Common ROS Tools

6. Common ROS Tools#

Now that you have a good understanding of the ROS 2 core concepts and design patterns, and hands-on experience on applying these concepts using the ros2 CLI interface, it is time to look at some other common ROS 2 tools that will help you use ROS for real-world robotics applications.

These are:

  • The ROS Launch system

  • Recording and playing back messages with ROS Bags

  • RViz for 3D visualizations

  • TF2 for geometric reasoning