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ROS

ROS - Robot Operating System is an open source robotics platform which can be used as DIY robotics or on an industrial scale.

Set Locale

 $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y locales software-properties-common curl gnupg lsb-release
 $ sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
 $ sudo update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 $ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 $ locale

Install

 $ sudo add-apt-repository universe
 $ sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
 $ echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.ros.org/ros2/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo $UBUNTU_CODENAME) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2.list > /dev/null
 # This installs everything. 
 $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ros-humble-desktop-full
 # If you rather not have any gui tools , a minimal install
 $ sudo apt install ros-humble-ros-base
 # If you want to install Dev-tools
 $ sudo apt install ros-dev-tools

Test

 $ source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
 $ ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker
 In another terminal source the setup file and then run a Python listener:
 $ source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
 $ ros2 run demo_nodes_py listener

Notes

 * You should see the talker saying that it’s Publishing messages and the listener saying I heard those messages. This verifies both the C++ and Python 
   APIs are working properly. 
 * Continue with the tutorials and demos to configure your environment, create your own workspace and packages, and learn ROS 2 core concepts.Using the 
   ROS 1 bridge
 * The ROS 1 bridge can connect topics from ROS 1 to ROS 2 and vice-versa.
 * The default middleware that ROS 2 uses is Cyclone DDS, but the middleware (RMW) can be replaced at runtime.

Optional: Uninstall

 $ sudo apt remove ~nros-humble-* && sudo apt autoremove
 $ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2.list
 $ sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean

References

 https://docs.ros.org/en/humble/Installation/Ubuntu-Install-Debians.html