ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python

Learn a Long Term Support release. This course uses two of them, Jazzy Jalisco and Humble Hawksbill. The official ROS 2 documentation lists Jazzy as supported until May 2029 and Humble until May 2027. The newest Long Term Support release, Lyrical Luth, came out on May 22, 2026 with support until May 2031. Nodes, topics, services, launch files and colcon are core concepts shared by all of them. What you learn here carries forward.

No. ROS 1 has reached end of life, so new work should start on ROS 2. The ROS Project Management Committee set the end-of-life date for ROS Noetic as May 31, 2025. That was the same day Ubuntu Focal reached the end of standard support. Robots still running ROS 1 need a migration plan. That is why the last module covers planning a ROS 1 to ROS 2 migration and where a ROS 1 bridge belongs.

Match Ubuntu to the ROS 2 release. Use Ubuntu 24.04 for Jazzy and Ubuntu 22.04 for Humble. The ROS 2 documentation lists Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) as a Tier 1 platform for Jazzy Jalisco. It lists Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) as Tier 1 for Humble Hawksbill. The newer Lyrical Luth release lists Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) as Tier 1. On a Windows laptop you can run Ubuntu through WSL2 or Docker. This is how the course supports Windows users.

Yes. Every module, every practice task and every assessment costs nothing, and there is no card on file. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished every module and passed the final at 60%, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The Construct Robotics Institute and ROBOTIS OpenSourceTeam, on their own YouTube channels, and they are credited at the foot of this page. EDWartens did not make the videos and neither creator is affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

A laptop that can run Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04, with roughly 8 GB of RAM and 30 GB of free disk. Windows is fine through WSL2 or Docker. This is the one course in the free catalogue you cannot do on a phone alone: the notes and practice questions read on a phone, but ROS 2 and the simulator need a real machine.

Basic Python is assumed: functions, classes, lists and dictionaries. You also need to be comfortable in a Linux terminal, since almost everything is run from one. No C++ is required; the last module only asks you to read a C++ node, not write one.

The concept chapters from ROBOTIS were recorded for ROS 1, and each module says so. Nodes, topics, services, sensors, drive geometry, SLAM and kinematics are unchanged. Where the commands differ, the module notes give the ROS 2 form, and every hands-on lesson you follow at the keyboard is ROS 2.

No. There is no single awarding body for ROS, and this course is not endorsed by Open Robotics, ROBOTIS, The Construct or any vendor. It is preparation and practice. What you get from EDWartens is a Certificate of Completion for the work you did here.

It gets you past the first filter. ROS or ROS 2 is a named requirement in warehouse robotics, AMR and factory-robotics roles in robotics hubs worldwide, and most applicants from a maintenance or PLC background have never installed it. A course alone is not a hire. A simulated robot running on your own laptop that you can explain in an interview is what makes the difference.

No. The lab is optional practice. You can skip it whenever you like, and it never blocks your progress, the final assessment or your certificate.

Yes. Every lab level for this course opens in your browser, free, with nothing to install.

The ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python course has 13 modules. It opens with "What ROS 2 is and the problem it solves", goes through "Installing ROS 2 and setting up the machine", "Publishers, subscribers and messages in Python", "Writing a control loop: the wall follower" and "Beyond Python: C++ nodes, a ROS 1 bridge and a language model" and ends with "Final assessment". The full list with minutes is under "What you learn" on this page.

After the ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python course: Install ROS 2 on Ubuntu, WSL2 or a Raspberry Pi and prove the graph is running; Create a workspace, build a Python package with colcon and run a node you wrote; Write publisher, subscriber and service nodes, and define your own message type. These are the practical outcomes the course is written around, and the final assessment of 15 questions checks them.

For the ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python course, software: Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04, natively or through WSL2 or Docker. ROS 2 Humble or Jazzy, Python 3, colcon, rqt, RViz and Gazebo. Every tool is free and open source. Hardware: A laptop with about 8 GB RAM and 30 GB free disk, because ROS 2 and a simulator have to be installed. The notes, practice questions and study plan read on a phone; the practicals do not. A Raspberry Pi, a 2D lidar and a small differential-drive base appear in the lessons and are optional. The course itself is free.

ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python is rated intermediate. Intermediate. Assumes basic Python and comfort with a Linux terminal. No robotics background needed, and no prior ROS. It is written for engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in manufacturing and robotics, and takes about 11.1 hours at your own pace.

Skills from the ROS 2 Robot Programming with Python course (for example: install ROS 2 on Ubuntu, WSL2 or a Raspberry Pi and prove the graph is running) are used in roles such as robot programmer, automation engineer, cell integrator and maintenance technician, and in robotics engineer work. The course gives you practical evidence of the skill; it does not promise a job, and employers decide on experience and interview.