README.md

ROS Activities

Robot Operating System - ROS

Installing Required ROS Packages:

Just copy and paste the following commands in the terminal in your Ubuntu OS.

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Setup your sources.list

sudo apt install curl

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Set up your keys

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.asc | sudo apt-key add -

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Installation

Make sure your OS package index is up-to-date:

sudo apt-get update

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Desktop-Full Install: (Recommended)

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop-full

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Environment setup

echo "source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

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Dependencies for building packages

sudo apt install python-rosdep python-rosinstall python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-essential

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Initialize rosdep

sudo rosdep init

rosdep update

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Test Environment Setup

At home directory, take a look on bashrc to check out the setup.bash

gedit .bashrc

You should find source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash at the end of file.

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Create Workspace

mkdir -p ~/meqdad_ws/src

cd meqdad_ws/

compile the default files

catkin_make

Run ROS master

roscore

Explore the default topics

rostopic list

It is not recommended to make all your ROS projects in one workspace.

One of the best practices is to customize the workspace for your setup.bash file

gedit .bashrc

source /home/meqdad/meqdad_ws/devel/setup.bash

Create package

cd meqdad_ws/src

catkin_create_pkg ros_demo std_msgs rospy roscpp

Default packages (std_msgs rospy roscpp)

Our created package (ros_demo)

Compile created package

cd meqdad_ws/

catkin_make

ROS Examples:

• Publisher/Subscriber Example
• TurtleSim Example
• TurtleBot RViz Example