ROS2 Turtlesim Project

This project demonstrates the use of ROS2 with the classic Turtlesim simulator. It provides a simple environment to learn and experiment with ROS2 concepts such as nodes, topics, and services.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
• ROS2 (Humble or newer) installed
• rosdep initialized
• Colcon build tool

Installation

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone <repository-url>
cd ros2_turtlesim
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y

Building the Project

colcon build
source install/setup.bash
chmod +x src/turtleMotionController/turtleMotionController/motionController.py

Running Turtlesim

1. Start the ROS2 core (if needed):

   source /opt/ros/<ros2-distro>/setup.bash

2. Launch the Turtlesim node:

   ros2 run turtlesim turtlesim_node

3. (Optional) Run additional nodes or scripts as needed.

Usage

    ros2 launch turtleMotionController demo.launch.py

Resources

• ROS2 Documentation
• Turtlesim Tutorial

License

MIT License