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Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

By : Lentin Joseph
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Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

By: Lentin Joseph

Overview of this book

Robot Operating System (ROS) is one of the most popular robotics software frameworks in research and industry. It has various features for implementing different capabilities in a robot without implementing them from scratch. This book starts by showing you the fundamentals of ROS so you understand the basics of differential robots. Then, you'll learn about robot modeling and how to design and simulate it using ROS. Moving on, we'll design robot hardware and interfacing actuators. Then, you'll learn to configure and program depth sensors and LIDARs using ROS. Finally, you'll create a GUI for your robot using the Qt framework. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a clear idea of how to integrate and assemble everything into a robot and how to bundle the software package.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Questions

  1. What is the H-Bridge circuit?
  2. What is a quadrature encoder?
  3. What is the 4X encoding scheme?
  4. How do we calculate displacement from encoder data?
  5. What are the features of the Dynamixel actuator?
  6. What are ultrasonic sensors and how do they work?
  7. How do you calculate distance from the ultrasonic sensor?
  8. What is the IR proximity sensor and how does it work?