Introduction to Robotic Operating Systems (ROS2)

Module 1: ROS2: Fundamentals and Applications

If you or your team have any involvement or interest in autonomous systems, unmanned platforms, or robotics - this is a great opportunity to get hands-on with the framework that's fast becoming the industry standard across both defence and commercial sectors.

What the course covers

Before a robot can navigate, perceive, or act, it needs a language. ROS2 is that language. 

This short course introduces you to Robotic Operating Systems (ROS2) from the ground up. Across five carefully structured sessions, you'll move from the core building blocks of the ROS2 environment (topics, messages, and transforms) through to bringing robots to life visually with URDF, RViz, and the Robot State Publisher. From there, you'll step into simulation, exploring multi-robot environments in Gazebo, before pushing into the frontier of micro-ROS and computer vision. 

Each session combines structured learning with hands-on challenges drawn from real deployment scenarios. You won't just read about how ROS2 works, you'll use it, break it, and build with it. 

By the end of this module, you'll have more than a working knowledge of ROS2's core architecture. You'll have the practical confidence to implement it, extend it, and apply it to the kinds of problems that define modern robotics.