ROS usage in the classroom
Please describe your class and your experiences here.
Stanford: CS324 - Perception for Manipulation
Laptop Setup
Ubuntu Installation
In this class we recommend Ubuntu Linux, in particular Ubuntu Karmic (Ubuntu 9.10).
Follow the Ubuntu installation instructions. If your laptop has a 64-bit processors (many new laptops do), click on the Alternative download options, including Windows installer and choose the 64 bit architecture.
If you have a laptop running Windows Vista, you can use the Ubuntu Windows Installer.
ROS Installation
To install ROS on your Ubuntu machine, the simplest option is to directly install everything using pre-compiled binaries. Follow the instructions on the ROS installation page. Choose the option for Ubuntu Karmic in Step 1.1 and PR2 as your preferred installation in Step 1.3.
Tutorials
First install the code for the tutorials using Step 3 on the ROS Installation page.
The first set of tutorials you should go through are the base ROS tutorials. Try and go through all the tutorials there - this will be the best way to start learning ROS.