HRDF Course- Basic Robot Operating System (ROS) for Beginners

ROS is one of the most popular robot operating system being in use in the world today. It was started in 2007 by Willow Garage, who committed the ROS code to open source SourceForge. Since then, the number of ROS users has grown exponentially. ROS is used by hobbyists, academics and commercial entities of both big and small companies. They are deployed in drones, industrial robots and service robots for use in many different industries.

This one day ROS for beginners course will cover the basics of ROS and allow the learner to start coding and controlling robots.

Module 1 Basic Concepts of ROS

• ROS package
• ROS launch file
• ROS node
• ROS topic
• ROS service
• ROS action
• ROS core

Module 2 Making a ROS Package

• Compiling a ROS package
• Parameter server
• Environmental variables

Module 3 ROS Topic

• Creating a ROS topic
• ROS messages
• Publishing in a ROS topic
• Subscribing to a ROS topic
• Controlling robot movement with ROS topic

Module 4 ROS Service

• What is a ROS service
• Calling a ROS service
• Creating your own ROS service
• Providing a ROS service
• Custom service compilation
• Controlling a robot with ROS service

Module 5 ROS Action

• What is ROS action
• Calling a ROS action server
• Performing other tasks while ROS action is in progress
• Writing a ROS action server
• Creating your own action server message
• Custom action server message compilation

Module 6 ROS Debugging Tools

• Visualize Complex data and RViz
• ROS What The F*ck
• ROS Debugging Messages and RQT-Console
• Plot topic data and RQT Plot
• Node Connections and RQT graph

Module 7 ROS Simulation

• Kobuki robot simulation
• Wam arm robot simulation