This tutorial will guide you through the installation instructions for all the peripheral software needed to get up and running with Matlab and the virtual machine that runs a docker container for ROS. They serve as a soft entry to ROS.

These instructions are up to date as of Robocup 2025.

MATLAB Installs

Matlab Installation

Peter Corke’s Robotic Toolbox

GIT

GIT Ecosystem

Git Tutorials

Get the Code

Virtual Machine & Communication with Matlab-ROS

01 Virtual Machine Setup

02 Setting up the ROS Toolbox in MATLAB

03 Setting a Connection between MATLAB and ROS in the VM

04 Running ROS on the Virtual Machine

Finger Adjustment

UR5 Gripper Adjustments for Picks

Matlab-ROS Functions

Matlab-ROS Cheatsheet