Over twenty people participated in a ROS Workshop over 16^th and 17^th April at University of  Strathclyde.  The workshop was organised by the Robotics & Mechatronics TPN exec group and is the second in what hopefully will become a regular feature in the programme of activities.



The workshop attracted a group of mixed ability and experience – and rather impressively some folks travelled from London and Bath to attend!  







Some participants had never touched programming or Linux before, and were looking for only a general introduction, and some were experienced in both and wanted to know ROS in a hurry, and in that respect got more out of the second day than the first.   Everyone in the group ended up being able to compile their own C program to publish and subscribe topics, and modify the program so they could make the robot turn when it hits an obstacle. 



Feedback from participants was good, and there was a challenge at the end of the workshop to make a programme where the robot turns in a correct direction when a bumper is hit and almost everyone got it working within an hour or so. 

 

If you attended the workshop – why not let us know what you thought of it -  we’d love to hear from you.



All the documentation from the workshops is available here.



If you have any suggestions for locations for future workshops, do let us know in the comment box below.





Report by Mark Post

(Workshop Leader)