• Introduction to the workshop
  • Structure of the program
  • Objectives
  • Overview of the Robot Operating System
•  Installations
  • Setting Up Virtual machine
  • Setting Up Ubuntu in virtual machine with useful tools for ROS installation
  • Installing and getting started with ROS
• Dependencies
• Environment setup

9:30-11:00 AM

• Introduction to ROS
  • An architectural overview of the Robot Operating
• Packages & Catkin workspaces
  • ROS workspace structure 15 minutes break
  • Essential command line utilities 1:15-1:00 PM
  • Software Package management within a project

15 minutes break (11:15-1:00 PM)

• Understanding fundamentals of ROS using turtlesim
• Learning basic ROS tools with turtlebot simulation

Lunch break (2:00-3:30 PM )

• Overview of a ROS based robot
• Understanding Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) of a robot
• RViz Basics

15 minutes break (3:45-5:15 PM)

• Debugging in ROS – Transform Frames
• Extending a robot Creation – Launch Files
• Q & A Session

9.30 – 11.00 AM

• Gazebo Basics
  • Exploring Gazebo User Interface System Framework
  • Writing Launch files using prebuilt gazebo worlds
  • Intro to Gazebo plugins

15 minutes break (11:15-1:00 PM )

• Teleoperating the modeled robot in gazebo world
• General information about the many types of sensors that are used in robotic system including cameras, IMU, encoders, and more
• A brief tour of 3D sensors used in robotics

Lunch break (2:00-3:30 PM)

• Intro to the localization.concept
• Intro to the Mapping and SLAM concepts (URDF) of a robot
• Intro to Path planning and Navigation

15 minutes break (3:45-5:15 PM)

• Teleoperating turtlebot in real world
• Implementing Localization, Mapping, and Navigation on turtlebot
• Q & A Session