Course Details
ROS Developer Learning Path 2.0
Data Science
Created On
July 05, 2023Description
The ROS Developer Learning Path 2.0 is an updated educational program that helps individuals learn and develop skills in Robot Operating System (ROS) development. It covers fundamental concepts, tools, packages, simulation, perception, control, and advanced topics in ROS. The path equips learners with the skills to create and deploy complex robotic systems using ROS.
Overview
The ROS Developer Learning Path 2.0 offers promising prospects, including in-demand skills, career opportunities in robotics, versatile knowledge, collaboration with the ROS community, potential for entrepreneurial ventures, and academic pursuits in robotics
Features
- Lifetime course content access
- Technical Assistance
- Mentoring for ROS Projects
- Internship
- Course Completion Certification
What you'll learn
- Prerequisites for Robotics and ROS
- Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1
- How to Migrate to ROS 2
- ROS 2 Essentials concepts with Basic Projects
- Mastering ROS 2 concepts with Intermediate Projects
- Advance ROS 2 concepts with Advance Projects
- Becoming a ROS Developer
Prerequisites
Curriculum
- 58 modules
Introduction to Robotics and Robot Programming
What is a Robot?
Robotics in a nutshell
Different types of robots
Applications of robotics
Selecting sensors, actuators and computing units for your robot
Building your own robot
What is Robot Programming?
How to program a robot?
Software frameworks for programming robots
Learning Basic electronics for building a robot
Choosing electronics components for building a robot
Introduction to IO boards: Arduino, Tiva C Launchpad, Raspberry Pi Pico.
Introduction to Single Board Computers (SBC): Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Jetson Nano
Installing Ubuntu on PC/VirtualBox
Linux basic commands for robotics
Linux IDE & Text Editor: VS Code, nano, gedit
Linux and I/O board communication: USB to Serial communication Linux and Camera interfacing
How to customize Linux kernel for your robot
Raspberry Pi and Linux overview, Linux commands, GPIO handling
Learning C++ for Robotics and ROS: Fundamentals
Learning Python for Robotics and ROS: Fundamentals
Qt Fundamentals
OpenCV Fundamentals
PCL Fundamentals
What is a version control system?
What is Git?
What is GitHub and how to create a repository in GitHub
Basic concepts of Git:
Creating your Git portfolio and starting your first project in Git
Creating your own blog using GitHub
What is Docker?
Getting started with the basics of docker
How to use Linkedin effectively?
How to use GitHub effectively?
Creating your own YouTube channel
Creating a website/blog
How to start working & collaborate with Opensource projects
Basics concepts in mechanical design
Basics concepts of 3D Modeling
Overview of SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Free CAD, Blender for robot modeling Basic robot modeling using Fusion 360
Getting started with 3D printing
Modeling using Fusion 360 and printing using a 3D printer
Printing and assembling a robot model in 3D Printer
Best practices in 3D printing
Getting started with Robot simulator concepts
Overview of different robotic simulators: Webots, Ignition, Gazebo & CoppeliaSim
What is Robot Programming?
Getting started with ROS
ROS Equation
Why use ROS?
Installing ROS
ROS Architecture and concepts
ROS Filesystem
ROS Coding styles, IDE
ROS Hello World
ROS TurtleSim
ROS Workspace and package
ROS Client libraries: roscpp & rospy
Understanding roslaunch, rosbag, Rviz, rqt
Implementing Topics, Service, Parameters
Learning ROS programming using TurtleSim: roscpp and rospy
Understanding ROS concepts using TurtleSim Moving TurtleSim using ROS programming.
What is ROS TF?
Understanding Transformation and frames
Working with TF broadcaster and listener
Creating TF for your robot
Working with ROS TF tools
TurtleSim projects
Draw your caricature using TurtleSim
Object tracking using TurtleSim
What is URDF & xacro?
Understanding URDF & xacro
Writing your own URDF and xacro
Visualizing your robot
Interacting with the robot model
Moving the robot model
Modeling robot using Fusion 360
Introduction to Gazebo simulator
Getting started with Gazebo
Gazebo models and plugins
Spawning models into Gazebo
Interacting with a simulated robot
Working with Husky, Turtlebot3, and x-arm simulation Visualizing robot sensor data in Rviz
Creating your own mobile robot and robot arm simulation (Fusion 360)
Visualizing robot in Rviz
Introduction to ROS controllers
Interacting with robot models
Moving robots using ROS programming
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1
Exploring Jetbot robot
Simulating Jetbot in ROS
What is robot perception?
