pyrobosim.sensors.types.Sensor

class pyrobosim.sensors.types.Sensor

Generic sensor class that helps with type hinting.

When implementing a new sensor, you should subclass from this class.

Methods

__init__()
get_measurement()	Returns the latest measurement from the sensor.
setup_artists()	Sets up and returns the artists for visualizing the sensor.
start_thread()	Starts the thread defined by your sensor's implementation of thread_function().
stop_thread()	Stops the actively running sensor thread.
thread_function()	Defines the sensor update function to run in a background thread.
to_dict()	Serializes the sensor to a dictionary.
update()	Performs the sensor calculation.
update_artists()	Updates the artists.

Attributes

registered_plugins	List of registered sensor plugins.
plugin_name	The name of the plugin.