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How to create a ROS2 Workspace

by Alberto Ezquerro | Jul 12, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

Hello ROS developers! In this post, you'll learn how to create a ROS2 workspace in four easy steps 🙂 . Let's go! COMMANDS TO USE * mkdir -p my_ros2_ws/src * colcon build * source ~/my_ros2_ws/install/local_setup.bash The Four Easy Steps to Creating a ROS2 Workspace...

[Morpheus Chair] Dynamixel Servos with Robot ARM ROS #Ep.1

by Miguel Angel | Jul 12, 2019 | Real Robots with ROS

Welcome to Morpheus Chair, the series where you learn how to build and control real robots like the Open Manipulator that we are going to use today. In this post, we are going to learn the first steps to use the servos used to control a robot arm, so that you can...

A History of ROS (Robot Operating System)

by Ricardo Tellez | Jul 9, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

ROS (Robot Operating System) is now very popular among roboticists. Researchers, hobbyists, and even robotics companies are using it, promoting it and supporting it. However, it was not always like that. Do you know ROS history? In the early days, ROS was an unknown...

How to Publish & Subscribe to a ROS2 Topic Using Command line

by Alberto Ezquerro | Jul 5, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

In this video you will learn how to publish and subscribe to a topic in ROS2 using the command line. COMMANDS TO USE: ros2 topic list ros2 msg list ros2 msg show std_msgs/String ros2 topic pub /chatter std_msgs/String "data: Hello ROS Developers" ros2 topic echo...

ROS Python Classes. Why do we need them

by Miguel Angel | Jul 2, 2019 | ROS Q&A

What will you learn in this post How to create Python classes in ROS When & why do you need these classes in the first place. How to spawn a custom simulation in ROS Development Studio (ROSDS) and move it using our python classes. List of materials with all the...