The ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas is hosting a ROS-Industrial Developers Training Class April 6 - 8, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. The class will run a full day on Wednesday and Thursday and will end on Friday at lunch.
The schedule and curriculum will be identical to the ROS Basics training held in March and November of last year. Please bring a laptop to the class with the ROS-I training Virtual Machine pre-installed. This class is geared toward individuals with a programming background who seek to learn to compose their own ROS nodes. Day 1 will focus on introductory ROS skills. Day 2 will examine motion planning using MoveIt! as well as the Descartes planner and Perception concepts. Day 3 offers a lab programming exercise (with a choice of): Simple Perception Lab, Simple MoveIt! Application, Simple Descartes Application, Pick-and-Place Application.
Dates: April 6 - 8, 2016
Registration: Registration page
Agenda: Printable pdf Agenda
Accomodations: Book by March 22!
To make a reservation, call the hotel directly at 210-509-9800, use group code: SWRI. Hotel details below.
Curriculum: Link to the Wiki
Agenda
Wednesday April 6 - Intro to ROS, Basics
| AM | Intro, What is Catkin Installing and Building Packages Parameter Server, Topics and Messages |
| PM | Services, Launch files, TF Intro and Verify URDF |
| AM | ROSI Today, Intro to MoveIt Examining Planning Environment Build and Update MoveIt Package Motion Planning (RViz and C++) |
| PM | Intro to MoveIt Application Intro to Perception, Intro to Perception Application Intro to Descartes, Intro to Descartes Application |
Friday April 8 - Lab exercise (Choose one of four). Depart at lunch.
| Labs (AM) | Simple MoveIt Application Simple Descartes Application Simple Perception Application Simple Pick-and-Place Application |
Hosts: Southwest Research Institute, ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas
Prerequisites: Linux/Ubuntu familiarity, C++ experience and a desire to program robots!
Cost: See registration page
Venue: Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX, USA
Accomodations: Hilton Hill Country Hotel & Spa
To make a reservation, individuals can either call toll free at 1-800-HILTONS or online at www.sanantoniohillcountry.hilton.com, or by calling the hotel directly at 210-509-9800. Group Code: SWRI
HILTON HILL COUNTRY HOTEL & SPA
t: +1 210 509 9800 | d: +1 210 767 5307 | f: +1 210 767 5329
9800 Westover Hills Boulevard | San Antonio TX 78251 | USA
www.SanAntonioHillCountry.Hilton.com
