Name: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming - Third Edition: Best practices and troubleshooting solutions when working with ROS
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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming - Third Edition

Best practices and troubleshooting solutions when working with ROS

By Joseph, Lentin, Cacace, Jonathan

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Paperback, 594 pages

Published

United Kingdom, 1 October 2021

Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

Key Features

Become proficient in ROS programming using C++ with this comprehensive guide
Build complex robot applications using the ROS Noetic Ninjemys release to interface robot manipulators with mobile robots
Learn to interact with aerial robots using ROS

Book Description

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a software framework used for programming complex robots. ROS enables you to develop software for building complex robots without writing code from scratch, saving valuable development time. Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming provides complete coverage of the advanced concepts using easy-to-understand, practical examples and step-by-step explanations of essential concepts that you can apply to your ROS robotics projects.

The book begins by helping you get to grips with the basic concepts necessary for programming robots with ROS. You'll then discover how to develop a robot simulation, as well as an actual robot, and understand how to apply high-level capabilities such as navigation and manipulation from scratch. As you advance, you'll learn how to create ROS controllers and plugins and explore ROS's industrial applications and how it interacts with aerial robots. Finally, you'll discover best practices and methods for working with ROS efficiently.

By the end of this ROS book, you'll have learned how to create various applications in ROS and build your first ROS robot.

What you will learn

Create a robot model with a 7-DOF robotic arm and a differential wheeled mobile robot
Work with Gazebo, CoppeliaSim, and Webots robotic simulators
Implement autonomous navigation in differential drive robots using SLAM and AMCL packages
Interact with and simulate aerial robots using ROS
Explore ROS pluginlib, ROS nodelets, and Gazebo plugins
Interface I/O boards such as Arduino, robot sensors, and high-end actuators
Simulate and perform motion planning for an ABB robot and a universal arm using ROS-Industrial
Work with the motion planning features of a 7-DOF arm using MoveIt

Who this book is for

If you are a robotics graduate, robotics researcher, or robotics software professional looking to work with ROS, this book is for you. Programmers who want to explore the advanced features of ROS will also find this book useful. Basic knowledge of ROS, GNU/Linux, and C++ programming concepts is necessary to get started with this book.

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Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

Key Features

Become proficient in ROS programming using C++ with this comprehensive guide
Build complex robot applications using the ROS Noetic Ninjemys release to interface robot manipulators with mobile robots
Learn to interact with aerial robots using ROS

Book Description

By the end of this ROS book, you'll have learned how to create various applications in ROS and build your first ROS robot.

What you will learn

Create a robot model with a 7-DOF robotic arm and a differential wheeled mobile robot
Work with Gazebo, CoppeliaSim, and Webots robotic simulators
Implement autonomous navigation in differential drive robots using SLAM and AMCL packages
Interact with and simulate aerial robots using ROS
Explore ROS pluginlib, ROS nodelets, and Gazebo plugins
Interface I/O boards such as Arduino, robot sensors, and high-end actuators
Simulate and perform motion planning for an ABB robot and a universal arm using ROS-Industrial
Work with the motion planning features of a 7-DOF arm using MoveIt

Who this book is for

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9781801071024

ISBN

1801071020

Writer

Joseph, Lentin, Cacace, Jonathan

Publisher

Packt Publishing Limited

Dimensions

23.5 x 19.1 x 3.1 centimeters (1.01 kg)

Table of Contents

Introduction to ROS

Getting started with ROS Programming

Working with ROS for 3D modelling

Simulating Robots Using ROS and Gazebo

Simulating Robots using ROS and Coppeliasim and Webot

Using the ROS MoveIt! and Navigation Stack On

Exploring the Advanced Capabilities of ROS-MoveIt!

ROS for Aerial Robots

Interfacing I/O boards Sensors and Actuators to ROS

Programming Vision Sensors Using ROS, OpenCV, and PCL

Building and Interfacing Differential Drive Mobile robot Hardware in ROS

Working with pluginlib Nodelet, and Gazebo Plugins

Writing ROS Controllers and Visualization Plugins

Using ROS in Matlab and Simulink

ROS for Industrial Robots

Troubleshooting and Best Practices

About the Author

Lentin Joseph is an author, roboticist and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in Kochi/Kerala. He has 10 years of experience in the robotics domain primarily in Robot Operating System, OpenCV, and PCL.
He has authored 8 books in ROS, namely, Learning Robotics using Python first and second edition, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming first and second edition, ROS Robotics Projects first and second edition, ROS Learning Path and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners.
He has pursued his Masters in Robotics and Automation from India and also worked at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA. He is also a TEDx speaker.
Jonathan Cacace was born in Naples, Italy, on December 13, 1987. He received his Master's degree in computer science, and a Ph.D. degree in Information and Automation Engineering, from the University of Naples Federico II.
Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also a member of PRISMA Lab where he is involved in different research projects focused on industrial and service robotics in which he has developed several ROS-based applications integrating robot perception and control.