Package request: netft_driver

[han-xudong]

Package name

netft_driver (expected Conda package: ros-rolling-netft-driver)

Operating System(s)

• linux-64
• linux-aarch64
• osx-64
• osx-arm64
• win-64

Additional context

netft_driver is a native C++ ROS 2 and ros2_control driver for ATI Net F/T RDT sensors. The current implementation uses POSIX networking APIs, so Linux is the intended initial RoboStack target.

The Rolling source entry is already merged. Its first binary release is being prepared as 0.2.1-1; the release PR is waiting for the required release repository import into ros2-gbp.

After that release entry is merged and appears in the RoboStack rosdistro snapshot, I plan to submit the corresponding Linux-only vinca.yaml change and validate the generated recipe in RoboStack CI.

Links and references

• Source repository: https://github.com/netft/ros-netft
• Merged Rolling source entry: ros-netft: add Rolling source entry ros/rosdistro#52759
• Rolling release PR: ros-netft: 0.2.1-1 in 'rolling/distribution.yaml' [bloom] ros/rosdistro#52786
• ros2-gbp release repository request: Add release team netft ros2-gbp/ros2-gbp-github-org#1095
• Successful ROS build farm source job: https://build.ros2.org/job/Rdev__ros-netft__ubuntu_resolute_amd64/2/

[han-xudong]

Local RoboStack pre-validation completed successfully using a temporary rosdistro_additional_recipes.yaml entry (not proposed for merge):

• vinca generated ros-rolling-netft-driver 0.2.1 for linux-64.
• rattler-build produced ros-rolling-netft-driver-0.2.1-np2py314hb48eaa3_23.conda successfully.
• A clean Pixi consumer environment installed the artifact and resolved netft_driver through ament_index_python.
• Installed executables and the ros2_control plugin metadata were present.
• Hardware smoke test against an ATI Net F/T sensor passed: 2011 samples in 1.000 s (~2011 Hz), with zero lost, malformed, out-of-order, timeout, warning, or device-error counts.

The remaining prerequisite for a normal upstream PR is having netft_driver in the live Rolling release metadata / RoboStack snapshot. I will submit the Linux-only vinca.yaml change once ros/rosdistro#52786 is unblocked and merged.