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During the RoPod project, you will use several tools, systems and concepts you might have (partly) seen before. Here, a general overview will be given in order to get everything up-and-running as fast as possible.

1. Installing Ubuntu (Windows Part)
2. Installing Ubuntu (linux part)
3. Configuring GitHub
4. Matlab Installation
5. Matlab and ROPOD platform interface
6. ROS installation
7. Matlab and a ROS node interface
8. GAZEBO installation and interface with ROS
9. Install SDL library
10. Load heightmap in GAZEBO
11. Setup IDE

Using the robot

1. Simulation: how to get the software running?
2. Connecting to the robot (wireless)
3. Connecting to the robot (wired)
4. Gmapping
5. Localization
6. Test Simulink Controller in the robot

Miscellaneous

1. Learning C++
2. RGBD-camera: calibration & registration
3. Connecting to file server via samba
4. Commands cheat sheet
5. Copying External Repositories
6. Ropod v1: hardware configuration
7. Tutorials of our World Model, the Environment Descriptor (ED), can be found here.