ros2-support

Collection of information/scripts pertaining to ROS 2 development

Tutorials/Guides

Below are various tutorials provided by this repository:

• Using rviz in ROS 2
• Migrating a catkin package to ament
• Accessing ROS parameters
• Writing a ROS 2 launch file
• Guide to ROS 2 unit testing
• How to create a mixed C++ and python ament package

Scripts

Below are various scripts provided by this repository:

• Checkout and compile rviz
• Install base packages
• Install ROS 2
• Port a single catkin package to ament
• Create an ament overlay package from extra repositories

Base package dependencies

Below is a list of base packages that are necessary:

• rosdep

New ROS 2 packages

Below is a list of ROS 2 packages that were created to faciliate the porting of other packages (see next section):

• ros2_time
• ros2_console
• urg_node_msgs
• sensor_msgs_util
• ros2_launch_util
• ros2_daemon_client_cpp

Packages ported to ROS 2

Below is a list of packages that have been, or are actively being, ported to ROS 2:

• cmake_modules
• rospack
• rospkg
• pluginlib
• python_qt_binding
• qt_gui_core
• rqt
• rqt_graph
• rqt_dep
• diagnostics
• laser_proc
• phidgets_drivers
• urg_c
• urg_node
• angles
• vision_opencv
• interactive_markers
• laser_geometry
• navigation_msgs
• resource_retriever
• xacro
• teleop_twist_keyboard (ported by OSRF)
• openslam_gmapping
• slam_gmapping
• rviz
• message_filters
• xmlrpcpp
• robot_state_publisher