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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)

Working with a real MAV/drone – Parrot, Bebop

Although it is nice, of course, to have a simulation of an MAV such as RotorS, it always raises the question of how well it represents the real world scenario and how feasible the transition from simulation to real MAVs would be. However, during the design and development of RotorS simulator, a lot of effort has been invested into keeping the model of the simulator as close as possible to the real system.

Getting ready

In the best case, in an ideal world, just switching the simulation environment with an ROS node that communicates with the hardware will get real MAVs to perform high-level tasks such as autonomous navigation, including collision avoidance and path planning...