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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import signal
+import graphviz  # type: ignore
+import time
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *  # type: ignore
+from PyQt5.QtCore import *  # type: ignore
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter  # type: ignore
+from PyQt5.QtSvg import QSvgRenderer  # type:ignore
+
+import rclpy
+import rclpy.time
+import rclpy.logging
+from rclpy.node import Node
+from rclpy.executors import ExternalShutdownException
+import sys
+from mrover.msg import StateMachineStructure, StateMachineStateUpdate
+from threading import Lock
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional, List, Dict
+import threading
+
+
+STRUCTURE_TOPIC = "nav_structure"
+STATUS_TOPIC = "nav_state"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class State:
+    name: str
+    children: List[State]
+
+
+class StateMachine:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.states: Dict[str, State] = {}
+        self.structure: Optional[StateMachineStructure] = None
+        self.mutex: Lock = Lock()
+        self.cur_active: str = ""
+        self.previous_state: str = ""
+        self.needs_redraw: bool = True
+
+    def set_active_state(self, active_state):
+        """
+        sets the state specified to be active (thread safe)
+        """
+        with self.mutex:
+            if active_state != self.cur_active and active_state in self.states:
+                self.previous_state = self.cur_active
+                self.cur_active = active_state
+                self.needs_redraw = True
+                now = rclpy.time.Time()
+                rclpy.logging.get_logger("Visualizer").info(
+                    f"Current time: {now} Previous state: {self.previous_state} Current State: { self.cur_active}"
+                )
+
+    def _rebuild(self, structure: StateMachineStructure):
+        """
+        rebuilds the state dictionary with a new structure message
+        """
+        self.states = {child.origin: State(child.origin, []) for child in structure.transitions}
+        for transition in structure.transitions:
+            origin = transition.origin
+            for to in transition.destinations:
+                self.states[origin].children.append(self.states[to])
+        self.needs_redraw = True
+
+    def check_rebuild(self, structure: StateMachineStructure):
+        """
+        checks if the structure passed as input matches the structure already represented (thread safe)
+        """
+        with self.mutex:
+            if structure == self.structure:
+                return False
+            else:
+                self._rebuild(structure)
+                self.structure = structure
+
+    def container_status_callback(self, status: StateMachineStateUpdate):
+        self.set_active_state(status.state)
+
+    def container_structure_callback(self, structure: StateMachineStructure):
+        self.check_rebuild(structure)
+
+
+class GUI(QWidget):  # type: ignore
+    def __init__(self, state_machine_instance, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.label: QLabel = QLabel()  # type: ignore
+        self.timer: QTimer = QTimer()  # type: ignore
+        self.renderer: QSvgRenderer = QSvgRenderer()
+        self.timer.timeout.connect(self.update)
+        self.timer.start(1)
+        self.graph: Optional[graphviz.Digraph] = None
+        self.img = None
+        self.state_machine: StateMachine = state_machine_instance
+        self.viz = Node("Visualizer")
+
+        self.viz.create_subscription(
+            StateMachineStructure, STRUCTURE_TOPIC, self.state_machine.container_structure_callback, 1
+        )
+
+        self.viz.create_subscription(
+            StateMachineStateUpdate, STATUS_TOPIC, self.state_machine.container_status_callback, 1
+        )
+
+    def paintEvent(self, event):
+        painter = QPainter(self)
+        if self.img is not None:
+            self.renderer.load(self.img)
+        self.resize(self.renderer.defaultSize())
+        self.renderer.render(painter)
+
+    def update(self):  # type: ignore[override]
+        rclpy.spin_once(self.viz)
+        with self.state_machine.mutex:
+            if self.graph is None or self.state_machine.needs_redraw:
+                self.graph = graphviz.Digraph(comment="State Machine Diagram", format="svg")
+                for state_name in self.state_machine.states.keys():
+                    color = "red" if self.state_machine.cur_active == state_name else "black"
+                    self.graph.node(state_name, color=color)
+
+                for state in self.state_machine.states.values():
+                    for child in state.children:
+                        self.graph.edge(state.name, child.name)
+
+                self.state_machine.needs_redraw = False
+
+        self.img = self.graph.pipe()
+        self.repaint()
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        rclpy.init()
+
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
+        state_machine = StateMachine()
+
+        print("Node Created...")
+
+        print("Subscriptions Created...")
+
+        print("Node Created...")
+
+        print("Subscriptions Created...")
+
+        app = QApplication([])  # type: ignore
+        g = GUI(state_machine)
+        g.show()
+        app.exec_()
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    except ExternalShutdownException:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()