A Concise Introduction to Robot Programming with ROS 2

by Francisco Martín Rico

Overview

A Concise Introduction to Robot Programming with ROS2 provides the reader with the concepts and tools necessary to bring a robot to life through programming. It will equip the reader with the skills necessary to undertake projects with ROS2, the new version of ROS. It is not necessary to have previous experience with ROS2 as it will describe its concepts, tools, and methodologies from the beginning.

• Uses the two programming languages officially supported in ROS 2 (C++, mainly, and Python)
• Approaches ROS 2 from three different but complementary dimensions: the Community, Computation Graph, and the Workspace
• Includes a complete simulated robot, development and testing strategies, Behavior Trees, and Nav2 description, setup, and use
• A GitHub repository with code to assist readers

It will appeal to motivated engineering students, engineers, and professionals working with robot programming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032851501
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/27/2025
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Francisco Martín Rico is a Full Professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, leading the Intelligent Robotics Lab. He teaches subjects such as Software Architectures for Robots, Mobile Robotics, and Planning and Cognitive Systems. He is a reputable member of the ROS Community, authoring PlanSys2, the symbolic planning reference software for ROS 2, and many other packages such as YAETS, and Cascade Lifecycle, and contributing to reference packages like Nav2. He was awarded in 2022 with the Best ROS Developer award at the ROS Developer Day and has been a member of the ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. First Steps with ROS 2 3. First Behavior: Avoiding Obstacles with Finite States Machines 4. The TF Subsystem 5. Reactive Behaviors 6. Programming Robot Behaviors with Behavior Trees 7. Deep ROS 2 8. Contributing to ROS 2 Software