Unit 12 · lesson
ROS Message Evidence Refresher
This bridge assumes you already know ROS 2 topics and message interfaces from ros2-for-students.
The task here is to read runtime evidence precisely. For a topic, record:
- topic name;
- message type;
- relevant fields and units;
- publisher/subscriber evidence;
- one observed or supplied value;
- timestamp or freshness context when available.
A message type describes a contract. It does not prove a publisher is active. One observed message proves one observation, not continuous health.
Checkpoint
Build a compact message evidence record and state one claim the interface proves, one the runtime observation proves, and one neither proves.