Awesome Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2)

A curated list of awesome Robot Operating System Version 2.0 (ROS 2) resources and libraries

Contents

• Packages
• Documentation
• Books
• Courses
• Presentations

Packages (or libraries)

• Examples
  • examples/rclcpp - C++ examples.
  • examples/rclpy - Python examples.
  • rcljava_examples - Package containing examples of how to use the rcljava API.
  • ros2_talker_android, ros2_listener_android - Example Android apps for the ROS2 Java bindings.
• "System" bindings
  • rclandroid - Android API for ROS2.
  • rclnodejs - Node.js version of ROS2.0 client.
  • riot-ros2 - This project enables ROS2 to run on microcontrollers using the RIOT Operating System.
• Client libraries
  • rclcpp - ROS Client Library for C++.
  • rclpy - ROS Client Library for Python.
  • rcljava - ROS Client Library for Java.
  • rclnodejs - ROS Client Library for Node.js
  • rclobjc - ROS Client Library for Objective C (for iOS).
  • rclc - ROS Client Library for C.
  • rosserial - A ROS client library for small, embedded devices, such as Arduino.
• IDL generators
  • rosidl_generator_java - Generate the ROS interfaces in Java.
  • rosidl_generator_objc - Generate the ROS interfaces in Objective C.
  • rosidl_generator_cpp - Generate the ROS interfaces in C++.
  • rosidl_generator_py - Generate the ROS interfaces in Python.
  • rosidl_generator_c - Generate the ROS interfaces in C.
• RMW (ROS middleware interface)
  • rmw - Contains the ROS middleware API.
  • rmw_connext_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using RTI Connext static code generation in C++.
  • rmw_fastrtps_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using eProsima FastRTPS static code generation in C++.
  • rmw_opensplice_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using PrismTech OpenSplice static code generation in C++.
• build system (Linux)
  • meta-ros2 - ROS 2 Layer for OpenEmbedded Linux
• build system (ROS2)
  • ament_cmake_export_jars - The ability to export Java archives to downstream packages in the ament buildsystem in CMake.
  • rmw_implementation_cmake - CMake functions which can discover and enumerate available implementations.

Documentation

• ROS 2 Design - Articles which inform and guide the ROS 2.0 design efforts.
• ROS 2 Docs (Overview) - Details about ROS 2 internal design and organisation.
• ROS 2 Wiki - Entry point to find all kind of information about ROS 2.

Books

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Courses

No courses existing yet

Presentations

• ROS Industrial Conference 2017
  • micro Robot Operating System: ROS for highly resource-constrained devices Slides
  • ROS2 - it's coming Slides
• ROSCon 2017
  • The ROS 2 vision for advancing the future of robotics development Slides Video
  • ROS2 Fine Tuning Slides Video
  • SLAM on Turtlebot2 using ROS2 Slides Video
  • Using ROS2 for Vision-Based Manipulation with Industrial Robots Slides Video
• ROSCon 2016
  • ROS 2 Update Slides Video
  • Evaluating the resilience of ROS2 communication layer Slides Video
• ROSCon 2015
  • ROS 2 on “small” embedded systems Slides Video
  • State of ROS 2 - demos and the technology behind Slides Video
  • Real-time Performance in ROS 2 Slides Video