• You should have a powerful PC running a Linux distribution, preferably Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
• You can use a laptop or desktop with a graphics card, and RAM of at least 4 to 8 GB is preferred. This is actually for running high-end simulations in Gazebo, as well as for processing point clouds and computer vision.

• You should have the sensors, actuators, and I/O boards mentioned in the book and should be able to connect them all to your PC. You also need Git installed to clone the package files.
• If you are a Windows user, it will be good to download VirtualBox and set up Ubuntu on it. However, do note that you may have issues while you try to interface real hardware to ROS when working with VirtualBox.