GSoC Phase 1 Report

The first 4 weeks of Google summer of code were quite productive. I got acquainted with the development of Jderobot, created docker containers, migrated Amazon Warehouse exercise and published videos, everything within a month.

Week	Dates	Main Tasks	Sub tasks completed	Issues Resolved / PRs Merged	Blog	Type	Published URL
Week 0	4th May - 1st June	Getting to know Jderobot Academy, Setup	Solving Global navigation exercise: Path planner, motion planning	Issues Fixed: #1 with PR	Beginning of GSoC Journey, Community Bonding 1,2	Blog	https://theroboticsclub.github.io/colab-gsoc2020-Shreyas_Gokhale/beginning-of-gsoc-journey
Week 1	1st June - 7th June	Releasing Jderobot Assets	Adding Jderobot_assets for ROS Noetic Distro, Writing instructible guide, Creating complete docker image	#53,54 “Adding Noetic support for repo” with PRs #54 for Jderobot_assets, and #25236 for ROS distro with commits.	And we have a liftoff!	How To, Release	https://theroboticsclub.github.io/colab-gsoc2020-Shreyas_Gokhale/and-we-have-a-liftoff
Week 2	8th June - 14th June	Porting Amazon Exercise to ROS Noetic	Porting existing packes for Python and C++	#3 with PR #4.	Let’s start (c)making	Research	https://theroboticsclub.github.io/colab-gsoc2020-Shreyas_Gokhale/lets-start-cmaking
Week 3	14th June -1st June	Porting Amazon Exercise to ROS Noetic	Removing comm dependency and adding connector library	#5 with PR #6.	Connecting the dots!	Development	https://theroboticsclub.github.io/colab-gsoc2020-Shreyas_Gokhale/connecting-the-dots
Week 4	22nd June -28th June	Launching Exercise	Writing instructions, Finalizing Docker, Model Updates	PR #58 on Jderobot/assets for gazebo model update. PR #1401 on Jderobot/base for connector package. PR #8 on colab repo for launchable docker exercise.	Launch off!	Publishing Exercise	https://theroboticsclub.github.io/colab-gsoc2020-Shreyas_Gokhale/launch-off
Week 5	29th June - 5th July	Launching Exercise, New idea discussion	Releasing video, How - to guide, Official release for ROS Noetic