ROS 2 Study from Scratch (Foxy + Ubuntu 20.04)

This repository documents my journey of learning ROS 2 Foxy from the ground up on Ubuntu 20.04.

✨ Why I'm Studying ROS 2

As robotics and autonomous driving systems evolve, understanding their software architecture is essential. I'm studying ROS 2 (Foxy) to:

• Build a strong foundation in robot software development
• Understand key ROS 2 concepts like nodes, topics, services, actions, and launch files
• Prepare for working with Autoware, an open-source autonomous driving software stack built on ROS 2

🚀 Goal

My long-term goal is to gain the skills needed to work on autonomous driving systems by:

• Mastering ROS 2 Foxy concepts and tooling
• Understanding how ROS 2 enables modular, distributed, and real-time behavior in robotic systems
• Transitioning into Autoware.AI and Autoware.Auto development environments

📚 What You'll Find Here (TODO)

• 📁 tutorials/: Code examples based on ROS 2 official tutorials
• 🧪 experiments/: Custom test nodes and communication patterns
• 📝 notes/: Study notes, architecture diagrams, and command references
• 🔧 launch/: Launch files and package setups
• 📡 communication/: Publisher/Subscriber, Service/Client, Action examples

🛠 Development Environment

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy
• Programming Languages: Python 3, C++ (rclcpp)
• Tools: colcon, rviz2, ros2bag, ros2 topic, ros2 service, ros2 action

🔗 Useful Links

• ROS 2 Foxy Documentation
• Autoware Foundation
• Autoware GitHub
• Awesome ROS 2 Resources

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Feel free to fork, clone, or open issues. This is an open learning project—contributions and suggestions are always welcome!