A Concise Introduction to Robot Programming with ROS2 provides the reader with the concepts and tools necessary to bring a robot to life through programming. It will equip the reader with the skills necessary to undertake projects with ROS2, the new version of ROS. It is not necessary to have previous experience with ROS2 as it will describe its concepts, tools, and methodologies from the beginning.
Key Features
Uses the two programming languages officially supported in ROS2 (C++, mainly, and Python) Approaches ROS2 from three different but complementary the Community, Computation Graph, and the Workspace Includes a complete simulated robot, development and testing strategies, Behavior Trees, and Nav2 description, setup, and use A GitHub repository with code to assist readers It will appeal to motivated engineering students, engineers, and professionals working with robot programming.
The book itself is very useful with a good balance of detail and progress through the topics. Once I get to working on my robot I am going to refer to it. It does not cover everything (which it really couldn't) but it covers a lot, including some advanced tools that I didn't even know existed and the book explained well.
What I didn't like (in an electronic version I have) is the amount of errors. It looks as if no one ever read it after writing the first version. But perhaps the printed book has it sorted out. Otherwise it would be really bad considering the price.