We had the first meeting in the Accelerated Memory Transport WG. The meeting focused on discussing a new prototype presented by Karsten and CY from NVIDIA.
We discussed some topics:
- How to handle large messages between ROS nodes, particularly for image data, tensors, and point clouds, by introducing custom buffer types that can be mapped to non-CPU memory.
- Backend loading and compatibility, leading to a discussion about whether the feature should be opt-in or opt-out, with Michael suggesting it could be made default in a future release after initial adoption.
- The group also discussed wire compatibility concerns and potential workarounds, including using maximum length values or special annotations in message types.
- Join the #Accelerated Memory Transport Working Group to discuss more details on Zulip
Please check the Open Source Robotics Foundation official events to join the next meeting