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content-writer
Write technical content for the Physical AI textbook including chapters, examples, code snippets, and exercises. Use when creating new chapters, writing module content, adding code examples, or creating assessments.
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Chapter Structure
Code Examples
Technical Accuracy
Exercises & Assessments
RAG-Friendly Formatting
---
title: "ROS 2 Nodes and Topics"
description: "Learn to create ROS 2 nodes that communicate via topics"
module: 1
week: 3
tags: [ros2, nodes, topics, python, rclpy]
---
# ROS 2 Nodes and Topics
## Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Create a ROS 2 node using Python and rclpy
- Publish messages to a topic
- Subscribe to topics and process incoming messages
- Understand the ROS 2 communication graph
## Prerequisites
- [Week 1-2: Introduction to Physical AI](/docs/module-1/week-1-2/intro)
- Python 3.10+ installed
- ROS 2 Humble or later
## Creating Your First Node
A ROS 2 node is the fundamental building block...
```python
import rclpy
from rclpy.node import Node
class MinimalPublisher(Node):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__('minimal_publisher')
self.publisher_ = self.create_publisher(String, 'topic', 10)
# Timer fires every 0.5 seconds
self.timer = self.create_timer(0.5, self.timer_callback)
def timer_callback(self):
msg = String()
msg.data = 'Hello, Physical AI!'
self.publisher_.publish(msg)
self.get_logger().info(f'Publishing: {msg.data}')
rclpy is the Python client library for ROS 2Continue to Week 4: ROS 2 Services
## Definition of Done
- Chapter follows structure template
- All code examples are tested and working
- Frontmatter complete with proper tags
- Links to prerequisites and next chapters included
- At least one exercise with solution
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