[jsk_data] Utility script to save/load robot_description

jsk_data/scripts/robot_description_loader.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import rospy
+
+from std_msgs.msg import String
+rospy.init_node("robot_description_saver")
+
+def callback(msg):
+    rospy.set_param("robot_description", msg.data)
+
+sub = rospy.Subscriber("robot_description", String, callback)
+
+rospy.spin()

jsk_data/scripts/robot_description_saver.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import rospy
+from std_msgs.msg import String
+
+rospy.init_node("robot_description_saver")
+
+robot_description = rospy.get_param("robot_description")
+rate = rospy.get_param("~rate", 0.1)      #0.1Hz
+pub = rospy.Publisher("robot_description", String)
+
+def timerCallback(event):
+    global pub, robot_description
+    pub.publish(String(data=robot_description))
+
+timer = rospy.Timer(rospy.Duration(1.0 / rate), timerCallback)
+rospy.spin()
+
+