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Effective Robotics Programming with ROS - Third Edition
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Effective Robotics Programming with ROS - Third Edition

by Luis Sanchez, Enrique Fernandez Perdomo, Anil Mahtani
December 2016
Beginner to intermediate
468 pages
9h 43m
English
Packt Publishing
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Understanding the ROS Community level

The ROS Community level concepts are the ROS resources that enable separate communities to exchange software and knowledge. These resources include the following:

  • Distributions: ROS distributions are collections of versioned metapackages that you can install. ROS distributions play a similar role to Linux distributions. They make it easier to install a collection of software, and they also maintain consistent versions across a set of software.
  • Repositories: ROS relies on a federated network of code repositories, where different institutions can develop and release their own robot software components.
  • The ROS Wiki: The ROS Wiki is the main forum for documenting information about ROS. Anyone can sign up for an ...
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