🚀 Environment Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up a complete ROS2 development environment on Ubuntu 22.04.

Table of Contents

• Dependencies Setup Guide
• Setup ROS Workspace
  • Creating workspace directory
  • Cloning repository
  • Building the workspace
• Setup Robot

👀 Dependencies Setup Guide for Ubuntu 22.04

1. Update package information database.

sudo apt-get update

1. Install curl

sudo apt install curl -y

1. Increase swap size by running the following script.

bash <(curl -s <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StanfordASL/asl-tb3-utils/main/scripts/increaseswap.bash>)

1. Install ROS and simulation environment.

bash <(curl -s <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StanfordASL/asl-tb3-aiet/refs/heads/main/setup/install.bash>)

Important! — Run this command for all machines, in parallel. Will take more than 30 minutes. Grab a ☕ while you wait. 💪

1. Add the following environmental variables in ~/.bashrc

export ROS_DOMAIN_ID=<see inventory for robot pairing>
export LAPTOP_ID=<see inventory for name>