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Hands-On ROS for Robotics Programming

By : Bernardo Ronquillo Japón
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Hands-On ROS for Robotics Programming

By: Bernardo Ronquillo Japón

Overview of this book

Connecting a physical robot to a robot simulation using the Robot Operating System (ROS) infrastructure is one of the most common challenges faced by ROS engineers. With this book, you'll learn how to simulate a robot in a virtual environment and achieve desired behavior in equivalent real-world scenarios. This book starts with an introduction to GoPiGo3 and the sensors and actuators with which it is equipped. You'll then work with GoPiGo3's digital twin by creating a 3D model from scratch and running a simulation in ROS using Gazebo. Next, the book will show you how to use GoPiGo3 to build and run an autonomous mobile robot that is aware of its surroundings. Finally, you'll find out how a robot can learn tasks that have not been programmed in the code but are acquired by observing its environment. You'll even cover topics such as deep learning and reinforcement learning. By the end of this robot programming book, you'll be well-versed with the basics of building specific-purpose applications in robotics and developing highly intelligent autonomous robots from scratch.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: Physical Robot Assembly and Testing
5
Section 2: Robot Simulation with Gazebo
8
Section 3: Autonomous Navigation Using SLAM
13
Section 4: Adaptive Robot Behavior Using Machine Learning

Questions

  1. What is the format of the URDF model?

A) It is a text file.
B) JSON.
C) XML.

  1. How many links and joints does the URDF model of GoPiGo3 have?

A) Four links (robot body, caster, left, and right wheels) and two joints
B) Three links (robot body, left, and right wheels) and two joints
C) Three links (robot body, left, and right wheels) and three joints

  1. Which tag in the URDF model can you use to specify the color of a link?

A) <visual>
B) <geometry>
C) <material>

  1. Is it mandatory to group file types by folders (SRC, URDF, RViz, launch) in an ROS package?

A) No, the only mandatory condition is to put the package under ~/catkin_ws/src/.
B) It is only recommended to make a clean package structure.
C) No, but if you do so, you have to declare the locations in the package.xml configuration file.

  1. Do you always need to run roscore in a Terminal to launch...