Course for beginners
ROS2 Basics for C++
Learn how to start working with ROS2
ROS2 Humble
Course Overview
ROS2 is finally here! This introductory course is intended not only for new ROS users, but also original ROS1 users that want to start with ROS2.
ROS2 adds a lot of new features that will get traction in the next year. This course will give you the basics for starting ROS2, more than the bells and whistles of ROS2 that are much more advanced topics and will be addressed in their respective specialized courses.
You will learn:
- Creation of ROS2 packages
- Management of the new Colcon universal building system.
- Topic Publishers and Subscribers in ROS2 C++.
- New Launch system based on python
- Service servers and client generation for ROS2.
- Basic use of ROS1-Bridge to communicate ROS2 systems with ROS1 systems.
- Use of Debugging tools in ROS2.
Simulation Robots Used
MARA robot, Husky robot, TurtleBot robot, WAM Arm robot, BB-8, Parrot AR. Drone, Sphero robot
What exercises will you be doing
Move a Robot with ROS2
Execute a ROS2 program to control the TurtleBot
Launch ROS1-Bridge
Communicate between ROS1 & ROS2 with ros1_bridge
Visualize Complex data and RViz2
Learn the basic use of RViz2 debugging tool
Course Summary
Unit 1: Introduction
A brief introduction to the Course, including a demo.
10 min.
Unit 2: ROS2 Basic Concepts
An introduction to some ROS2 basic concepts like Nodes, packages, client libraries, etc…
1 hr.
Unit 3: ROS1 Bridge
How to use the ROS1 Bridge package to connect ROS1 with ROS2
1 hr.
Unit 4: ROS2 Topics Part1
An introduction to ROS2 topics: Publishers
1 hr.
Unit 5: ROS2 Topics Part2
An introduction to ROS2 topics: Subscribers
1 hr.
Unit 6: ROS2 Services Part1
An introduction to ROS2 Services: Client
1 hr.
Unit 7: ROS2 Services Part2
An introduction to ROS2 Services: Server
1 hr.
Unit 8: Debugging Tools
An introduction to ROS2 Services: Server
1 hr.
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