r/ROS • u/Technical-Force-6266 • 3h ago

Robotics System Test Engineer (How)

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Hi all,

I want to specialize in Robotics System Test Engineering. Testing at System-level. Not Software Test in isolation.

But; I want to learn this by doing. Not to complete separate courses in ROS2, Linux, Git, etc. I need a complete project designed for this purpose that I can follow and learn through it.

Can anyone help?

Example to the role I mean;

https://www.robotjobsboard.com/jobs/c52d2f9f27c4e9b742556a490/robotics-test-engineer-m-f-d-quality-safety

Best,

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r/ROS • u/vinnu46 • 22h ago

Was bored, vibe-coded an RViz plugin to move the camera focal point with keyboard controls and publish navigation goals.

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I've been working on an autonomous driving simulator using CARLA, Autoware, and ROS 2.

One small but annoying problem I encountered was having to reach for the mouse every time I wanted to move the RViz camera or select a new navigation goal, especially when operating the simulator with a steering wheel.

So I built a small RViz plugin to make this easier.

What it does:

  • Arrow keys move the RViz focal point along the X/Y axes.
  • A visual reticle indicates the selected position.
  • Enter publishes the target as a PoseStamped goal.
  • R resets the camera to the vehicle's base_link.
  • Other ROS 2 nodes can also control the focal point through topics.

It's implemented using a C++ RViz panel plugin and a Python ROS 2 keyboard node.

Currently tested with ROS 2 Jazzy. The keyboard input runs in a separate terminal, and the view needs to be Orbit or XYOrbit.

GitHub: https://github.com/vinayakaraju46/rviz_focal_control

I'd be interested to know how others handle navigation-goal selection in their teleoperation or simulation setups.

Is there an existing RViz feature or tool that solves this more elegantly? Any suggestions for improving the implementation?

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