Week 08 - Docker ROS2 Desktop Container

Task Goal

This week uses Docker to create a reusable ROS2 desktop environment and access it through a browser GUI.

Folder Check

week8/
|-- README.md          # required report
|-- img/               # screenshot evidence

Environment

• Docker
• ROS2 desktop VNC image
• Browser
• NoVNC

Steps

1. Pull or run a ROS2 desktop container.
2. Map the web access port.
3. Open the browser interface.
4. Run turtlesim inside the container.

Commands

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 tiryoh/ros2-desktop-vnc:humble
ros2 run turtlesim turtlesim_node

Result

Summary

Docker makes the robot development environment portable. Browser-based GUI access is helpful when using ROS2 tools inside a container.

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