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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming. Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming. Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

Lentin Joseph

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The area of robotics is gaining huge momentum among corporate people, researchers, hobbyists, and students. The major challenge in robotics is its controlling software. The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a modular software platform to develop generic robotic applications.

This book discusses the advanced concepts in robotics and how to program using ROS. It starts with deep overview of the ROS framework, which will give you a clear idea of how ROS really works. During the course of the book, you will learn how to build models of complex robots, and simulate and interface the robot using the ROS MoveIt motion planning library and ROS navigation stacks.
After discussing robot manipulation and navigation in robots, you will get to grips with the interfacing I/O boards, sensors, and actuators of ROS. One of the essential ingredients of robots are vision sensors, and an entire chapter is dedicated to the vision sensor, its interfacing in ROS, and its programming.
You will discuss the hardware interfacing and simulation of complex robot to ROS and ROS Industrial (Package used for interfacing industrial robots).
Finally, you will get to know the best practices to follow when programming using ROS.
  • 1. Introduction to ROS Package management
  • 2. Working with ROS robot model
  • 3. Motion planning with ROS move-it
  • 4. Using the ROS Navigation package
  • 5. Robot simulation using Gazebo in ROS
  • 6. ROS nodelets and controllers
  • 7. Visualization with ROS
  • 8. I/O boards, sensors and Actuators in ROS
  • 9. Vision sensors in ROS
  • 10. Interfacing with Robotic hardware
  • 11. ROS Industrial Packages
  • 12. Troubleshooting and Best practices in ROS
  • Title: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming. Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System
  • Author: Lentin Joseph
  • Original title: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming. Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System
  • ISBN: 9781785282997, 9781785282997
  • Date of issue: 2015-12-21
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3cqt
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing