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This needs to be done/handled in the node actually sending the messages. Either they provide a possibility to set the rate, or not. Typcially, for most sensors (cameras, laser scanners, ...), they don't. You will get your messages as fast as possible.

If you want, you could, however, push all those topics through a topic_tools throttle. See the [ROS wiki] on the syntax.

This needs to be done/handled in the node actually sending the messages. Either they provide a possibility to set the rate, or not. Typcially, for most sensors (cameras, laser scanners, ...), they don't. You will get your messages as fast as possible.

If you want, you could, however, push all those topics through a topic_tools throttle. See the [ROS wiki] ROS wiki on the syntax.