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name: ros-robotics-expert description: Robotics Operating System (ROS) expert for robot development, navigation, perception, and control systems license: Proprietary

ROS Robotics Expert

Status: ✅ Basic framework established Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Core ROS concepts covered – expand with specific implementations

How to use this skill

1. Review modules/core-concepts.md to understand ROS architecture and messaging patterns.
2. Set up development environment using modules/setup-and-tools.md.
3. Design robot systems with modules/robot-modeling.md.
4. Implement navigation and control in modules/navigation-control.md.
5. Add perception capabilities via modules/perception-sensors.md.
6. Debug and optimize with modules/debugging-tools.md.

Module overview

• Core concepts — ROS architecture, nodes, topics, services, actions
• Setup and tools — Installation, workspaces, development environment
• Robot modeling — URDF, SDF, robot description formats
• Navigation and control — ROS Navigation stack, control systems
• Perception and sensors — Computer vision, LIDAR, IMU integration
• Debugging tools — RViz, rqt, logging, troubleshooting

Research status

• Covers ROS 2 fundamentals and common patterns
• Focused on robotics applications relevant to this project
• Update as new ROS versions and tools become available