Getting Started in hcrlab

Getting started in the HCR lab

Checklist

• Follow the development environment setup
• Get on the HCR lab mailing list. You can subscribe here or ask someone to add you.
• Get added to the PR2 calendar. You need to ask someone like Maya to add you.
• Get card key access to the lab (ask Maya).
• If you don't already have one, get a CSE NetID by filling out this form and submitting it to CSE support. You'll need a CSE NetID to access Gitlab and the building wifi.
• Get on Github and join the HCR lab organization (ask Justin or Maya)
• Join the HCR Lab Slack by providing your email address to any lab member already on the lab Slack. Also, create a personal update channel to communicate your progress with Maya (graduate students and visiting researchers) or the student overseeing your project (undergraduate students and interns).
• Get an account on the PR2.
• Get an account on RWS (ask Justin).

Learning ROS

• Go to the ROS tutorials page and do all the beginner tutorials.
• Start working on a project! The best way to learn is to do.

Learning more about ROS

• Learn about tf and do the tutorials.
• Learn about actionlib and do the tutorials.
• Learn about rviz and do tutorials 1-5.
• Learn about launch files.
• Learn about unit testing with ROS.
• Learn about Robot Web Tools.

ROS resources

• Watch Tutorial Thursday presentations.
• Learn more about ROS from the Introduction, Concepts, Higher-level concepts, Client libraries, and Technical overview.
• Learn more about roscpp through the roscpp overview.
• Learn more about rospy through the rospy overview.
• Reference guide for roslaunch syntax.
• Helpful site: ROS answers.

Leaving the lab

Delete someone's user account with sudo userdel -r <uname>.