Setup#

Prerequisites#

This course assumes you’ve pre-installed Isaac Sim 5.1 and the course assets. Make note of these directories as they’ll be used throughout the course.

Hardware Requirements#

Please refer to the Isaac Sim hardware requirements.

Software Requirements#

This is the configuration used to test this course.

Ubuntu 22.04#

If using 24.04, you may need to use ROS in a container.

ROS 2 Humble#

Install instructions here

Isaac Sim#

Download and install Isaac Sim 5.0, 5.1, or build the open-source repository. - This course assumes it’s located at ~/IsaacSim-main. If it’s somewhere else on your machine, just adapt these paths.

Gathering Course Assets#

  1. Download the course assets.

  2. Download the example scripts and configuration files.