ROS.org is a community site for hosting ROS-related software. You can find information on:
- ROS documentation and tutorials
- Documentation and tutorials for software using ROS
- Lists of ROS-related software you can download
You can also contribute your own content -- the ROS.org Documentation is a Wiki. Sign yourself up and feel free to add new tutorials, update documentation, and also use other features, like receiving notifications when pages are updated.
ROS is a community effort, with many institutions contributing to its development. Much of the underlying platform is being developed by Willow Garage and Stanford. If you wish to find out about Willow Garage's role in developing ROS, please visit the Willow Garage Web site.
How to use this wiki
This tutorial will look at the different headers, links, and sidebars through out the wiki to help you understand how ROS.org is laid out.
ROS.org Landing Page
The landing page is where you are directed to when you type www.ros.org into you browser. Let's look at the ROS wiki header that is displayed at the top of every wiki page.
As you can see each package contains tutorials and troubleshooting specific to the package.
ROS Package Pages
Let's look at ros-pkg package wiki page for tf (www.ros.org/wiki/tf). The package header for each package is auto generated from the stack and package manifest.
ROS Stack Pages
Let's look at ros stack wiki page for ROS (www.ros.org/wiki/ROS). The stack header for each stack is auto generated from the stack manifest.
As you can see each stack contains tutorials and troubleshooting specific to the stack.