Despite the name, ROS is not an operating system. ROS is a middleware framework that is a collection of transport protocol, development and debugging tools, and open-source packages, all wrapped in a single blanket. As a transport protocol, it allows distributed communication via messages through nodes. It provides development tools such as the CMake build system that allows building applications written in languages like Python and C++, among many, and the launch system that allows running mutiple nodes simultaneously. Due to its popularity, it's also the open-source framework of choice for collaboration across research and industry.
At Hello Robot, we strongly support the open-source initiative and believe that the best way to grow is to grow with the community.
Despite the name, ROS is not an operating system. ROS is a middleware framework that is a collection of transport protocols, development and debugging tools, and open-source packages. As a transport protocol, ROS enables distributed communication via messages between nodes. As a development and debugging toolkit, ROS provides build systems that allows for writing applications in a wide variety of languages (Python and C++ are used in this tutorial track), a launch system to manage the execution of mutiple nodes simultaneously, and command line tools to interact with the running system. Finally, as a popular ecosystem, there are many open-source ROS packages that allow users to quickly prototype with new sensors, actuators, planners, perception stacks, and more.
This tutorial track is for users looking to become familiar with programming the Stretch RE1 and RE2 via ROS Noetic. We recommend going through the tutorials in the following order:
NOTE: ROS2 support for Stretch is currently under active development and is considered 'beta'.
NOTE: Stretch's ROS2 packages and this ROS2 tutorial track are both under active development. They are considered 'beta', and we welcome any feedback. If you find any issues or bugs, please see the [Stretch ROS2](https://github.com/hello-robot/stretch_ros2/issues) and [Stretch Tutorials](https://github.com/hello-robot/stretch_tutorials/issues) issue trackers.
## Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2)
Despite the name, ROS is not an operating system. ROS is a middleware framework that is a collection of transport protocol, development and debugging tools, and open-source packages, all wrapped in a single blanket. As a transport protocol, it allows distributed communication via messages through nodes. It provides development tools such as the CMake build system that allows building applications written in languages like Python and C++, among many, and the launch system that allows running mutiple nodes simultaneously. Due to its popularity, it's also the open-source framework of choice for collaboration across research and industry.
At Hello Robot, we strongly support the open-source initiative and believe that the best way to grow is to grow with the community.
Despite the name, ROS is not an operating system. ROS is a middleware framework that is a collection of transport protocols, development and debugging tools, and open-source packages. As a transport protocol, ROS enables distributed communication via messages between nodes. As a development and debugging toolkit, ROS provides build systems that allows for writing applications in a wide variety of languages (Python and C++ are used in this tutorial track), a launch system to manage the execution of mutiple nodes simultaneously, and command line tools to interact with the running system. Finally, as a popular ecosystem, there are many open-source ROS packages that allow users to quickly prototype with new sensors, actuators, planners, perception stacks, and more.
This tutorial track is for users looking to become familiar with programming the Stretch RE1 and RE2 via ROS 2. We recommend going through the tutorials in the following order:
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