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=Get familiar with ROS = | =Get familiar with ROS= | ||
The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a framework for writing robot software. ROS uses concepts like nodes, topics, messages, etc. Get familiar with them by searching on the web. You can start reading at: | The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a framework for writing robot software. ROS uses concepts like nodes, topics, messages, etc. Get familiar with them by searching on the web. You can start reading at: | ||
http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Concepts | http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Concepts | ||
= Install basic set of packages = | =Install basic set of packages= | ||
<pre>sudo apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y \ | <pre>sudo apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y \ | ||
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libjsoncpp-dev</pre> | libjsoncpp-dev</pre> | ||
=Install ROS = | =Install ROS= | ||
ROS have several distributions (versions). Install ROS | ROS have several distributions (versions). Install ROS Noetic distribution, which is the one compatible with Ubuntu 20.04. Follow the instructions on this webpage. Install the Desktop-Full version. Make sure you follow '''at least steps 1.1-1.6 in the webpage.''' | ||
http://wiki.ros.org/noetic/Installation/Ubuntu | http://wiki.ros.org/noetic/Installation/Ubuntu | ||
Note: An alternative method would be to install Docker with pre-installed ROS: https://hub.docker.com/_/ros | |||
To test the installation, run in a terminal the ROS core: | To test the installation, run in a terminal the ROS core: | ||
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Get familiar with ROS
The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a framework for writing robot software. ROS uses concepts like nodes, topics, messages, etc. Get familiar with them by searching on the web. You can start reading at: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Concepts
Install basic set of packages
sudo apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y \ nano \ vim \ git \ mercurial \ cmake \ build-essential \ automake \ libtool \ libtool-bin \ pkg-config \ wget \ curl \ unzip \ libjsoncpp-dev
Install ROS
ROS have several distributions (versions). Install ROS Noetic distribution, which is the one compatible with Ubuntu 20.04. Follow the instructions on this webpage. Install the Desktop-Full version. Make sure you follow at least steps 1.1-1.6 in the webpage.
http://wiki.ros.org/noetic/Installation/Ubuntu
Note: An alternative method would be to install Docker with pre-installed ROS: https://hub.docker.com/_/ros
To test the installation, run in a terminal the ROS core:
roscore
Then in another terminal you can type:
rostopic list
You should be able to see at least the following:
/rosout /rosout_agg