Introduction to ROS perception stacks
Working with ROS OpenCV and Point Cloud
Robotic vision using OpenCV and ROS
Point cloud processing using PCL and ROS
Example projects using OpenCV and PCL
ROS and Object detection: YOLO ROS interface
ROS and 3D Object detection
Introduction to ROS serial
Working with ROS and Arduino
Working with ROS and Tiva C Launchpad
Working with Jetson Nano and ROS
Setting ROS vision in Jetson Nano
Working with ROS and Raspberry Pi
Interfacing RPI camera to ROS
Interfacing GPIO pins of RPI using ROS
Interfacing sensors to RPI and ROS
Controlling motors from RPI and ROS
Implementing a PID controller using RPI and ROS
What is an autonomous mobile robot?
Creating a robot model of a delivery robot
Understanding the basics of ROS navigation stack
Interfacing our mobile robot to ROS navigation stack
Implement Mapping and Localization using SLAM
and AMCL
How to tune Navigation parameters
Commanding robot using GUI
Introduction to ROS MoveIt!
Interfacing Simulated robotic arm to MoveIt!
Path planning using MoveIt!
Grasping using MoveIt!
Implement pick-place using MoveIt! and Gazebo
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Introduction to SMACH,SMAC and Flexbe
Creating state machines using Flexbe
Creating Navigation and Manipulation using Flexbe
Deep dive into ROS Nodelets
Writing your first Nodelets
Implementing vision algorithms using ROS nodelets
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Deep dive into ROS Gazebo plugins
Writing your first Gazebo plugin
Implementing a sensor using Gazebo plugin
Deep dive into ROS based path planners
Working with existing planners in ROS
Configuring a planner for your robot
Writing your own planner for your robot
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Deep dive into Rviz and Rqt plugins
Working with existing Rviz and Rqt plugins
Creating new Rviz plugin for visualization
Creating new Rqt plugin
List of SLAM wrappers in ROS
Gmapping, Cartographer
Deep dive into Visual SLAM
Configuring different SLAM package for your robot
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Deep dive into Controllers in ROS
Configuring ROS controllers for your robot
Writing ROS controllers for your robot
Interfacing ROS controllers to actual actuator
A Brief overview of ArduPilot and Pixhawk
Simulation and Drone in ROS and Gazebo
ROS with MavROS
Gazebo simulation using Pixhawk
Mapping and Localization
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Introduction champ project
Simulation of Boston Dynamics Spot robot
Mapping and Navigation using Legged robot
Prototyping lesson of mini legged robot
Open Dynamic Robot Initiative
ROS and Virtual Reality Projects
ROS based mobile manipulation demo projects
ROS android applications
ROS and Alexa interfacing
ROS and IoT applications
Mastering Docker concepts and commands
Working with Docker-ROS container
Deploying your ROS app in docker
Working with NVIDIA Docker and ROS
Working with ROS Gazebo with Docker
Let’s start with the Legacy: ROS 1 | Projects
Mastering GitHub and Travis CI for ROS project
Creating and pushing a ROS project in GitHub
Integrating Continuous Integration using Travis CI
Releasing your ROS package
Adding your own package in ROS distro
Diagnosis and optimization of robotics software
Remote monitoring and operation of robot fleets
Interacting with humans
Interacting with other systems (IoT, smart buildings,
enterprise applications)
Optimizing robotics applications
The rise of robot interoperability standards
Industry applications and deployment models (RaaS)
Robot Web Tools: ROS stack for interacting with the
Web world
rosjava: developing Android interfaces with ROS
support
Exploring typical interfaces and APIs with the free
InOrbit RobOps platform
AWS RoboMaker for deployments and simulations
Migrating from ROS 1 to ROS 2
Installing ROS 2 on Ubuntu
Understanding main architecture difference between ROS 1 & ROS 2
Comparing ROS 1 & ROS 2 concepts
Comparing ROS 1 & ROS 2 programming
Comparing ROS 1 & ROS 2 simulation in Gazebo
Kickstarting Robot programming using ROS 2
Getting started with ROS 2
ROS 2 Equation
Why use ROS 2?
Installing ROS 2
ROS 2 Architecture and concepts
ROS 2 Filesystem
ROS 2 Coding styles, IDE
ROS 2 Hello World
ROS 2 TurtleSim
ROS 2 Workspace and package
ROS 2 Client libraries: rcl & rclpy
Understanding roslaunch, rosbag, rviz, rqt
Implementing Topics, Service, Parameters
Learning ROS programming using TurtleSim: rcl & rclpy
Understanding ROS 2 concepts using TurtleSim Moving TurtleSim using ROS 2 programming
What is ROS 2 TF?
Understanding Transformation and frames
Working with TF broadcaster and listener
Creating TF for your robot
Working with ROS 2 TF tools
TurtleSim projects
Draw your caricature using TurtleSim
Object tracking using TurtleSim
What is URDF & xacro?
