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ROS-TiPlEx

ROS-TiPlEx is a bridge from ROS systems to Timeline based Planning & Scheduling software. It Enables the connection between robots and the high-level planner, with minimum effort from developers. In fact, it uses a GUI to configure the P&S domain. In ROS each command is delivered using topics or services; ROS-TiPlEx is focused on the use of topics, but it can be extended to service. The main idea is that each action corresponds a topic and the robot needs to do this action in a determined timeslot.
Using the GUI is possible to map each topic (aka action) with the PLATINUm P&S. Once the mapping is done correctly, the input for the planner is served and it starts computing the plan. After this, using the information came by configuration, the scheduler is able to create some Java classes that will be used by a planning expert to dispatch all the commands to ROS and make the robot execute. More insights and a use case will be given in this wiki.