
• Adding port, stream type parameters to webots_laucher
• Copying .wbproj when launching a Webots world via webots_launcher
• Added Emitter and Receiver support in webots_ros2_driver
• Changed undefined Lidar frequency to the default from the .proto file
• Added Compass support in webots_ros2_driver
• Added startup of the Turlebot navigation and mapping tools from the launch file.
• Fixed the calibration of the e-puck.
• Fixed and improved the navigation of the e-puck example.

2023.0.2

Targets Webots R2023a

Notable changes:

• Drop support for Galactic.
• Fixed the spawn of URDF robots in WSL and macOS when using full path.
• Fixed relative assets in macOS.
• Ros2Supervisor is now optional.

2023.0.1

Targets Webots R2023a

Notable changes:

• Fixed relative assets in WSL.
• Fixed broken controller connection in Rats life example.

2023.0.0

Targets Webots R2023a

Notable changes:

• Add support for the new Python API of Webots R2023a.
• Convert C++ controller API functions to C.
• Replace libController submodule by committed source files.
• Removed webots_ros2_core package (deprecated).
• Allow custom motor-encoder pair.

2022.1.4

Targets Webots R2022b

Notable changes:

• Fix the camera focal length in the CameraInfo topic.
• Upgraded to urdf2webots 2.0.3
• Update the calculation of CameraRecognitionObject messages to the RDF convention of R2022b.

2022.1.3

Targets Webots R2022b

Notable changes:

• Added macOS support.
• Added reset handler to all examples to support simulation reset from Webots.