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Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

By : Lentin Joseph
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Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

By: Lentin Joseph

Overview of this book

Robot Operating System (ROS) is one of the most popular robotics software frameworks in research and industry. It has various features for implementing different capabilities in a robot without implementing them from scratch. This book starts by showing you the fundamentals of ROS so you understand the basics of differential robots. Then, you'll learn about robot modeling and how to design and simulate it using ROS. Moving on, we'll design robot hardware and interfacing actuators. Then, you'll learn to configure and program depth sensors and LIDARs using ROS. Finally, you'll create a GUI for your robot using the Qt framework. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a clear idea of how to integrate and assemble everything into a robot and how to bundle the software package.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we have looked at the features of the robot that we are going to design. The main feature of this robot is its autonomous navigation. The robot can navigate its surroundings by analyzing sensor readings. We looked at the robot's block diagram and discussed the role of each block, selecting the appropriate components that satisfy our requirements. We also suggested some economical components with which to build this robot. In the next chapter, we will take a closer look at actuators and the interfacing that we will use for them in this robot.