In this video we are going to see how to create a Python script that stops a robot if no message is received in the /cmd_vel topic after a certain period of time.

This is a video trying to answer the following question posted at the ROS answers forum.

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▸ Original question: https://answers.ros.org/question/292512/stop-my-robot-if-cmd_vel-doesnt-receive-a-message-within-a-certain-time-period/
▸ Robot Ignite Academy: robotigniteacademy.com
▸ ROS Basics in 5 days (Python): /ros-basics-in-5-days/
▸ ROS Development Studio (RDS): /rds-ros-development-studio/

▸ You can get the code and the simulation of this video ready to be used in the ROS Development Studio following this link: https://goo.gl/3u9RuV