ROS2 Cookbook

• Getting Started
• Client Libraries
  • rclcpp API
    • Logging
    • Nodes and Components
    • Parameters
    • Point Clouds
    • Time
    • TF2
    • Workarounds
  • rclpy API
    • Nodes
    • Parameters
    • Time
    • TF2
• ros2launch
  • Python-Based Launch Files
  • Making a Launch File Executable
  • Loading Parameters From a File
  • Including Python Launch Files
  • Loading a URDF
  • Debugging a Node in GDB
  • Installing Launch Files
• rosbag2
  • Common CLI Commands
  • API Tutorials
  • Converting Bags from ROS 1 to ROS 2
  • Removing TF From a Bagfile
• Networking (DDS & CycloneDDS)
  • Clearpath Robotics has a great Network Troubleshooting Flow Chart
• Documenting with rosdoc2
• CMake
• QoS
• Command Line Tools
  • ros2 run <pkg> <node>
  • ros2 node list
  • ros2 topic list
  • ros2 topic info <topic_name> --verbose gives details about QoS.
  • ros2 param list
  • colcon is the build tool.
  • ros2 doctor --report gives tons of information.
  • ros2 pkg prefix <pkg> tells where a package is located.
• Packaging
  • Setting bloom/git to always use ssh
    • git config --global url.ssh://[email protected]/.insteadOf https://github.com/
  • rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro=humble -y
• Package Documentation
• Limitations / Bugs
  • Cannot generate messages and call ament_python_install_package() in same package
• Status Pages
  • Rolling Debian Build Status
  • Jazzy Debian Build Status
  • Humble Debian Build Status

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