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[ROS2 tutorial]- How to launch a ROS2 node

by Alberto Ezquerro | Jul 2, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

Welcome to the ROS2 tutorial series. In this first video we are going to show How to launch a node in ROS2. COMMANDS TO USE: ros2 run ros2 pkg list ros2 pkg executables source /opt/ros/crystal/setup.bash https://youtu.be/bxoh4xY7RHo Step1. Let's do this in ROS...

How to use Real Robot Connection in ROS Development Studio

by Miguel Angel | Jul 2, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

THIS CONTENT IS OUTDATED. PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW IT THROUGH. WE ARE UPGRADING THIS CONTENT FOR THE NEW VERSION OF ROSDS IN THE NEXT WEEKS. STAY TUNED. Intro First of all, we want to explain what does "Establish a real robot connection" means. It means that we connect...

Exploring ROS with a 2 wheeled robot #9 – Bug 0 Foil

by Marco Arruda | Jun 28, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

See the Bug 0 Foil Step 0 - Introduction In this post, we are checking the failure of the Bug 0 algorithm! What is this about? Bug 0 is not a perfect motion planning algorithm! And at the end of this post, we show how it could be improved using Bug 1. Let's start!...

RDP 047: ROS Plan with Gerard Canal and Michael Cashmore

by Ricardo Tellez | Jun 26, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

Hi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. This is Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to the ROS...

Learning Python for Robotics

by Ricardo Tellez | Jun 26, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

Python is a good choice if you want to become a robotics developer (i.e. program robots), especially if you want to program your robots with ROS. On a previous post, I discussed about whether to learn ROS using C++ or using Python. On that post, I argued that if you...