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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)

A generic mathematical model of an MAV/drone

In this section, we will discuss the mathematical concepts needed to understand the kinematic and dynamic model of MAVs that is used in simulator design. Throughout this chapter, we refer to MAVs as multirotor quadcopters, but the concepts can be applied to other vehicles to. One important concept will be the kinematics and dynamics of an MAV, which allow us to develop control strategies on different command levels such as attitude or position and orientation. In addition, we will also discuss the state estimation of a quadcopter, which will be used for higher-level tasks such as path planning or local collision avoidance.

Getting ready

A quadcopter is a multirotor helicopter that...