First Steps with rosbag
ROS (Robot Operating System) provides a set of libraries and tools to help software developers create robotic applications. It offers hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualization tools, message passing, and package management among other features.
rosbag is used for recording depth camera data. The rosbag package provides a co ...
Posted on Thu, 14 May 2026 03:38:20 +0000 by cbassett03
Installing the ROS Qt Creator Plugin on Ubuntu
Prerequisites
Update the package index and install required system dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev ninja-build libyaml-cpp-dev libqtermwidget5-0-dev libutf8proc-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install pyyaml requests py7zr tqdm_loggable
Plugin Source Acquisition
Clone the plugin repository from GitHub:
git ...
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:05:29 +0000 by Daegalus
Setting Up ROS Robots: Environment Configuration Guide
Ubuntu 18.04 Installation
Creating a Linux Bootable USB Drive
Download the Ubuntu 18.04 ISO image from the official Ubuntu website.
Use a tool like Rufus or Etcher to create a bootable USB drive.
Select the ISO file and target USB drive, then write the image.
Installation Process
Insert the bootable USB drive and restart the computer.
Enter ...
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2026 01:27:02 +0000 by jaimec
Practical ROS Operations and C++ Package Compilation
Creating a Python Package in ROS
To create a new ROS package, navigate to the src directory of your workspace and execute the following command:
catkin_create_pkg my_python_package std_msgs rospy roscpp rosmsg
The basic syntax is:
catkin_create_pkg <package_name> [dependency1] [dependency2] ...
This command generates the necessary direc ...
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026 10:03:48 +0000 by LuiePL
Setting Up the HWT901B-485 IMU Sensor with ROS Noetic on Ubuntu 20.04
Prerequisites
Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS1 Noetic installed, along with Python3.
1. Installing ROS IMU Dependencies
sudo apt-get install ros-noetic-imu-tools ros-noetic-rviz-imu-plugin
2. Downloading the Official Example Program
Download the ROS package from the official WIT Motion GitHub repository:
GitHub - WITMOTION/WitStandardProtocol_JY901
Extr ...
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026 03:44:55 +0000 by rmt123
Deploying PL-VIO with Intel RealSense D435i on Ubuntu
Compiling PL-VIO on Ubuntu 18.04
The PL-VIO system was successfully compiled and deployed on an Ubuntu 18.04 laptop. The compilation process completed without errors, likely due to prior installation of VINS-Fusion which shares dependencies.
Topic Configuration for RealSense D435i
PL-VIO expects specific topic names for IMU and imag ...
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026 01:19:22 +0000 by ale1981