Difference between revisions of "ROS HOWTO"
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[http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS] (Robot Operating System) is an open-source framework for the creation of software for robots. It is a very interesting tool, since it promises to take care of many lower-level issues that make realizing the software for autonomous robots so difficult and time-consuming. By leaving such issues (e.g., communication among modules) to ROS, the programmer can focus on the more interesting high-level issues (e.g., perception or reasoning). | [http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS] (Robot Operating System) is an open-source framework for the creation of software for robots. It is a very interesting tool, since it promises to take care of many lower-level issues that make realizing the software for autonomous robots so difficult and time-consuming. By leaving such issues (e.g., communication among modules) to ROS, the programmer can focus on the more interesting high-level issues (e.g., perception or reasoning). | ||
| − | More precisely, in the words of [http://www.willowgarage.com/ its creators] | + | More precisely, in the words of [http://www.willowgarage.com/ its creators]: |
| − | ''"ROS | + | ''"ROS provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more."'' |
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| + | Though striving to be as easy-to-use as possible, ROS is a very complex tool. This is unavoidable, as autonomous robots themselves are extremely complex systems. Before you can start building your own software based on ROS, you have to devote a fair amount of time to studying how it works and how to use it. This part of the wiki is dedicated to helping you getting to grips with ROS quickly. | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 18 April 2012
ROS (Robot Operating System) is an open-source framework for the creation of software for robots. It is a very interesting tool, since it promises to take care of many lower-level issues that make realizing the software for autonomous robots so difficult and time-consuming. By leaving such issues (e.g., communication among modules) to ROS, the programmer can focus on the more interesting high-level issues (e.g., perception or reasoning). More precisely, in the words of its creators:
"ROS provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more."
Though striving to be as easy-to-use as possible, ROS is a very complex tool. This is unavoidable, as autonomous robots themselves are extremely complex systems. Before you can start building your own software based on ROS, you have to devote a fair amount of time to studying how it works and how to use it. This part of the wiki is dedicated to helping you getting to grips with ROS quickly.
