Add binary data serialization support functions

[Levi-Armstrong]

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[Levi-Armstrong]

@marip8, @marrts and @rjoomen These new utility function will allow us to update the ros messages to send binary data instead of xml string which is significantly smaller payload.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 90.19%. Comparing base (660d42d) to head (1aea690).

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[marrts]

I assume that also means save to files would be a lot smaller? That would be nice.

[Levi-Armstrong]

I assume that also mean save to files would be a lot smaller? That would be nice.

Yea, those utilities already exist and are significantly smaller when saving to file.