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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming

In today’s era, robotics has been gaining a lot of traction in various industries where consistency and perfection matters most. Automation plays a major role in our world, and most of this is achieved via robotic applications and various platforms that support robotics. The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a modular software platform to develop generic robotic applications. This book focuses on the most stable release of ROS (Kinetic Kame), discusses the advanced concepts in robotics, and show you how to program using ROS.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

19h20m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

If you are a robotics enthusiast or researcher who want to learn more about building robot applications using ROS, this book is for you. In order to learn from this book, you should have a basic knowledge of ROS, GNU/Linux, and C++ programming concepts. The book is also excellent for programmers who want to explore the advanced features of ROS.

Book content

chapters 19h20m total length

Introduction to ROS and Its Package Management

Getting started with ROS programming

Working with 3D Robot Modeling in ROS

Simulating Robots Using ROS and Gazebo

Simulating Robots Using ROS and V-REP

Using the ROS MoveIt! And Navigation Stack

Working with Pluginlib, Nodelets, and Gazebo Plugins

Writing ROS Controllers and Visualization Plugins

Interfacing I/O Boards, Sensors, and Actuators to ROS

Programming Vision Sensors using ROS, Open-CV, PCL and AR Marker Tracking

Building and Interfacing Differential Drive Mobile Robot Hardware in ROS

Exploring the Advanced Capabilities of ROS-MoveIt!

Using ROS in Matlab and Simulink

ROS for Industrial Robots

Troubleshooting and Best Practices in ROS

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