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How to Install ROS on Ubuntu 18.04

by Marco Arruda | Oct 9, 2019 | ROS Tutorials

Hey ROS Developers! In this post, we are going step-by-step to install ROS Melodic in a fresh Ubuntu 18.04. I'm using a regular desktop computer, the one I use to support me on ROS development. Let's do it! Step 1 - Configuration The first step is adding the ROS...

Using NVIDIA Jetson TX2 with ROS with Raffaello Bonghi

by Ricardo Tellez | Oct 7, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to those ROS developers that use ROS with outdoor robots. You know that most of the ROS robots are basically indoor ones, where the level of control of the environment is a little bit higher. When you move outdoors…. Then...

[ROS Beginner Mistakes] – 1. Missing execute permission on the Python file

by Bayode Aderinola | Oct 7, 2019 | ROS Q&A, ROS Tutorials

In this short post, we will show how to avoid a very common mistake most ROS beginners make: missing execute permission on the Python file. Step 1: Create a Project (ROSject) on ROSDS Head to http://rosds.online and create a project with a similar configuration as the...

ROS2 Tutorials #7: How to create a ROS2 Custom Message

by Alberto Ezquerro | Oct 7, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

In this episode of ROS2 Tutorials Series, you will learn how to create a simple ROS2 custom message for Topics. We are going to use a ROS2 (Dashing) installation for this, but you don’t need to install ROS, as we will use the ROS Development Studio (ROSDS), an online...

ROS2 Tutorials #8: How to communicate between ROS1 & ROS2 with ros1_bridge

by Alberto Ezquerro | Oct 6, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

In this post, you will learn how to communicate between ROS1 & ROS2 with ros1_bridge. You will see how to set up the ros1_bridge package in order to send ROS2 commands to control a TurtleBot2 simulation running in ROS1 Melodic. Step 1: Grab a copy of the Project...