diff --git a/launch/fake_laserscanner_bringup.launch b/launch/fake_laserscanner_bringup.launch
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<launch>
+  <!--arg name="range_transformer" default="[0 for x in m.ranges]" /-->
+  <arg name="transform_fn" default="[0 for x in m.ranges]" />
+  <arg name="scan_topic" default="/scan" />
+  <arg name="fake_scan_topic" default="/fake_scan" />
+  <node pkg="metacontrol_sim" type="fake_laserscanner.py" name="fake_laserscsanner"
+        args="--wait-for-start $(arg scan_topic) $(arg fake_scan_topic) sensor_msgs/LaserScan 'sensor_msgs.msg.LaserScan(
+                                                                        header=m.header, 
+                                                                        angle_min=m.angle_min,
+                                                                        angle_max=m.angle_max,
+                                                                        angle_increment=m.angle_increment,
+                                                                        time_increment=m.time_increment,
+                                                                        scan_time=m.scan_time,
+                                                                        range_min=m.range_min,
+                                                                        range_max=m.range_max,
+                                                                        ranges=m.ranges,
+                                                                        intensities=m.intensities)'
+                                                                      --import sensor_msgs">
+    <param name="transform_fn" value = "$(arg transform_fn)" />
+  </node>
+</launch>
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diff --git a/scripts/fake_laserscanner.py b/scripts/fake_laserscanner.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import roslib
+import rospy
+import rostopic
+
+import argparse
+import importlib
+import sys
+
+from sensor_msgs.msg import LaserScan
+from std_srvs.srv import SetBool, SetBoolResponse
+from std_msgs.msg import String
+from threading import Lock
+
+"""
+@author: enriquefernandez
+Original file: https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/blob/noetic-devel/tools/topic_tools/scripts/transform
+CHANGES:
+    - added Lock to original TopicOp class
+    - added a service to change transform function at run-time
+"""
+
+
+class TopicOp:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+            formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
+            description='Apply a Python operation to a topic.\n\n'
+                        'A node is created that subscribes to a topic,\n'
+                        'applies a Python expression to the topic (or topic\n'
+                        'field) message \'m\', and publishes the result\n'
+                        'through another topic.\n\n'
+                        'Usage:\n\trosrun topic_tools transform '
+                        '<input> <output topic> <output type> '
+                        '[<expression on m>] [--import numpy tf]\n\n'
+                        'Example:\n\trosrun topic_tools transform /imu/orientation '
+                        '/norm std_msgs/Float64 '
+                        '\'sqrt(sum(array([m.x, m.y, m.z, m.w])))\'')
+        parser.add_argument('input', help='Input topic or topic field.')
+        parser.add_argument('output_topic', help='Output topic.')
+        parser.add_argument('output_type', help='Output topic type.')
+        parser.add_argument(
+            'expression', default='m',
+            help='Python expression to apply on the input message \'m\'.'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '-i', '--import', dest='modules', nargs='+', default=['numpy'],
+            help='List of Python modules to import.'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--wait-for-start', action='store_true',
+            help='Wait for input messages.'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--latch', action='store_true',
+            help='Set publisher to latched.'
+        )
+
+        # get and strip out ros args first
+        argv = rospy.myargv()
+        args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
+
+        self.modules = {}
+        for module in args.modules:
+            try:
+                mod = importlib.import_module(module)
+            except ImportError:
+                print('Failed to import module: %s' % module, file=sys.stderr)
+            else:
+                self.modules[module] = mod
+
+        self.expression = args.expression
+
+        input_topic_in_ns = args.input
+        if not input_topic_in_ns.startswith('/'):
+            input_topic_in_ns = rospy.get_namespace() + args.input
+
+        input_class, input_topic, self.input_fn = rostopic.get_topic_class(
+            input_topic_in_ns, blocking=args.wait_for_start)
+        if input_topic is None:
+            print('ERROR: Wrong input topic (or topic field): %s' % input_topic_in_ns, file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        self.output_class = roslib.message.get_message_class(args.output_type)
+
+        self.pub = rospy.Publisher(args.output_topic, self.output_class, queue_size=1, latch=args.latch)
+        self.sub = rospy.Subscriber(input_topic, input_class, self.callback)
+
+        self.transform_fn = rospy.get_param('~transform_fn', '[0 for x in m.ranges]')
+        print(self.transform_fn)
+        self.lock = Lock()
+
+    def callback(self, m):
+        with self.lock:
+            if self.input_fn is not None:
+                m = self.input_fn(m)
+
+        try:
+            res = eval("{}".format(self.expression), self.modules, {'m': m})
+        except NameError as e:
+            print("Expression using variables other than 'm': %s" % e.message, file=sys.stderr)
+        except UnboundLocalError as e:
+            print('Wrong expression:%s' % e.message, file=sys.stderr)
+        except Exception:
+            raise
+        else:
+            if not isinstance(res, (list, tuple)):
+                res = [res]
+            self.pub.publish(*res)
+
+
+class FakeLaserscanner(TopicOp):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        TopicOp.__init__(self)
+        rospy.Service('transform_range', SetBool, self.handle_transform_range)
+
+    def handle_transform_range(self, req):
+        func = self.transform_fn if req.data else "m.ranges"
+        with self.lock:
+            start = self.expression.find("ranges=") + len("ranges=")
+            ranges_str = self.expression[start:]
+            end = ranges_str.find(",")
+            self.expression = self.expression.replace(self.expression[start:start+end], func)
+            print(self.expression[start:start+end])
+            print(func)
+            return SetBoolResponse(True, "Data transformed successfully")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    rospy.init_node('fake_laserscanner', anonymous=True)
+    app = FakeLaserscanner()
+    rospy.spin()