test_mimic.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
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# Copyright 2017 Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA)
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import roslib
import rospy
import sys

# Brings in the SimpleActionClient
import actionlib

# Brings in the messages used by the set_mimic action, including the
# goal message and the result message.
import cob_mimic.msg

def mimic_client():
    # Creates the SimpleActionClient, passing the type of the action
    # to the constructor.
    client = actionlib.SimpleActionClient('/mimic/set_mimic', cob_mimic.msg.SetMimicAction)

    # Waits until the action server has started up and started
    # listening for goals.
    client.wait_for_server()

    # Creates a goal to send to the action server.
    goal = cob_mimic.msg.SetMimicGoal()
    goal.mimic = sys.argv[1]

    # Sends the goal to the action server.
    client.send_goal(goal)

    # Waits for the server to finish performing the action.
    client.wait_for_result()

    # Prints out the result of executing the action
    return client.get_result()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        # Initializes a rospy node so that the SimpleActionClient can
        # publish and subscribe over ROS.
        if len(sys.argv) != 2:
            print("Error: please specify mimic string as input")
            sys.exit(1)

        rospy.init_node('mimic_test_node')
        result = mimic_client()
    except rospy.ROSInterruptException:
        print("program interrupted before completion")