You're reading from ROS Robotics By Example, Second Edition Learning to control wheeled, limbed, and flying robots using ROS Kinetic Kame

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788479592

Length 484 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

MATLAB

Tools

ROS

Concepts

Robotics

Authors (3):

Dr. Thomas L. Harman

Lentin Joseph

Carol Fairchild

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with ROS FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating Your First Two-Wheeled ROS Robot (in Simulation)

3. Driving Around with TurtleBot

4. Navigating the World with TurtleBot

5. Creating Your First Robot Arm (in Simulation)

6. Wobbling Robot Arms Using Joint Control

7. Making a Robot Fly

8. Controlling Your Robots with External Devices

9. Flying a Mission with Crazyflie

Index

What you need for this book

The format of this book is intended for the reader to follow along and perform the instructions as the information is provided. The reader will need a computer ideally with Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) installed. Other Ubuntu versions and Linux distributions may work, as well as macOS, Android, and Windows, but documentation for those versions will need to reference the ROS wiki (http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installation).

The version of ROS that this book was written around is Kinetic Kame, which is the current release recommended for stability. Its end of life is targeted for April 2021.

All software used in this book is open source and freely available for download and use. Instructions for downloading the software are found in the chapter where the software is introduced. In Chapter 1, Getting Started with ROS, instructions are given for downloading and setting up the ROS software environment.

Our preferred method to download software is the use of Debian packages. Where no Debian packages exist, we refer to downloading the software from repositories such as GitHub.

Gazebo simulation performs intensive graphics processing, and the use of a dedicated graphics card is advised but not required.

Peripheral devices, such as 3D sensors, Xbox or PS3 controllers, Arduino or Raspberry Pi controller boards, and Android mobile devices are optional equipment.