Free 49,000-Word ROS 2 Hands-On Book Teaches SLAM to Autonomous Driving in Gazebo
4310sy · x · 2026-09-02
Robotics researcher Shunsuke Kimura published a free 49,000-character ROS 2 hands-on book on Zenn, built around ROS 2 Jazzy and TurtleBot3 in Gazebo simulation. It covers environment setup (Windows/WSL or Ubuntu), nodes and topics, launch files, building custom C++ pub/sub packages, and finishing with SLAM mapping and Nav2 autonomous navigation — 11 exercises with answers included, running fully in simulation.
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