What you need for this book
The format of this book is intended for you to follow along and perform the instructions as the information is provided. You will need a computer with Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) installed. Other Ubuntu versions and Linux distributions may work as well as Mac OS X, Android, and Windows but documentation for these versions will need to reference the ROS wiki (http://wiki.ros.org/Distributions).
The version of ROS that this book was written around is Indigo Igloo, which is the current release recommended for stability. Its end of life is targeted for April 2019. Other versions of ROS may be used but are untested.
All the software used in this book is open source and freely available for download and use. Instructions to ...
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