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Start building your robotics foundation: You’re a programmer helping create prototype robots for the RoboPrototypes company. You’ll get a brief introduction to ROS 2, set up the programming environment, and onboard robotics building blocks with basic tutorials. Then you’re ready to create launch files, which are integral to every ROS project. As you create packages in ROS 2, you’ll learn to define and use parameters and declare custom messages. When you’re finished, you’ll have a firm foundation for delving deeper into robotics.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.
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prerequisites
This liveProject is for programmers who are interested in building mobile robots hands-on with ROS 2 or who want to switch to ROS 2 from ROS 1. To follow this liveProject you’ll need a computer running Ubuntu 22.04 capable of running Gazebo and be familiar with the following:
TOOLS- Python
- Git
- Linux basics (installing and building software, working with command-line tools, shell basics, working with multiple terminals)
- OOP with Python
you will learn
In this liveProject, you’ll learn basic skills to prepare for solving various robotics problems on different platforms and software.
- Set up the programming environment for ROS 2
- ROS 2 fundamentals
- Understand the basic interfaces available in ROS
- Create a ROS workspace
- Use ROS 2 launchfiles
- Use parameters
- Declare custom messages and services
- Create nodes
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- Get full access to select books for 90 days. Permanent access to excerpts from Manning products are also included, as well as references to other resources.
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