Arpitg1304@Robotics Agent Skills

Best practices, design patterns, and common pitfalls for ROS1 (Robot Operating System 1) development. Use this skill when building ROS1 nodes, packages, launch files, or debugging ROS1 systems. Trigger whenever the user mentions ROS1, catkin, rospy, roscpp, roslaunch, roscore, rostopic, tf, actionlib, message types, services, or any ROS1-era robotics middleware. Also trigger for migrating ROS1 code to ROS2, maintaining legacy ROS1 systems, or building ROS1-ROS2 bridges. Covers catkin workspaces, nodelets, dynamic reconfigure, pluginlib, and the full ROS1 ecosystem.

Comprehensive best practices, design patterns, and common pitfalls for ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) development. Use this skill when building ROS2 nodes, packages, launch files, components, or debugging ROS2 systems. Trigger whenever the user mentions ROS2, colcon, rclpy, rclcpp, DDS, QoS, lifecycle nodes, managed nodes, ROS2 launch, ROS2 parameters, ROS2 actions, nav2, MoveIt2, micro-ROS, or any ROS2-era robotics middleware. Also trigger for ROS2 workspace setup, DDS tuning, intra-process communication, ROS2 security, or deploying ROS2 in production. Also trigger for colcon build issues, ament_cmake, ament_python, CMakeLists.txt for ROS2, package.xml dependencies, rosdep, workspace overlays, custom message generation, or ROS2 build troubleshooting. Covers Humble, Iron, Jazzy, and Rolling distributions.

Security hardening and best practices for robotic systems, covering SROS2 DDS security, network segmentation, secrets management, secure boot, and the physical-cyber safety intersection. Use this skill when securing ROS2 communications, configuring DDS encryption and access control, hardening robot onboard computers, managing certificates and credentials, setting up network segmentation for robot fleets, or addressing the unique security challenges where cyber vulnerabilities become physical safety risks. Trigger whenever the user mentions SROS2, DDS security, robot security, robot hardening, ROS2 encryption, ROS2 access control, robot network security, secure robot deployment, robot certificates, keystore generation, robot firewall, e-stop security, safety controller isolation, or IEC 62443 for robotics.

Best practices for Docker-based ROS2 development including multi-stage Dockerfiles, docker-compose for multi-container robotic systems, DDS discovery across containers, GPU passthrough for perception, and dev-vs-deploy container patterns. Use this skill when containerizing ROS2 workspaces, setting up docker-compose for robot software stacks, debugging DDS communication between containers, configuring NVIDIA Container Toolkit for GPU workloads, forwarding X11/Wayland for rviz2 and GUI tools, or managing USB device passthrough for cameras and serial devices. Trigger whenever the user mentions Docker with ROS2, docker-compose for robots, Dockerfile for colcon workspaces, container networking for DDS, devcontainer for ROS2, multi-stage builds for ROS2, or deploying ROS2 in containers. Also trigger for CI/CD with Docker-based ROS2 builds, CycloneDDS or FastDDS configuration in containers, or shared memory in Docker. Covers Humble, Jazzy, and Rolling distributions across Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 base images.