Create a ROS2 Container Workspace

Prerequisites

It is required to have Flatboat following Install Section.

Steps

Run the Flatboat Command

flatboat workspace create ws_name

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Use the Workspace

Start Nodes with Flatboat ROS2

For example, you can run turtlesim on the created environment:

flatboat ros2 "run turtlesim turtlesim_node"

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flatboat ros2 "run turtlesim turtle_teleop_key"

Open Devcontainer in VSCode

1. Make sure you have Remote Development extensions installed:

2. Open the workspace in VSCode with the following command, inside the workspace folder:

code .

3. Click on re-open