My name is Jorge Andrés Duque, a Mechatronics Engineering student from Colombia currently diving into ROS2 as part of my university and personal projects. I’ve worked with embedded systems, AI, and VEX Robotics, but ROS is something I’m now truly focused on learning more deeply.
I’m especially interested in applying ROS2 for autonomous robots, and I’ve started experimenting with PID control and basic perception using sensors.
If anyone has suggestions for beginner-friendly ROS2 packages, tutorials, or simulation environments you’ve found useful, I’d love to hear from you!
Thanks and I look forward to learning and contributing in the future!
may I suggest taking a look at this ROS2 starter kit. This is a differential robot with a Lidar capable of Nav2 mapping, navigation, SLAM and frontier exploration.
Hi iliao,
Thank you so much for the info, I just took a look on it and it looks amazing. Im so excited to to start my journey on ROS.
thanks again,
Jorge.
Great to hear about your journey into ROS2 — sounds like you’re building a solid foundation with embedded systems, AI, and VEX Robotics already in your toolkit!
I put together a brief presentation on the Introduction to ROS a while back that you might find helpful: View it here
For hands-on learning, the TurtleBot3 package is beginner-friendly and great for simulation and navigation: TurtleBot Quick Start Guide
I’ve worked on a few ROS packages with solid documentation — one example is this ZED mobile cleaning robot simulation: ZED Cleaning Robot GitHub Repo
You might also want to explore resources from Robocre8 by @Samuel Obiagba — they offer great projects and learning guides: Robocre8 GitHub Robocre8 Docs
Wishing you the best as you go deeper into ROS2 and autonomous systems! Looking forward to learning alongside you.
