ROS2 Humble development skills for building, testing, and running robotics packages
This skill provides expertise in ROS2 Humble development using the RoboStack/Pixi environment.
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cbs # colcon build (standard)
colcon build --symlink-install # Full command
colcon build --packages-select <pkg> # Build specific package
colcon build --packages-up-to <pkg> # Build package and dependencies
ct # colcon test
colcon test # Full command
colcon test --packages-select <pkg> # Test specific package
ctr # colcon test-result --verbose
colcon test-result --verbose # Full command
ros2 node list # List running nodes
ros2 topic list # List available topics
ros2 topic echo /topic_name # Subscribe to topic
ros2 topic info /topic_name # Topic information
ros2 topic hz /topic_name # Message frequency
ros2 service list # List services
ros2 service call /srv type '{data}' # Call service
ros2 action list # List actions
ros2 action send_goal /action type # Send action goal
ros2 param list # List parameters
ros2 param get /node param_name # Get parameter
ros2 param set /node param_name val # Set parameter
ros2 launch <package> <launch.py> # Launch file
ros2 run <package> <executable> # Run single node
pixi add ros-humble-<package-name> # Add from RoboStack
pixi search ros-humble-* # Search available packages
ros-humble-desktop - Full desktop installationros-humble-rviz2 - Visualization toolros-humble-gazebo-ros-pkgs - Gazebo simulationros-humble-nav2-bringup - Navigation stackros-humble-moveit - Motion planningros2-env # Show ROS2 environment variables
printenv | grep ROS # All ROS-related variables
source install/setup.bash # Source workspace (after build)
--symlink-install)rm -rf build install logrosdep check --from-paths srclog/latest_build/<pkg>/ for detailed errorswhich pythonsource install/setup.bashros2 node listros2 topic echo /topic