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Robot Operating System Cookbook

By : Kumar Bipin
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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)

Understanding the ROS Visualization tool (RViz) and its plugins

The RViz tool is recommended and it is the standard 3D visualization and debugging tool in the ROS system. Almost all kinds of data from sensors and various states of robots and their correspondence with 3D worlds can be viewed through this tool. Moreover, RViz will be installed along with the ROS desktop's full installation.

Getting ready

In this section, we will launch rviz and discuss the basic components of RViz:

$rosrun rviz rviz 

We assume that roscore is running:

Rviz

In the preceding screenshot, the RViz GUI is marked and we will discuss the uses of each section.

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