Botopsy Lab

Learn Community Diagnose a robot

Learn Community Pricing Sign in Diagnose a robot

Loading system evidence

Botopsy Lab

Diagnostic training for engineers who need to restore real robot systems, not repeat expected outputs.

BUILD / BREAK / DIAGNOSE / FIX

Explore

Learn Case Files Community Projects Education Pricing

Resources

Documentation ROS 2 reference Status Support

First repair is public

Find the frame fault.

No account is required for the first diagnosis.

© 2026 Botopsy Lab. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy Terms of Service Refund Policy

[email protected]

One path, beginner to broken-robot fluent.

Start at the top and work down. Each stop is a course you clear by fixing real failures, from your first node to production robots.

Every course, case, and capstone is free to read and work through. You only spend credits when you launch a live cloud workspace. 60 free minutes reset daily.

1
ROS 2 FundamentalsSYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Start
Learn ROS 2 from the basics
Start here
Create, wire, and debug ROS 2 nodes, topics, services, parameters, actions, launch files, tf2, and packages.
12-16 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen
Basics done. From here every case is a robot that fails the way real ones do.
2
Setup & RecoverySYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 2
Robotics Development Setup & Recovery
Choose, install, verify, and recover a robotics development environment without risking existing data.
18-24 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen
3
Systems DebuggingSYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 3
ROS 2 Systems Debugging
Trace failures across processes, names, topics, QoS, configuration, time, and callback execution without guessing.
18-24 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen
4
Mobile ReliabilitySYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 4
Mobile Robot Reliability
Diagnose and verify mobile-robot failures across physical models, frames, sensors, motion estimates, and simulation assumptions.
20-26 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen
5
Nav2 IncidentsSYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 5
Nav2 Incident Response
Restore warehouse navigation while preserving geometry, safety, and mission intent.
20-28 hours30 lessons20 labsOpen
6
Hardware & CANopenSYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 6
Hardware Integration & CANopen
Diagnose a motor path from physical interface through CiA 402 state and ROS controller ownership.
22-30 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen
7
Production OperationsSYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 7
Production ROS Operations
Diagnose and recover distributed robot software with observable, reversible, and secure operating practices.
22-30 hours27 lessons18 labsOpen
Optional track: where an AI assistant helps with ROS 2, and where it crashes your robot.
8
AI + ROS 2SYSTEM / FAULT / EVIDENCE
Waypoint 8
Use AI efficiently with ROS 2
Prompt, review, debug, and ship ROS 2 with an AI assistant safely: QoS, MCP agents, RAG grounding, real-time safety, and perception gating.
10-14 hours24 lessons16 labsOpen