“Introduction to Mobile Robotics in ROS" course organized by the Polytechnic of Bragança within the DISRUPTIVE project - 20th and 21st of May

The DISRUPTIVE project, integrated in its training activities, organises the course: "Introduction to mobile robotics in ROS". In this course, concepts about the Robot Operating System (ROS) and its application in the development of simulations aimed at mobile robotics will be introduced.

The course has a duration of 8 hours divided in two online units with four hours each, being the first one on the 20th of May 2021 at 9 AM [Lisbon-PT] where there will be an introduction presentation to the basic concepts of ROS and mobile robotics and the second one on the 21st of May 2021 at 9 AM [Lisbon-PT]) where practical examples of mobile robotics will be developed through a simulation environment.

Instructors: IPB Researchers Luis Piardi, Alexandre Júnior, Heitor Assumpção and Paulo Leitão.

Date and time: 20 and 21 May 2021, from 09:00 to 13:00 (Portuguese time)

Location: By videoconference (a link will be provided to registrants at least one hour before the session).

Training programme:

  20/05/2021

- Fundamentals of Robotics and Introduction to ROS: Concept of mobile robotics, different classes of mobile robots and their applications, conceptualization and structure of ROS and simulators for mobile robotics in ROS;

- Installation of ROS Kinetic Kame in a virtual machine;

   21/05/2021

- Practical work in mobile robotics simulation: control concepts of a mobile robot in a simulation environment through the concepts of ROS presented and the Python language.

Registrations: until May 17: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdazEkhcGskOL0WBWGGtxZBmR0I2uV95JJhxktQQm72O8u_Q/viewform

+INFO: https://disruptive.usal.es/pt/formacao

This course is organised within the framework of the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal 2014-2020 programme (0667_DISRUPTIVE_2_E) financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Uva PhD Programme in Information Technologies and Telecommunications.