Services and Actions

Send requests, perform tasks, and get feedback for services and actions

ROS services and actions enable users to perform tasks. Services use request-response communication to gather information and trigger callback functions in the ROS network. Actions can be used to trigger tasks or goals and receive feedback during operation of these tasks.

Functions

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ROS Actions

`rosaction`	Retrieve information about ROS actions
`rosactionclient`	Create ROS action client
`cancelAllGoals`	Cancel all goals on action server
`cancelGoal`	Cancel last goal sent by client
`sendGoal`	Send goal message to action server
`sendGoalAndWait`	Send goal message and wait for result
`waitForServer`	Wait for action server to start

ROS Services

`call`	Call the ROS service server and receive a response
`rosservice`	Retrieve information about services in ROS network
`rossvcclient`	Connect to ROS service server
`rossvcserver`	Create ROS service server