Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming. Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System Katowice

The area of robotics is gaining huge momentum among corporate people, researchers, hobbyists, and students. The major challenge in robotics is its controlling software. The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a modular software platform to develop generic robotic applications.This book discusses the advanced concepts in robotics and how to program using ROS. It starts with deep overview of the ROS framework, which will give you a clear idea of how ROS really works. During the course of the book, you will learn how to build models of complex robots, and simulate and interface the robot using the ROS MoveIt motion planning library and ROS navigation stacks. After discussing robot manipulation and navigation in robots, you will get to grips with the interfacing I/O boards, sensors, and actuators of ROS. One of the essential ingredients of robots are vision sensors, and an entire chapter is dedicated to the vision sensor, its interfacing in ROS, and its programming. You will discuss the hardware interfacing and simulation of complex robot to ROS and ROS Industrial (Package used for interfacing industrial robots).Finally, you will get to know the best practices to follow when programming using ROS. Spis treści: 1. Introduction to ROS Package management2. Working with ROS robot model3. Motion planning with ROS move-it4. Using the ROS Navigation package5. Robot simulation using Gazebo in ROS6. ROS nodelets and controllers7. Visualization with ROS 8. I/O boards, sensors and Actuators in ROS9. Vision sensors in ROS10. Interfacing with Robotic hardware11. ROS Industrial Packages12. Troubleshooting and Best practices in ROS O autorze: Lentin Joseph — inżynier elektroniki, entuzjasta robotyki i ekspert w dziedzinie systemów wbudowanych. Szczególnie interesuje się robotyką, przetwarzaniem obrazu i zastosowaniem języka Python w programowaniu robotów. Jest również znawcą wielu platform oprogramowania robotów, takich jak system ROS (ang. Robot Operating system), V-REP i Actin. Biegle posługuje się bibliotekami przetwarzania obrazu, w tym OpenCV, OpenNI i PCL. Specjalizuje się również w dziedzinie projektowania 3D i programowania systemów wbudowanych na platformach Arduino i Launchpad Stellaris. Jest właścicielem firmy Qbotics Labs zajmującej się rozwijaniem robotyki i jej zastosowaniami w wielu dziedzinach.