Course Details
Topic 1 Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Overview of ROS (a.k.a ROS2)
- ROS Applications
- ROS Installation
Topic 2 ROS CLI Tools
- Configuring environment
- Using turtlesim, ros2, and rqt
- Nodes
- Topics
- Services
- Parameters
- Actions
- Using rqt_console to view logs
- Launching nodes
- Recording and playing back data
Topic 3 ROS Client Libraries
- ROS file system
- Creating a workspace
- Creating a package
- Writing a simple publisher and subscriber (Python)
- Testing with Turtlesim
- Writing a simple service and client (Python)
- Creating custom msg and srv files
- Implementing custom interfaces
- Using parameters in a class (Python)
- Using ros2bags
Topic 4 ROS TF2
- Managing Dependencies with rosdep
- Creating an action
- Writing an action server and client (Python)
- Composing multiple nodes in a single process
- Launch
- tf2
- Testing
- URDF
Topic 5 ROS Turtlebot
- Introduction to Turtlebot
- Install Turtlebot packages
- Control the robot
- Physical Turtlebot
Topic 6 ROS Navigation
- Overview of LIDAR
- ROS Cartographer
- Using Cartographer to create a map of environment
- Introduction to SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)
- Launching the navigation stack
- Navigating the robot via rviz
- Physical robot demo
Topic 7 ROS Applications
- Obstacle Avoidance
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Line Following
- Gesture Controlled Navigation
- Robot arm control
Course Info
Promotion Code
Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses
Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Softtware: Windows / Mac
Hardware: Laptop
About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.
Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.
For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.
Funding Eligility Criteria
Individual Sponsored Trainee | Employer Sponsored Trainee |
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Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding:
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Job Roles
- Robotics Engineer
- ROS Developer
- Automation Engineer
- Robotics System Integrator
- ROS System Analyst
- Control Systems Engineer
- Robotics Technician
- ROS Application Developer
- Mechatronics Engineer
- Robotics Research Scientist
- AI & Robotics Specialist
- Embedded Systems Engineer
- ROS Consultant
- Industrial Automation Engineer
- Robotics Software Developer
- ROS Trainer
- Robotics Solutions Architect
- IoT and Robotics Engineer
- Robotics Operations Manager
- ROS Technical Support Specialist
Trainers
Man Guo Chang: Man Guo Chang graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, major in Computer Engineering.
He has more than 25 years of working experience in the Semiconductor field, specialized in IC Testing, Inline Electrical Testing, Product & Yield Engineering, Data Analysis, System Engineering, and Software Development. He is also an ACTA certified trainer, currently providing STEM training to adult learners in the area of Computer Vision, Internet of Things, Embedded Electronics, and Python Programming.