You're reading from ROS 2 from Scratch Get started with ROS 2 and create robotics applications with Python and C++

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835881408

Length 380 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Edouard Renard

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Getting Started with ROS 2

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to ROS 2 – What Is ROS 2? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up ROS 2

4. Chapter 3: Uncovering ROS 2 Core Concepts

5. Part 2: Developing with ROS 2 – Python and C++

6. Chapter 4: Writing and Building a ROS 2 Node

7. Chapter 5: Topics – Sending and Receiving Messages between Nodes

8. Chapter 6: Services – Client/Server Interaction between Nodes

9. Chapter 7: Actions – When Services Are Not Enough

10. Chapter 8: Parameters – Making Nodes More Dynamic

11. Chapter 9: Launch Files – Starting All Your Nodes at Once

12. Part 3: Creating and Simulating a Custom Robot with ROS 2

13. Chapter 10: Discovering TFs with RViz

14. Chapter 11: Creating a URDF for a Robot

15. Chapter 12: Publishing TFs and Packaging the URDF

16. Chapter 13: Simulating a Robot in Gazebo

17. Chapter 14: Going Further – What To Do Next

18. Index

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Technical requirements

If you installed ROS 2 in a VM (as explained with VirtualBox at the beginning of the book), it probably worked well for all chapters in Part 1 and Part 2, and possibly for the previous chapters in Part 3, even when running RViz.

However, with Gazebo, chances are that the VM won’t be enough. VirtualBox doesn’t work well with 3D simulation tools. From now on, I would strongly recommend that you have Ubuntu installed with a dual boot. I know that some people had more success with VMware Workstation (using the free version for personal use) or WSL 2 on Windows. If you find another combination that works for you, fine, but I would still recommend a dual boot, which will possibly be less buggy and bring you a better experience overall.

So, if you are currently running a VM, take the time to set up a dual boot and install Ubuntu 24.04. Then, follow the instructions from Chapter 2 again to install ROS Jazzy. This will take you a bit of time in the...

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