A Concise Introduction to Robot Programming with ROS 2

Francisco Martín Rico

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Chapman & Hall/CRC
27 June 2025

Robotics; Computing: general; Programming & scripting languages: general; Software Engineering; Artificial intelligence

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.

By: Francisco Martín Rico
Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781032851501
ISBN 10: 1032851503
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 27 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Foreword Prologue to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. First Steps 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 Bibliography

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.