Introduction
ros2go (ROS To Go) is a ready-to-go high speed USB flash drive, which has Ubuntu, ROS and commonly used packages installed, and can be booted from external USB drive. x86 PCs which meets the minimal requirement for Ubuntu and ROS can use ROS to go, regardless the original operating systems installed. It is intend to provide a way for novice ros users to start ROS in minutes without tedious installation procedures.
Moreover, ros2go is also a solution for users who are using virtual machine and willing to change to dual boot systems; users who want a very convenient mobility for their own environment settings; and most important, for lecturers who want to uniform their teaching environments.
Specifications
Tianbot Ros2go Kinetic standard version is a 64GB flash drive. The main partition is Tianbot ROS2GO with Ubuntu 16.04 and ROS installed, can only be booted in UEFI mode. Another partition is a mock-up cd-rom, with our installation ISO image, can be booted in both UEFI and Legacy mode.Installed ROS Packages:
Turtlebot
Navigation
Moveit!
Gazebo
Supported
'''Basically there is no any prerequisites for ros2go rather than a not so old computer which not supporting UEFI boot mode. '''Usage
ROS To Go HDD
If you want to use ROS in minutes! Follow the next few steps.Keep the PC shutdown and plug in the ros2go flash drive into a USB3.0 port.
Boot your PC and change the boot device to '''UEFI: TIANBOT ROS2GO 1.00'''
If you can see the following desktop, enjoy!
ROS To Go Live CD
If you feel good with the system and want to install the system to your own computer.Keep the PC shutdown and plug in the ros2go flash drive into a USB3.0 port.
Boot your PC and change the boot device to UEFI: TIANBOT CD-ROM on Flash 1.00
You will see the following options, you can choose Boot Tianbot ROS2GO installer to install
You can also choose '''Boot Tianbot ROS2GO liveCD'''to try the system without installation and all the modifications you made will not be saved.
Known Issues
If you have any issues regarding to ros2go, please bring it up on our ros2go github issue page. We will also maintain a tested hardware list in the repo.[[https://github.com/tianbot/ros2go/issues|ros2go issues]]
Ackownledgement
Ros2go is developed by Tianbot Robotics. Tianbot is dedicated to education on robotics and robotic development kit.Homepage: Tianbot 天之博特
Blog: Zhang Relay 张瑞雷
Homepage: guyuehome 古月居
Homepage: corvin ROS小课堂
