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Robot Operating System (ROS)
1. Introduction to ROS
2. Installation and Environment Setup
3. ROS Filesystem Structure
4. Core ROS Concepts and Architecture
5. ROS Command-Line Tools
6. ROS Client Libraries and Programming
7. Creating and Building ROS Packages
8. Launch Files and System Configuration
9. Visualization and Debugging Tools
10. Coordinate Frames and Transformations
11. Robot Modeling and Description
12. Simulation and Testing
13. Navigation and Path Planning
14. Manipulation and Control
15. Perception and Sensor Integration
16. Advanced ROS Topics
17. ROS Ecosystem and Community
18. Troubleshooting and Best Practices
8.
Launch Files and System Configuration
8.1.
Launch File Fundamentals
8.1.1.
Purpose and Benefits
8.1.2.
Automating Node Startup
8.1.3.
Parameter Configuration
8.1.4.
Multi-Node Coordination
8.1.5.
System Integration
8.2.
XML Structure and Syntax
8.2.1.
File Structure
8.2.2.
XML Syntax Rules
8.2.3.
Comments and Formatting
8.2.4.
Best Practices
8.3.
Core Launch Tags
8.3.1.
launch
8.3.1.1.
Root Element
8.3.1.2.
Launch Attributes
8.3.2.
node
8.3.2.1.
Node Configuration
8.3.2.2.
Attributes and Options
8.3.2.3.
Node Arguments
8.3.3.
param
8.3.3.1.
Setting Parameters
8.3.3.2.
Parameter Types
8.3.4.
rosparam
8.3.4.1.
Loading Parameter Files
8.3.4.2.
YAML Integration
8.3.5.
arg
8.3.5.1.
Defining Arguments
8.3.5.2.
Default Values
8.3.5.3.
Argument Passing
8.3.6.
include
8.3.6.1.
Including Other Launch Files
8.3.6.2.
Argument Passing
8.3.7.
group
8.3.7.1.
Grouping Nodes and Parameters
8.3.7.2.
Namespace Management
8.3.8.
remap
8.3.8.1.
Remapping Topics and Services
8.3.8.2.
Name Resolution
8.4.
Advanced Launch Features
8.4.1.
Conditional Launching
8.4.2.
Environment Variables
8.4.3.
Machine Tags
8.4.4.
Test Integration
8.5.
Launch File Organization
8.5.1.
Modular Design
8.5.2.
Reusability
8.5.3.
Documentation
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