Learning ROS for Robotics Programming - Second Edition

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Install ROS Hydro on a compatible Ubuntu distro following the official instructions provided here.

For ROS Indigo use the indigo-devel branch.

For ROS Jade use the jade-devel branch.

Install the OpenCV non-free repository:

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:xqms/opencv-nonfree
sudo apt-get install libopencv-nonfree-dev libopencv-nonfree2.4

Create a workspace:

mkdir -p ~/dev/catkin_ws/src
cd ~/dev/catkin_ws/src
wstool init

Download this repository:

wstool set ros_book --git [email protected]:AaronMR/Learning_ROS_for_Robotics_Programming_2nd_edition.git
wstool up -j8

Install the dependencies:

cd ..
rosdep install --from-paths src -iy

Build the source code (alternatively, you can use catkin build instead of catkin_make):

source /opt/ros/$(rosversion -d)/setup.bash
catkin_make -j4
source devel/setup.bash

Chapter 1: Getting started with ROS (no source code as it covers the installation)
Chapter 2: ROS Architecture and Concepts
Chapter 3: Visualization and Debug Tools
Chapter 4: Using Sensors and Actuators with ROS
Chapter 5: Computer Vision
Chapter 6: Point Clouds
Chapter 7: 3D Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 8: The Navigation Stack - Robot Setup
Chapter 9: The Navigation Stack - Beyond the Setup
Chapter 10: Manipulation with MoveIt!