Faculty Development Program (Hybrid) on Robot Operating System (ROS2)

This 5-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) is designed to equip participants with essential Linux skills for ROS and hands-on sessions on ROS2 communication paradigms such as Topics, Services, and Actions. The FDP also focuses on robot modeling and simulation using the state of art Gazebo - one of the most powerful and widely used robotics simulators.

• Introduction to Robotics and Robot Programming
• Linux for Robotics
• ROS2 Basics: Workspace, Packages, Nodes
• ROS2 Topics, Messages
• ROS2 Services: Call and Provide Services
• ROS2 Actions: Action Client and Action Server
• Robot modeling using URDF, URDF-XACRO
• Robot modeling using URDF for Gazebo
• Object Detection in ROS2
• ROS2 Projects

Date Session 1 (10.00 AM to 12.00 PM) Session 2 (2.00PM TO 4.00 PM)
5th May 2025 Introduction to Robotics and Robot Programming
Dr. Pradeep Kumar T S
Professor
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai Linux for Robotics
Dr. Pradeep Kumar T S
Professor
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai
6th May 2025 ROS2 Basics: Workspace, Packages , Nodes
Dr. Muthukumaran K
Assistant Professor Grade 2
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai
ROS2 Topics, Messages
Dr. Muthukumaran K
Assistant Professor Grade 2
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai
7th May 2025 ROS2 Services : Call and Provide Services
Dr. Muthukumaran K
Assistant Professor Grade 2
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai ROS2 Actions: Action Client and Action Server
Dr. Muthukumaran K
Assistant Professor Grade 2
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Chennai
8th May 2025 Robot modeling using URDF, URDF-XACRO
Lentin Joseph
CEO/Founder of Qbotics Labs
Kochi/Kerala/India Robot modeling using URDF for Gazebo
Lentin Joseph
CEO/Founder of Qbotics Labs
Kochi/Kerala/India
9th May 2025 Object Detection in ROS2
Dr. Pavithra L K
Assistant Professor Grade 2
Centre for Human Movement Analytics,
VIT Chennai Mini Project

At the end of the Faculty Development program, the participants will be able to,

• Understand Linux file system and essential shell commands in order to get started with ROS.
• Create ROS2 nodes and implement communication using topics, services, and actions.
• Simulate robot and perform basic control with Gazebo and ROS.
• Integrate object detection (OpenCV) with ROS2 for object tracking and interaction.

• Introduction to Robotics and Robot Programming
• Linux for Robotics
• ROS2 Basics: Workspace, Packages, Nodes
• ROS2 Topics, Messages
• ROS2 Services: Call and Provide Services
• ROS2 Actions: Action Client and Action Server
• Robot modeling using URDF, URDF-XACRO
• Robot modeling using URDF for Gazebo
• Object Detection in ROS2
• ROS2 Projects

4th May 2025

• Faculty/Research scholars (Other Institute) Rs. 500 (Including GST)
• Faculty/Research scholars from VIT, Chennai have to register via VTOP
Venue:
• AB3 311 Lab (VIT Faculty/ VIT Research scholars)
• External Participants will get the meeting link for the FDP via mail

External Participants will get the meeting link via Email

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