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151-0662-00L 1 Credits BSC D-MAVT
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Programming for Robotics - Introduction to ROS

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter
This course targets senior Bachelor students as well as Master students focusing on Robotics, Systems, and Control. Priority is given to people conducting a project work in the field.
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Abstract

This course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS) including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different examples, the course should provide a good starting point for students to work with robots. They learn how to create software including simulation, to interface sensors and actuators, and to integrate control algorithms.

Objective

- ROS Basics: Navigating in Linux and ROS, package creation and compilation - ROS Basics: Publisher and subscriber, services, actions - Hardware interfaces, static and dynamic transforms - Introduction to GAZEBO simulator, AR tag recognition - (optional) Localization & mapping - (optional) Navigation, ROS control - Good practice in programming

Content

This course consists of a guided tutorial and independent exercises with different robots (i.e. mobile robot, industrial robot arm,...). You learn how to setup such a system from scratch using ROS, how to interface the individual sensors and actuators, and finally how to implement first closed loop control systems.

Resources

Lecture Notes

slides, homepage (http://www.rsl.ethz.ch/education-students/lectures/ros.html)

Literature

slides, homepage ( http://www.rsl.ethz.ch/education-students/lectures/ros.html )

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Course attendance 100% and completion of the exercise is mandatory to get the credit point.

Registration & Places

Max Places
70

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Programming for Robotics - Introduction to ROS
Block course during the first two weeks of the semester.
  • 19.02 Date 08:15-12:00 (HG D 1.2)
  • 21.02 Date 08:15-12:00 (LEE E 101)
  • 23.02 Date 08:15-12:00 (LEE E 101)
  • 26.02 Date 08:15-12:00 (LEE E 101)
  • 01.03 Date 08:15-12:00 (HG D 1.2)
  • 01.03 Date 08:15-12:00 (HG E 5)
30 h semesterly

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