Youth Affairs Taoyuan City, ADLINK, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, Microsoft are teaching 250 students live in-person IRL Navigation2 ROS 2 Foxy Eclipse Cyclone DDS. August 24 (Mon) to August 28 (Fri), 2020. This is a 5 day education program from 9:00-17:00 daily at the Zhongyuan University School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
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Course Features
- ROS basic/advanced education and development
- Use ADLINK ROScube Pico ROS/ROS 2 controllers with ADLINK Pico Bot and ADLINK NeuronBot education robots for teaching skills for robotics industry
- Specially invited companies in the robotics AI field to be masters lectures, sharing information about the robotics industry trends and essential skills
- Nav2 ROS 2 Foxy CycloneDDS robot contests with cash prizes to help students develop real skills
Course content
- Familiarity with ROS development environment and Gazebo simulation
- 2D navigation and control architecture description and implementation
- ROS 2 Foxy new functions and DDS education
- Hands on with Navigation2 ROS 2 Foxy Eclipse Cyclone DDS (current default RMW causes Nav2 issues, should change default)
- AI platform introduction and implementation
Practical workshop- [Beginner class]
Basic practical exercises for students who are new to ROS or are not familiar with ROS, so that students can quickly familiarize themselves with the basic operations of ROS, and finally make the robot move.
- ROS system construction and basic implementation
- Robot basic development and operation
- Course seminars and pre-match preparation
Advanced class
Practical exercises are carried out for students who have experience in using ROS or are familiar with obstacle avoidance and navigation methods, so that students can quickly familiarize themselves with the basic operations of ROS, and finally make the robot move.
- Robot state and behavior management
- Implement robot navigation and obstacle avoidance
- Use OpenVINO to integrate visual AI algorithms
- Course seminars and pre-match preparation
Workshop teaching aides
[Beginner class] ADLINK ROScube Pico ROS/ROS 2 controllers (fyi AWS version), 50x ADLINK Pico Bots running Navigation2 ROS 2 Foxy Eclipse Cyclone DDS
[Advanced class] ADLINK ROScube ROS/ROS 2 controllers, ADLINK NeuronBots running Navigation2 ROS 2 Foxy Eclipse Cyclone DDS
2020 ROS Summer School Agenda
Day 1
| Time | Event | Topic Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | ADLINK |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Opening ceremony -Taoyuan ROS 2 Summer School introduction | Department of Youth Affairs, Taoyuan City |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | ROS/ROS2 Platform Introduction: ◆ROS/ROS2 Environment Introduction, ◆Difference between ROS and ROS2, ◆Implement DDS (peer-to-peer, architecture such as binding layer) in ROS2 | ADLINK |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Intel Edge AI Computing | Chungyeh Wang of Intel |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Basic): ROS environment setup | ADLINK |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Advanced) - Robot’s behavior and status introduction | ADLINK |
Day 2
| Time | Event | Topic Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | ADLINK |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Introduction of SLAM, Introduction of ROS Navigation algorithms: -Gmapping, -AMCL (Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization), -Costmap, -Map Server, -Global Planner, -Local Planner | ADLINK |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | NVIDIA Jetson for Open Robotics (NVIDIA is working on Perception, ROS 2 Foxy Eclipse Cyclone DDS) | Chia-Wei Ao of NVIDIA |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Basic) - Robot development and operating | ADLINK |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Advanced) - SLAM and Navigation 2 | ADLINK |
Day 3
| Time | Event | Topic Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | ADLINK |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Computer vision and AI algorithms: ◆Overview of AI algorithms (Image Captioning, Object Detection), ◆Common AI algorithms, ◆Combing robotics and AI | ADLINK |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | AWS RoboMaker | AWS RoboMaker |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Basic) -Common-used artificial intelligence in robotics; | ADLINK |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Advanced) - Using Intel OpenVINO toolkit to integrate computer vision algorithms | ADLINK |
Day 4
| Time | Event | Topic Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | ADLINK |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | How to use Gazebo simulator: - ROS and gazebo Architecture, - Simulating sensor and motor driver, - Integrates with ROS to simulate mapping and navigation | ADLINK |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Corporate Speech-Microsoft | Microsoft |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Basic) - Prepare for the contest | Trainee |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Workshop (Advanced) - Prepare for the contest | Trainee |
Day 5
| Time | Event | Topic Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | ADLINK |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Results sharing | Trainee |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 16:00 | Robot Contest Basic and Advanced | Trainee |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Awards ceremony and Commencement | ADLINK and Department of Youth Affairs, Taoyuan City |
