MICRO-453 | ROS2 Basics
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Welcome to the **ROS2 Basics** labs!

This course consists of three hands-on practical sessions. Before each session, you will be required to complete a set of **preparatory tasks** to ensure you are ready to fully engage with the material. 

All the course content is available on this platform, enabling smooth transition between sessions and easy access to code snippets.

By the end of this course, you will have gained a solid understanding of:

- What ROS2 is and its role in robotics
- How to create and structure a ROS2 project
- **Key ROS2 concepts**: `nodes, topics, publishers, subscribers, services, servers, clients, interfaces, parameters, launch files`
- **Basic debugging tools**: `ros2 CLI, rqt_graph`
- What **URDF** is and how to design it with transforms (**TFs**)
- How to use **RViz** for visualization and **Gazebo** for simulation

We hope these labs will provide you with both the knowledge and practical experience to confidently work with ROS2 in your future robotics projects.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents

   prep_work_1.rst
   session_1.rst
   prep_work_2.rst
   session_2.rst
   prep_work_3.rst
   session_3.rst
   cheat_sheet.rst