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The SDK exposes the full gripper command and status blocks, but the ROS layer does not pass most of it through. A ROS consumer today sees position (state + command), a derived velocity, and the two activation command interfaces — everything else the gripper reports on every cycle stops at the hardware interface.
Command: the values actually being written each cycle (rACT, rGTO, rATR, rPR, rSP, rFR), so a consumer can see what the driver is sending rather than inferring it.
Open questions
Interface choice.ros2_control state/command interfaces cover what a controller needs, but they are a poor fit for diagnostics — nothing outside the controller manager can read them. A latched topic (or a diagnostics topic) publishing the decoded blocks is the natural complement. Deciding which values go where is the substance of this issue.
Rate. The exchange cycle runs far faster than anything needs to consume the status for display. A publisher needs its own rate, decoupled from the control loop.
Naming. Whether topics expose raw register names (gPR, gOBJ) or decoded semantics. Raw names match the manual and are unambiguous; decoded names are friendlier to someone who has never read it.
An inspection/control surface for basic commands (rviz panel or a small web viewer) is the eventual goal, but it depends on this being published first.
The SDK exposes the full gripper command and status blocks, but the ROS layer does not pass most of it through. A ROS consumer today sees position (state + command), a derived velocity, and the two activation command interfaces — everything else the gripper reports on every cycle stops at the hardware interface.
What should be reachable from ROS:
gACT,gGTO,gSTA,gOBJ,gFLT,gPR,gPO,gCU. Object detection and current are tracked separately in robotiq_driver: expose effort (gCU) and object-detection (gOBJ) state interfaces #26 asros2_controlstate interfaces; this issue is the broader question of publishing the whole block.rACT,rGTO,rATR,rPR,rSP,rFR), so a consumer can see what the driver is sending rather than inferring it.Open questions
ros2_controlstate/command interfaces cover what a controller needs, but they are a poor fit for diagnostics — nothing outside the controller manager can read them. A latched topic (or a diagnostics topic) publishing the decoded blocks is the natural complement. Deciding which values go where is the substance of this issue.gPR,gOBJ) or decoded semantics. Raw names match the manual and are unambiguous; decoded names are friendlier to someone who has never read it.An inspection/control surface for basic commands (rviz panel or a small web viewer) is the eventual goal, but it depends on this being published first.