Stage 1 · Understand

Foundations

Build the mental model needed to make safe, informed decisions without drowning in robotics vocabulary.

What to understand

Drive, power, compute, sensors, actuators, chassis and mechanics.

Frames, odometry, SLAM, localization, planning, avoidance and docking.

Kinematics, planning, grasping, workspace, reach and the lift.

Why demonstration matters; Show, Correct, Judge; datasets, policies and simulation.

Nodes, topics, services, actions, parameters, launch, TF, URDF and ros2_control.

Moving robots, electricity, batteries, emergency stop and basic risk assessment.

Learning scope

This section explains how the pieces relate. Exact implementation details remain in the Technical Reference and owning repositories.

Next: Build the platform or start in simulation.