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Do I need to know any specific computer language or framework to use ROS?

asked 2011-02-15 11:30:33 -0600

Alex Bravo

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Do I have to know both C++ and Python to use ROS?

Do I need to learn any specific frameworks?

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answered 2011-02-15 11:37:38 -0600

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updated 2011-02-15 11:40:41 -0600

No.

You can do useful work without knowing either. Both are helpful, but we have successfully introduced ROS to (bright) university freshmen with no previous knowledge of either language.

ROS is the framework. You do need to learn that. But, the introductory tutorials are quite good.

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