ROS usage in the classroom

Please describe your class and your experiences here.

Stanford: CS324 - Perception for Manipulation

Laptop Setup

Ubuntu Installation

In this class we recommend Ubuntu Linux, in particular Ubuntu Karmic (Ubuntu 9.10).

• Follow the Ubuntu installation instructions. If your laptop has a 64-bit processors (many new laptops do), click on the Alternative download options, including Windows installer and choose the 64 bit architecture.

• If you have a laptop running Windows Vista, you can use the Ubuntu Windows Installer.

ROS Installation

• To install ROS on your Ubuntu machine, the simplest option is to directly install everything using pre-compiled binaries. Follow the instructions on the ROS installation page. Choose the option for Ubuntu Karmic in Step 1.1 and PR2 as your preferred installation in Step 1.3.

Tutorials

• First install the code for the tutorials using Step 3 on the ROS Installation page.

• The first set of tutorials you should go through are the base ROS tutorials. Try and go through all the tutorials there - this will be the best way to start learning ROS.