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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)

Basic concepts of MoveIt!

This section is an introduction to some basic concepts regarding ROS manipulation that we need to know in order to be able to fully understand the contents of the chapter.

Basically, we'll need to go through the following four main topics:

  • MoveIt
  • Motion planning
  • Perception
  • Grasping

So, as we've pointed out already, the first thing we'll need to know about is MoveIt.

MoveIt

MoveIt is a set of packages and tools that allow us to perform manipulation with ROS. MoveIt provides software and tools in order to do motion planning, manipulation, perception, kinematics, collision checking, control, and navigation. Yes! It is a huge and very useful tool. We can learn more about it by checking...