This book is for students, hobbyists, professionals, and individuals with a passion for learning robotics technology. Additionally, it is aimed at those individuals who are most interested in learning about and writing algorithms, motion control, and perception capabilities from scratch. This might even help a start-up build a new product or help researchers utilize what's already available and create something new and innovative. This book is also intended for those people who would like to work in the software domain or who want to have a career as a robotics software engineer.
ROS Robotics Projects - Second Edition
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ROS Robotics Projects - Second Edition
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Overview of this book
Nowadays, heavy industrial robots placed in workcells are being replaced by new age robots called cobots, which don't need workcells. They are used in manufacturing, retail, banks, energy, and healthcare, among other domains. One of the major reasons for this rapid growth in the robotics market is the introduction of an open source robotics framework called the Robot Operating System (ROS).
This book covers projects in the latest ROS distribution, ROS Melodic Morenia with Ubuntu Bionic (18.04). Starting with the fundamentals, this updated edition of ROS Robotics Projects introduces you to ROS-2 and helps you understand how it is different from ROS-1. You'll be able to model and build an industrial mobile manipulator in ROS and simulate it in Gazebo 9. You'll then gain insights into handling complex robot applications using state machines and working with multiple robots at a time. This ROS book also introduces you to new and popular hardware such as Nvidia's Jetson Nano, Asus Tinker Board, and Beaglebone Black, and allows you to explore interfacing with ROS. You'll learn as you build interesting ROS projects such as self-driving cars, making use of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and other key AI concepts.
By the end of the book, you'll have gained the confidence to build interesting and intricate projects with ROS.
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ROS Robotics Projects - Second Edition
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with ROS
Introduction to ROS-2 and Its Capabilities
Building an Industrial Mobile Manipulator
Handling Complex Robot Tasks Using State Machines
Building an Industrial Application
Multi-Robot Collaboration
ROS on Embedded Platforms and Their Control
Reinforcement Learning and Robotics
Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow
Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS
Teleoperating Robots Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion
Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV, and Dynamixel Servos
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