RosGzPointCloud Not Loading

[BobbieZain]

Environment

• OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04
• Binary build: ROS2 Humble 2.5.5-1jammy.20240404.154053| Gazebo Fortress 6.16.0

Description

• Expected behavior: The depth image can be seen in image display
• Actual behavior: The image display cannot be dropped down and the plugin is not correctly loaded

Steps to reproduce

1.Go to ros_gz_point_cloud/examples
2.Run ign gazebo -r examples/depth_camera.sdf

Output

Error message:
[Err] [SystemLoader.cc:94] Failed to load system plugin [RosGzPointCloud] : couldn't find shared library.
Screenshot:

[BobbieZain]

Hello, do I need to install the RosGzPointCloud library? If so, how?

[azeey]

The PointCloud plugin is unfortunately in a broken state right now. There's a COLCON_IGNORE file in the package.

A workaround for this is to use ros_gz_bridge to bridge point cloud messages from Gazebo to ROS. Here is an example.

[DanielBar98]

Are there any updates on this?

[caguero]

We're looking into an alternative, stay tuned for news soon.