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Hello-
I am trying to use the Leap Motion ROS package through matlab. The ROS toolbox came preloaded with the following message types related to Leap Motion
leap_motion/leap
leap_motion/leapros
However, these message type relate to version 0.0.4 of the leap motion ros package. The ROS group has since come out with version 0.0.9 that contains the same message names but completely different msg files.
I have tried, but keep failing, when I try to create the custom message package for these message types. Every time I create the package, the created message type refers back to the 0.0.4 format. I have tried removing the leap_motion folder from the matlab toolbox/robotics folder and I have tried also removing the same folder and jar file from the addons folders, but the created package still refers back to the 0.0.4 format. When I look at the .m files created in matlab_gen for this package, the message information does not reflect the .msg files for the newer package.
I also created a package leap_motion_test that contained the exact same msg files and the same package.xml (with the name changed) and ran this through rosgenmsg. This creates the correct message package that relates to 0.0.9. This leads me to believe that there is something in the matlab code that is seeing the existing message types and then alters the way rosgenmsg works.
Can anyone help me with this? It is extremely frustrating. I thought I was onto the right solution by removing the existing packages from matlab. When I ran
rosmsg list
the messages types for leap_motion no longer appeared but when I ran the rosgenmsg, the results were incorrect. Is there another place where matlab stores information about its existing headers? Is there someway that I should format the new package so that matlab accepts that it is ok to update it.
Thank you for any help. I can post the package info here too if that would help. -Dan

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MathWorks Robotics and Autonomous Systems Team
Hi Daniel,
Sorry that you are having trouble updating the message definition for the leap_motion package. You can replace the builtin definition as follows:
  • Download the leap_motion folder containing the new message definitions. I think you already have this folder. In the remainder of the instructions, I will assume that this leap_motion folder is placed in c:\customrosmsg.
  • Run rosgenmsg on the folder containing the custom message definitions:
rosgenmsg c:\customrosmsg
  • Follow the instructions to edit the javaclasspath.txt file. In addition to the JAR file path, you also need to tell MATLAB to use this JAR file instead of the builtin one. Add the "before" token in front of the JAR file file path:
<before>
c:\customrosmsg\matlab_gen\jar\leap_motion-0.0.9.jar
  • Restart MATLAB
  • Delete the previously generated MATLAB files and run rosgenmsg again. Now, it should pick up the new definitions:
rmdir('c:\customrosmsg\matlab_gen\msggen\+robotics\+ros\+custom\+msggen\+leap_motion', 's')
rosgenmsg c:\customrosmsg
  • You should now be able to use these new message definitions. All references to the leap_motion message types will automatically use this new definition.
msg = rosmessage('leap_motion/leapros')
Please let me know if this resolved your problem.
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Jiyo Palatti
Jiyo Palatti on 2 Jul 2020
Hi,
I was instructed follow these steps to update the built-in geometry_msgs to the latest version (corresponding to ROS melodic) and it doesn't seem to have any effect.
My rosmsg list is as folows
geometry_msgs/Accel
geometry_msgs/AccelStamped
geometry_msgs/AccelWithCovariance
geometry_msgs/AccelWithCovarianceStamped
geometry_msgs/Inertia
geometry_msgs/InertiaStamped
geometry_msgs/Point
geometry_msgs/Point
geometry_msgs/Point32
geometry_msgs/Point32
geometry_msgs/PointStamped
geometry_msgs/PointStamped
geometry_msgs/Polygon
geometry_msgs/Polygon
geometry_msgs/PolygonStamped
geometry_msgs/PolygonStamped
geometry_msgs/Pose
geometry_msgs/Pose
geometry_msgs/Pose2D
geometry_msgs/Pose2D
geometry_msgs/PoseArray
geometry_msgs/PoseArray
geometry_msgs/PoseStamped
geometry_msgs/PoseStamped
geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovariance
geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovariance
geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovarianceStamped
geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovarianceStamped
geometry_msgs/Quaternion
geometry_msgs/Quaternion
geometry_msgs/QuaternionStamped
geometry_msgs/QuaternionStamped
geometry_msgs/Transform
geometry_msgs/Transform
geometry_msgs/TransformStamped
geometry_msgs/TransformStamped
geometry_msgs/Twist
geometry_msgs/Twist
geometry_msgs/TwistStamped
geometry_msgs/TwistStamped
geometry_msgs/TwistWithCovariance
geometry_msgs/TwistWithCovariance
geometry_msgs/TwistWithCovarianceStamped
geometry_msgs/TwistWithCovarianceStamped
geometry_msgs/Vector3
geometry_msgs/Vector3
geometry_msgs/Vector3Stamped
geometry_msgs/Vector3Stamped
geometry_msgs/Wrench
geometry_msgs/Wrench
geometry_msgs/WrenchStamped
geometry_msgs/WrenchStamped
I seem to have versions of message types and new ones are not registered (Accel for example). I am not able to built other custom msgs that use these new message types. I am really stuck.
I tried in both MATLAB 2020a and 2019b.
Please help.
Mihael Simonic
Mihael Simonic on 20 Jul 2020
It seems that the problem is only with certian common messages that were built differently in the more recent versions, probbably to gain on performance.

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