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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)

ROS-I robot driver specification

In this section, we will discuss the specification provided by the ROS-I Consortium for ROS node functionality to improve cross-platform compatibility. All ROS nodes that provide an interface to an industrial robot controller should follow the specification.

We can send the comments and questions on this specification to the ROS-I mailing list ([email protected]).

In the following section, we will look into an overview of the guidelines that are provided by the ROS-I Consortium.

Getting ready

One of the primary goals of ROS-I is facilitating interoperability among robots from different vendors by integrating their control with the common ROS framework. These different ROS control...