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Course Details
Topic 1: Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Overview of ROS (a.k.a ROS2)
- ROS Applications
- ROS Installation
Topic 2: ROS CLI Tools
- Configuring environment
- Using turtlesim, ros2, and rqt
- Nodes
- Topics
- Services
- Parameters
- Actions
- Using rqt_console to view logs
- Launching nodes
- Recording and playing back data
Topic 3: ROS Client Libraries
- ROS file system
- Creating a workspace
- Creating a package
- Writing a simple publisher and subscriber (Python)
- Testing with Turtlesim
- Writing a simple service and client (Python)
- Creating custom msg and srv files
- Implementing custom interfaces
- Using parameters in a class (Python)
- Using ros2bags
Topic 4: ROS TF2
- Managing Dependencies with rosdep
- Creating an action
- Writing an action server and client (Python)
- Composing multiple nodes in a single process
- Launch
- TF2
- Testing
- URDF
Topic 5: ROS Turtlebot
- Introduction to Turtlebot
- Install Turtlebot packages
- Control the robot
- Physical Turtlebot
Topic 6: ROS Navigation
- Overview of LIDAR
- ROS Cartographer
- Using Cartographer to create a map of environment
- Introduction to SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)
- Launching the navigation stack
- Navigating the robot via rviz
- Physical robot demo
Topic 7: ROS Applications
- Obstacle Avoidance
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Line Following
- Gesture Controlled Navigation
- Robot arm control
Course Info
Promotion Code
Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses
Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Softtware: Windows / Mac
Hardware: Laptop
About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.
Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.
For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.
Funding Eligility Criteria
| Individual Sponsored Trainee | Employer Sponsored Trainee |
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SkillsFuture Credit:
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Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding:
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Steps to Apply Skills Future Claim
- The staff will send you an invoice with the fee breakdown.
- Login to the MySkillsFuture portal, select the course you’re enrolling on and enter the course date and schedule.
- Enter the course fee payable by you (including GST) and enter the amount of credit to claim.
- Upload your invoice and click ‘Submit’
SkillsFuture Level-Up Program
The SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides greater structural support for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to pursue a substantive skills reboot and stay relevant in a changing economy. For more information, visit SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme
Get Additional Course Fee Support Up to $500 under UTAP
The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)
Steps to Apply UTAP
- Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.
Note
- SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
- All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
- An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
- UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
- UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.
Job Roles
- Robotics Engineer
- ROS Developer
- Automation Engineer
- Robotics System Integrator
- ROS System Analyst
- Control Systems Engineer
- Robotics Technician
- ROS Application Developer
- Mechatronics Engineer
- Robotics Research Scientist
- AI & Robotics Specialist
- Embedded Systems Engineer
- ROS Consultant
- Industrial Automation Engineer
- Robotics Software Developer
- ROS Trainer
- Robotics Solutions Architect
- IoT and Robotics Engineer
- Robotics Operations Manager
- ROS Technical Support Specialist
Trainers
Tan Woei Ming: Tan Woei Ming is ACLP certified trainer. He graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, He has a MASTER OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEM from NUS. He has worked as DATA SCIENCE LEAD and DATA SCIENTIST in Micron Technologies.
Man Guo Chang: Man Guo Chang graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, major in Computer Engineering.
He has more than 25 years of working experience in the Semiconductor field, specialized in IC Testing, Inline Electrical Testing, Product & Yield Engineering, Data Analysis, System Engineering, and Software Development. He is also an ACTA certified trainer, currently providing STEM training to adult learners in the area of Computer Vision, Internet of Things, Embedded Electronics, and Python Programming.
