feat: add tool for open-set detection using grounding dino

src/rai/rai/tools/ros/__init__.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 
 from .cli import Ros2InterfaceTool, Ros2ServiceTool, Ros2TopicTool
+from .native import Ros2BaseInput, Ros2BaseTool
 from .tools import (
     AddDescribedWaypointToDatabaseTool,
     GetCurrentPositionTool,
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
     "Ros2TopicTool",
     "Ros2InterfaceTool",
     "Ros2ServiceTool",
+    "Ros2BaseTool",
+    "Ros2BaseInput",
     "AddDescribedWaypointToDatabaseTool",
     "GetOccupancyGridTool",
     "GetCurrentPositionTool",

src/rai/rai/tools/ros/utils.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from typing import Type, Union, cast
 
 import cv2
+import numpy as np
 import sensor_msgs.msg
 from cv_bridge import CvBridge
 from rclpy.impl.implementation_singleton import rclpy_implementation as _rclpy
@@ -34,6 +35,41 @@ def import_message_from_str(msg_type: str) -> Type[object]:
     return import_message_from_namespaced_type(msg_namespaced_type)
 
 
+def convert_ros_img_to_ndarray(
+    msg: sensor_msgs.msg.Image, encoding: str = ""
+) -> np.ndarray:
+    if encoding == "":
+        encoding = msg.encoding.lower()
+
+    if encoding == "rgb8":
+        image_data = np.frombuffer(msg.data, np.uint8)
+        image = image_data.reshape((msg.height, msg.width, 3))
+    elif encoding == "bgr8":
+        image_data = np.frombuffer(msg.data, np.uint8)
+        image = image_data.reshape((msg.height, msg.width, 3))
+        image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+    elif encoding == "mono8":
+        image_data = np.frombuffer(msg.data, np.uint8)
+        image = image_data.reshape((msg.height, msg.width))
+    elif encoding == "16uc1":
+        image_data = np.frombuffer(msg.data, np.uint16)
+        image = image_data.reshape((msg.height, msg.width))
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported encoding: {encoding}")
+
+    return image
+
+
+def convert_ros_img_to_cv2mat(msg: sensor_msgs.msg.Image) -> cv2.typing.MatLike:
+    bridge = CvBridge()
+    cv_image = cast(cv2.Mat, bridge.imgmsg_to_cv2(msg, desired_encoding="passthrough"))  # type: ignore
+    if cv_image.shape[-1] == 4:
+        cv_image = cv2.cvtColor(cv_image, cv2.COLOR_BGRA2RGB)
+    else:
+        cv_image = cv2.cvtColor(cv_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+    return cv_image
+
+
 def convert_ros_img_to_base64(msg: sensor_msgs.msg.Image) -> str:
     bridge = CvBridge()
     cv_image = cast(cv2.Mat, bridge.imgmsg_to_cv2(msg, desired_encoding="passthrough"))  # type: ignore
@@ -55,7 +91,7 @@ def wait_for_message(
     topic: str,
     *,
     qos_profile: Union[QoSProfile, int] = 1,
-    time_to_wait=-1
+    time_to_wait=-1,
 ):
     """
     Wait for the next incoming message.

src/rai_extensions/rai_grounding_dino/README.md

@@ -58,6 +58,49 @@ ros2 launch rai_grounding_dino gdino_launch.xml [weights_path:=PATH/TO/WEIGHTS]
 > By default the weights will be downloaded to `$(ros2 pkg prefix rai_grounding_dino)/share/weights/`.
 > You can change this path if you downloaded the weights manually or moved them.
 
+### RAI Tools
+
+This package provides the following tools:
+
+- `GetDetectionTool`
+  This tool calls the grounding dino service to use the model to see if the message from the provided camera topic contains objects from a comma separated prompt.
+
+  **Example call**
+
+  ```
+  x = GetDetectionTool(node=RaiBaseNode(node_name="test_node"))._run(
+      camera_topic="/camera/camera/color/image_raw",
+      object_names=["chair", "human", "plushie", "box", "ball"],
+  )
+
+  ```
+
+  **Example output**
+
+  ```
+  I have detected the following items in the picture - chair, human
+  ```
+
+- `GetDistanceToObjectsTool`
+  This tool calls the grounding dino service to use the model to see if the message from the provided camera topic contains objects from a comma separated prompt. Then it utilises messages from depth camera to create an estimation of distance to a detected object.
+
+  **Example call**
+
+  ```
+  x = GetDistanceToObjectsTool(node=RaiBaseNode(node_name="test_node"))._run(
+      camera_topic="/camera/camera/color/image_raw",
+      depth_topic="/camera/camera/depth/image_rect_raw",
+      object_names=["chair", "human", "plushie", "box", "ball"],
+  )
+
+  ```
+
+  **Example output**
+
+  ```
+  I have detected the following items in the picture human: 1.68 m away, chair: 2.20 m away
+  ```
+
 ### Example
 
 An example client is provided with the package as `rai_grounding_dino/talker.py`

src/rai_extensions/rai_grounding_dino/rai_grounding_dino/__init__.py

@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+
+from .grounding_dino import GDINO_NODE_NAME, GDINO_SERVICE_NAME
+from .tools import GetDetectionTool, GetDistanceToObjectsTool
+
+__all__ = [
+    "GetDistanceToObjectsTool",
+    "GetDetectionTool",
+    "GDINO_NODE_NAME",
+    "GDINO_SERVICE_NAME",
+]

src/rai_extensions/rai_grounding_dino/rai_grounding_dino/boxer.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from os import PathLike
 from typing import Dict
 
+import cv2
 from cv_bridge import CvBridge
 from groundingdino.util.inference import Model
 from rclpy.time import Time
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def get_boxes(
         image = self.bridge.imgmsg_to_cv2(
             image_msg, desired_encoding=image_msg.encoding
         )
+        image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
 
         predictions = self.model.predict_with_classes(
             image=image,

src/rai_extensions/rai_grounding_dino/rai_grounding_dino/grounding_dino.py

@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ class GDRequest(TypedDict):
     source_img: Image
 
 
+GDINO_NODE_NAME = "grounding_dino"
+GDINO_SERVICE_NAME = "grounding_dino_classify"
+
+
 class GDinoService(Node):
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(node_name="grounding_dino", parameter_overrides=[])
+        super().__init__(node_name=GDINO_NODE_NAME, parameter_overrides=[])
         self.srv = self.create_service(
-            RAIGroundingDino, "grounding_dino_classify", self.classify_callback
+            RAIGroundingDino, GDINO_SERVICE_NAME, self.classify_callback
         )
         self.declare_parameter("weights_path", "")
         try: