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Robot Operating System Cookbook

By : Kumar Bipin
Book Image

Robot Operating System Cookbook

By: Kumar Bipin

Overview of this book

This book will leverage the power of ROS with an introduction to its core and advanced concepts through exciting recipes. You will get acquainted with the use of different synchronous and asynchronous communication methods, including messages, services, and actions. You will learn how to use the various debugging and visualization tools used in development and how to interface sensors and actuators with the ROS framework. Firstly, you will get to grips with ROS simulation frameworks, such as Gazebo and RotorS for modeling and simulating any physical robot and virtual environment. You will also cover mobile robotics, micro-aerial vehicles, and robotic arms, which are the leading branches of robotic applications. Robot Operating System Cookbook will also guide you in the development of an autonomous navigation framework for both mobile robots and micro-aerial vehicles. Finally, you will explore ROS-Industrial, an open source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS software to manufacturing industries.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Introduction

ROS-I is a project whose main goal is to bring ROS closer to the robotics industrial world. At this point, ROS is already a massive tool for roboticists all around the world, but it is mostly used by research centers and universities, or by service robot companies. The industrial robotics world is a difficult area to access openly, mainly because they usually work with closed-loop motions, based on tasks that are very repetitive and mechanized. Lately, the industrial world has become more interested in performing more complex and dynamic tasks, making their robots more intelligent.

As a consequence, this is where ROS-I plays its role! This is because the ROS-I package comes with a solution to interfacing and controlling industrial robot manipulators with ROS, using its powerful tools, such as MoveIt!, Gazebo, and rviz. It is important to note that it is an open-source...