Understanding URDF & xacro
Writing your own URDF and xacro
Visualizing your robot
Interacting with the robot model
Moving the robot model
Modeling robot using Fusion 360
Introduction to Gazebo simulator
Getting started with Gazebo
Gazebo models and plugins
Spawning models into Gazebo
Interacting with a simulated robot
Working with Turtlebot3 and Rover robot
Visualizing robot sensor data in Rviz
Creating your own mobile robot and robot arm simulation (Fusion 360) Visualizing robot in Rviz
Introduction to ROS controllers
Interacting with robot models
Moving robots using ROS 2 programming
What is robot perception?
Introduction to ROS 2 perception stacks
Working with ROS 2 OpenCV and Open3D
Robotic vision using OpenCV and ROS
Point cloud processing using Open3D and ROS Example projects using OpenCV and Open3D ROS 2 and Object detection: YOLO ROS interface
ROS and 3D Object detection
Introduction to microROS
Installing microROS on Arduino, Teensy, Raspberry
Pico
Interfacing motors & sensors to microROS
ROS 2 on Jetson Nano
What is an autonomous mobile robot?
Creating a robot model of a delivery robot
Setup robot hardware and electronics for the robot
Understanding the basics of ROS 2 navigation stack
Interfacing our mobile robot to ROS 2 navigation stack
Implement Mapping and Localization using SLAM
and AMCL
Commanding robot using GUI
Simulation of Jetbot and Turtlebot 3 in Gazebo
Introduction to Ignition simulation
Interfacing Ignition to ROS 2
Simulate a basic robot in Ignition and ROS 2
Introduction to Webots
Interfacing Webots to ROS2
Simulate a basic robot in Webots and ROS 2
ROS 2 Essentials concepts with Basic Projects
Introduction to Isacc simulator from NVIDIA
Interfacing Isacc to ROS 2
Simulate a basic robot in Ignition and ROS 2
Mastering ROS Navigation stack 2
Deep dive into ROS Navigation stack
Configuring and fine-tuning navigation stack
Working with Navigation stack 2 and Behavior trees
Using different path planners in Navigation stack
Deep dive into ROS navigation node
Mastering ROS MoveIt! 2
Deep dive into ROS MoveIt! 2
Configuring and fine tuning MoveIt! 2 for any robot
Using different planners in MoveIt!
Interfacing perception to MoveIt! 2
Complex motion planning and pick-place
Programming using MoveIt! 2 APIs
Deep dive into ROS 2 interface of OpenCV and PCL
Interfacing ROS 2 and Tensor Flow
Interfacing ROS 2 and Pytorch
Object detection using ROS 2 and deep learning –NVIDIA
Mastering Docker concepts and commands
Working with Docker-ROS container
Deploying your ROS app in docker
Working with NVIDIA Docker and ROS
Working with ROS Gazebo with Docker
Mastering GitHub Actions and Travis CI for ROS project
Creating and pushing a ROS 2 project in GitHub
Integrating Continuous Integration using Travis CI
Releasing your ROS 2 package
Adding your own package in ROS distro
ROS 2 Deep learning projects
ROS 2 Navigation application
ROS 2 Manipulation applications
List of SLAM wrappers in ROS 2
Gmapping, Cartographer
ROS 2 and SLAM TOOL Box
Deep dive into Visual SLAM
Configuring different SLAM package for your robot
Deep dive into Controllers in ROS
Configuring ROS controllers for your robot
Writing ROS controllers for your robot
Interfacing ROS controllers to actual actuator
Deep dive into ROS Gazebo plugin
Writing your first Gazebo plugin
Implementing a sensor in Gazebo using plugin
Deep dive into ROS 2 based path planners
Working with existing planners in ROS
Configuring a planner for your robot
Writing your own planner for your robot
Deep dive into Rviz and Rqt plugins
Working with existing Rviz and Rqt plugins
Creating new Rviz plugin for visualization
Creating new Rqt plugin
Deep dive into the self-driving car technology
Discussing hardware to build a self-driving car
Discussing the software architecture
ROS based software for self-driving car
Working with Autoware project
Simulating and Visualizing a self-driving car
Visualization of Self-driving data in Webviz & XVIZ
Deep dive into Deep learning frameworks
Interfacing deep learning frameworks to ROS: TensorFlow and PyTorch Working with Object detection using ROS NVIDIA deep learning stacks
Becoming a ROS Developer
List of robotics companies working on ROS and Robotics
Common interview questions for ROS developer
Mock exams for ROS developer
Mock interviews for a ROS developer
More reference and materials
Instructors
Skoliko Faculty
₹20000.00
- 58 Modules
- 200 Hours
- Data Science
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