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--- software:ros:getting-started [2013/04/18 08:37] – [Basic Tutorials] bartelsg
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 We also recommend new users to follow at least the basic tutorials. Afterwards, one can look at the more specific tutorials on a need or interest basis. And, as always, practicing in an own project improves learning. Have fun! :)
 ===== Basic Tutorials =====
-The basic tutorials of ROS can be found [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Tutorials|here]]. Before groovy, this was a (rather too) short list of pretty basic tutorials. Now, it has grown to a very respectable size. We recommend you cover the tutorials of the 'beginners' and 'intermediate' levels.
+The basic tutorials of ROS can be found [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Tutorials|here]]. Before groovy, this was a (rather too) short list of pretty basic tutorials. Now, it has grown to a very respectable size. We recommend you cover
+  * all the 'beginners' tutorials
+  * all the 'intermediate' tutorials
-Afterwards, you should also familiarize yourself with
+For first time users we recommend to stick with one combination of 'your favorite programming language' (C++ or python, where not all packages provide python-tutorials) and one build system (catkin or rosbuild, where catkin is the new ROS buildsystem of the future). For right-now we recommend you to use C++ and rosbuild.
+Additionally, you should also familiarize yourself with:
   * [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/actionlib_tutorials/Tutorials|actionlib]] (beginner tutorials)
   * [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/rviz/Tutorials|rviz]] (tutorials 1 and 2)
+  * [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/tf/Tutorials|TF]] (section 'learning TF' and 'debugging TF')
+Afterwards, it is always a good idea to revisit the tutorials to also learn how to use 'your not-so-favorite programming language' and 'the other buildsystem'. ;)
 ===== How to find ROS Tutorials =====
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 Click on it. Et voilà, you found the gazebo tutorials!
+===== More specific Tutorials =====
+Depending on the focus of your work you will likely want to look at tutorials covering very specific software packages.
+==== Motion Control ====
+  * Robot kinematics are modelled using the [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/urdf|URDF]] standard.
+  * The control architecture of the PR2 is nicely documented [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/pr2_mechanism|here]].