Online Course

Advanced Modern C++ for Robotics

Master the basics of C++ for robot programming

Course overview

Do you want to become a ROS Developer? If the answer is yes, then learning C++ is mandatory for you.

C++ is one of the most popular programming languages for robots, especially when working with industrial or non-educational robots.

In the C++ for Robotics course, you will master essential C++ knowledge to get started with ROS smoothly.

What You Will Learn

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How to build C++ programs

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How to create a library

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Understand the Standard Template Library (STL) and how it can help you create better code

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How to use C++ classes to optimize your code

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Inheritance

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Function overriding and function overloading

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How to use pointers and references for optimal memory management

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Templates and Lambda expressions

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How to use threads to parallelize tasks in C++

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How to deal with unexpected or exceptional errors in your code

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No ROS setup is required. Everything is online.

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Intermediate Level

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Approx. 40 hours to complete

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Prerequisites

C++ for Robotics

Simulated Robot Used

TurtleBot 2 & Hexapod Robot

Throughout the course, you’ll use two simulated robots to learn and practice every topic in C++

Syllabus

Unit 1: Build Tools

In this unit, you will learn about the build tools. Specifically, you will learn about:

Clang as a compiler and understand the compilation process in detail.
Create a library from scratch and apply it to a simulated robot.
Understand linking and its significance in the compilation process.
The need of a build system.

Unit 2: The STL Library

In this unit, we will understand the role of STL library in writing computer programs. We will discuss, understand and put to use the following concepts:

C++ Containers
- Sequence Containers
- Associative Containers

std::array
std::vector
std::deque
std::list & std::forward_list
std::set & std::multiset
std::map && std::unordered_map

2. Iterators

Unit 3: Modern C++ Classes

In this unit we will understand and implement the following content:

Classes and how to access class members.
Role of public, private and protected keywords
Constructors and Destructors
Structures
Non-static data member initializers
this pointer
Constant member functions
Static Class members
Copy Constructor
Delegating Constructor
Default and deleted functions
Move semantics

Unit 4: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

In this unit, you will learn and implement the concepts as we at The Construct believe in learning by practice. Make sure you go through demos and exercise thoroughly, in case of doubts or guidance you can ask for help on our forums. So, let me quickly brief you with what topics we are about to learn:

Inheritance
Composition
Function Overriding and function overloading
Virtual Keyword
Abstract Classes
Interfaces
Polymorphism
TypeCasting

Unit 5: Pointers and References

In this unit, you will master everything about pointers that you need to know to program robots with ROS.

This chapter is essential. You need to master it because high level pointers are massively used in ROS. Please pay special attention to this chapter.

Unit 6: Templates and Lambda expressions

In this unit we will learn the basics of:

Template Functions
Template Classes
Type Deduction
Template Specialization
Basics of Lambda Functions

Unit 7: Concurrency ( threads in C++)

In this unit, you will learn how to create threads in your application to parallelize different computations at the same time as a single program.

Unit 8: Exception Handling

In this unit, we will learn about exception handling. As the name suggests, we will be tackling unexpected or exceptional errors. This means that code that does not have any errors during compile-time can still have run-time errors when we execute the code. So to handle such types of runtime errors, we will study and implement exception handling. We will go through the following concepts to understand the topic:

Throwing an exception from a function
Handling Multiple Exceptions
User-defined exception classes
Class level exceptions
std::exception class hierarchy

What our students think

“I have had a great experience with The Construct. I believe much of what I have learned thus far regarding ROS has been from these courses and the concepts behind the implementation of ROS have been helpful even outside of ROS applications.“

Sam Daly

“I’m very happy about working with The Constructsim, it is affordable, it is very comfortable for me, and the tools in the GUI are very useful“

Bladimir Bacca Cortes

“I really liked the learning approach based on projects and practical examples and I found the final project with an actual robot to be very useful and challenging.“

Guillermo Robledo