Concise Introduction to Robot Programming With Ros 2

This book provides readers with the concepts and tools necessary to bring a robot to life through programming. It will equip them with the skills necessary to undertake projects with ROS2, the new version of ROS, with no previous experience with ROS2 needed.

List of contents

Foreword Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. First Steps with ROS 2 3. First Behavior: Avoiding Obstacles with Finite States Machines 4. The TF Subsystem 5. Reactive Behaviors 6. Programming Robot Behaviors with Behavior Trees 7. Deep ROS 2 8. Contributing to ROS 2 Software

About the author

Francisco Martín Rico is a Full Professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, leading the Intelligent Robotics Lab. He teaches subjects such as Software Architectures for Robots, Mobile Robotics, and Planning and Cognitive Systems. He is a reputable member of the ROS Community, authoring PlanSys2, the symbolic planning reference software for ROS 2, and many other packages such as YAETS, and Cascade Lifecycle, and contributing to reference packages like Nav2. He was awarded in 2022 with the Best ROS Developer award at the ROS Developer Day and has been a member of the ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Martin Rico, Francisco Martín Rico
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032851488
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285148-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Software Engineering, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, COMPUTERS / Computer Engineering, Information technology: general issues, Programming & scripting languages: general, Information technology: general topics, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, COMPUTERS / Data Science / Machine Learning, Programming and scripting languages: general