ROS101 Tutorial

ROS101: Creating your own RQT Dashboard

Clearpath Robotics 18 Mar 2015

By Martin Cote After working in the terminal, gazebo and RViz, it’s time for a change of pace. For this ROS101 tutorial we’ll be detailing the basics of creating your own rqt dashboard! A dash...

Do more with Udev

Clearpath Robotics 21 Jan 2015

By Paul Bovbel Udev is a device manager for Linux that dynamically creates and removes nodes for hardware devices. In short, it helps your computer find your robot easily. By default, hardware de...

ROS101: Creating a subscriber using GitHub

Clearpath Robotics 12 Dec 2014

By Martin Cote We previously learned how to write a publisher node to move Husky randomly. BUT: what good is publishing all these messages if no one is there to read it? In this tutorial we’ll ...

ROS 101: Creating a publisher node

Clearpath Robotics 23 Sep 2014

By Martin Cote In our previous post, we graduated from driving a Husky to taking on a Grizzly! Now it’s time to get down and dirty with what ROS is really made of: nodes! We will first be crea...

ROS 101: Drive a Grizzly!

Clearpath Robotics 03 Jul 2014

So you have had a taste of driving a virtual Husky in our previous tutorial, but now want to try something a little bigger? How about 2000 lbs bigger?...

In the previous ROS 101 post, we showed how easy it is to get ROS going inside a virtual machine, publish topics and subscribe to them. If you haven’t had a chance to check the out all the previous...

ROS 101: A practical example

Clearpath Robotics 05 Feb 2014

In the previous ROS 101 post, we provided a quick introduction to ROS to answer questions like What is ROS? and How do I get started? Now that you understand the basics, here’s how they can app...

ROS 101: Intro to the Robot Operating System

Clearpath Robotics 29 Jan 2014

Clearpath Robotics brings us a new tutorial series on ROS! Since we practically live in the Robot Operating System (ROS), we thought it was time to share some tips on how to get started with ROS. W...