ROS2 Wrapper for Intel® RealSense™ Devices (build 4.54.1)

What's Changed

• add humble distro to pre-release.yml by @SamerKhshiboun in #2492
• fix ordered_pc arg prefix by @SamerKhshiboun in #2487
• fix extrinsics calculation by @SamerKhshiboun in #2477
• Publish static tf for IMU frames by @Gilaadb in #2436
• publish actual IMU optical frame ID in IMU messages by @Gilaadb in #2516
• rename ros2-beta to ros2-development by @SamerKhshiboun in #2524
• Update stale comment to reflect new branch name by @jaiveersinghNV in #2536
• Windows bringup by @PranavDhulipala in #2537
• Replace deprecated parameter node_name with name by @augustelalande in #2541
• add rolling distro build to github actions by @Nir-Az in #2548
• Update README.md by @jeremy-shannon in #2401
• Explicit mention of parameter value for unite_imu_method by @tsadarsh in #2551
• Fix deprecated rolling API by @Nir-Az in #2558
• Properly read camera config files in rs_launch.py by @Gilaadb in #2572
• Publish static transforms when intra porocess communication is enabled by @Yadunund in #2381
• remove galactic from pre release GHA script by @SamerKhshiboun in #2604
• if default profile is not defined, take the first available profile as default by @SamerKhshiboun in #2601
• Fix hdr_merge filter initialization in ros2 launch by @SamerKhshiboun in #2603
• Add D457 by @hsuys in #2557
• T265 clean up by @SamerKhshiboun in #2611
• Fix ros2 parameter descriptions and range values by @SamerKhshiboun in #2600
• enable intra-process communication for point clouds by @christian-rauch in #2599
• Fix Apache License Header and Intel Copyrights by @SamerKhshiboun in #2608
• add cppcheck to GHA by @SamerKhshiboun in #2610
• Use latched QoS for Extrinsic topic when intra-process is used by @Nir-Az in #2619
• Fix #2649: Expose USB port in DeviceInfo service (ros2) by @stwirth in #2655
• fix timestamps by @SamerKhshiboun in #2658
• Fix lower FPS in D405, D455 by @SamerKhshiboun in #2612
• use playback device for rosbags by @SamerKhshiboun in #2669
• refactor README.md by @SamerKhshiboun in #2668
• clone PR1637 to ros2-development by @SamerKhshiboun in #2689
• replace stereo module with depth module by @SamerKhshiboun in #2688
• Fix Swapped TFs Axes by @SamerKhshiboun in #2684
• add info about extrinsic msg format in Extrinsics.msg and README.md by @SamerKhshiboun in #2693
• add D430i support by @sherrysun2018 in #2322
• Fix: /tf and /static_tf topics' inconsistencies by @Arun-Prasad-V in #2676
• Update mesh path by @MarqRazz in #2712
• Update realsense_node_factory.cpp by @danielhonies in #2713
• Update README.md by @tonynajjar in #2778
• Support Iron distro by @SamerKhshiboun in #2787
• Fixing TF frame links b/w multi camera nodes when using custom names by @Arun-Prasad-V in #2709
• Publish /aligned_depth_to_color topic only when color frame present by @Arun-Prasad-V in #2793
• Applying AlignDepth filter after Pointcloud by @Arun-Prasad-V in #2775

New Contributors

• @jaiveersinghNV made their first contribution in #2536
• @PranavDhulipala made their first contribution in #2537
• @augustelalande made their first contribution in #2541
• @jeremy-shannon made their first contribution in #2401
• @tsadarsh made their first contribution in #2551
• @Yadunund made their first contribution in #2381
• @hsuys made their first contribution in #2557
• @christian-rauch made their first contribution in #2599
• @sherrysun2018 made their first contribution in #2322
• @Arun-Prasad-V made their first contribution in #2676
• @MarqRazz made their first contribution in #2712
• @danielhonies made their first contribution in #2713
• @tonynajjar made their first contribution in #2778

Full Changelog: 4.51.1...4.54.1

Supported RealSense SDK

• LibRealSense v2.54.1

Supported ROS Distributions

• Rolling (build from source)
• Humble
• Iron

Supported Devices

• Intel® RealSense™ Camera D400-Series:
  • Intel® RealSense™ Depth Cameras D415, D435, D435i and D455.
  • Intel® RealSense™ Depth Modules D400, D405, D410, D420, D430
  • Intel® RealSense™ Vision Processor D4m

Recommended Firmware

Model	Firmware
D400	5.15.0.2