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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)

Understanding the Gazebo architecture and interface with ROS

As we discussed in the previous chapter, Gazebo is a simulation framework with a physics engine which is capable of simulating various sets of multi-robots for complex structured and unstructured environments. Moreover, it is capable of simulating several sensors and objects in a three-dimensional world. It also provides both realistic sensor feedback and physical interactions among objects and the environment.

Getting ready

However, Gazebo is independent of ROS and is available as a standalone package for Ubuntu. In this section, we will learn how to interface Gazebo and ROS. We will also discuss how to use 3D models developed in the previous section and include...