ROS2 from the Ground Up: Part 1 — An Introduction to the Robot Operating System

Jegathesan Shanmugam

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Dec 22, 2022

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How about a poem about ROS2 to get things started? 💌

ROS2, the robot’s friend,
A platform on which they depend,
For communication, coordination, and control,
It helps them achieve their goals.

With DDS at its core,
ROS2 helps robots explore, New worlds, new tasks, and new possibilities, It’s a platform that facilitates and facilitates ease.

From turtles to drones, and everything in between,
ROS2 helps robots work, learn, and dream,
It’s a powerful tool, a powerful ally,
Helping robots reach their highest potential, and never say goodbye.

ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) is a collection of open-source software libraries and tools that provide a flexible framework for developing and running Robotics applications. It is intended to be the primary development platform for robots that operate in complex, dynamic environments, and it is designed to be an open, scalable, and Interoperable framework for building robot applications.

ROS2 is the successor to ROS (Robot Operating System), which was created by Willow Garage, a robotics research institute, in 2007. ROS was created to provide a common framework for developing robotics applications, and it has since grown in popularity as a platform for building…