A RoboStack Tutorial: Using the Robot Operating System Alongside the Conda and Jupyter Data Science Ecosystems

Fischer, Tobias; Vollprecht, Wolf; Traversaro, Silvio; Yen, Sean; Herrero, Carlos; Milford, Michael

doi:10.1109/mra.2021.3128367

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“…First, the repository is checked out (lines 15 and 16). Second, the system logs in to the container registry defined previously (lines [17][18][19][20][21][22]. This can be easily customized to other registries (Docker, Azure, Google, Amazon Web Services, etc.)…”

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Run to the Source: The Effective Reproducibility of Robotics Code Repositories

Cervera

2024

IEEE Robot. Automat. Mag.

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In recent years the robotics community has actively embraced the open paradigm, and research articles are commonly enriched with the inclusion of a source code repository of software. However, the reproducibility of such code is not straightforward, and it may become increasingly difficult with the evolution of software. There is a need for providing not only the source code but also an executable version with all of the necessary library dependencies. A solution based on software containers is presented in this article, with some unique advantages. First, the executable package is automatically generated from the last version of the source code; second, it is archived in the same cloud service that hosts the code repository; third, it integrates seamlessly with the development workflow of the research code; finally, it does not consume any local computing resources from the researcher. The executable code can then be downloaded and run by other users, with the only requirement being installing a specific software for running containers. This article presents the complete workflow, which is then applied to some illustrative examples of source code repositories of articles published at robotics conferences.

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Section: Building and Archiving The Packagementioning

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“…Recently, a new approach has been presented for integrating Conda and ROS: RoboStack [20]. It allows the installation of different ROS versions simultaneously in the same machine, using Conda environments.…”

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