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Learning Robotics using Python

You're reading from   Learning Robotics using Python Design, simulate, program, and prototype an autonomous mobile robot using ROS, OpenCV, PCL, and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623315
Length 280 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Lentin Joseph Lentin Joseph
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Robot Operating System 2. Understanding the Basics of Differential Robots FREE CHAPTER 3. Modeling the Differential Drive Robot 4. Simulating a Differential Drive Robot Using ROS 5. Designing ChefBot Hardware and Circuits 6. Interfacing Actuators and Sensors to the Robot Controller 7. Interfacing Vision Sensors with ROS 8. Building ChefBot Hardware and the Integration of Software 9. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building ChefBot hardware

The first section of the robot that needs to be configured is the base plate. The base plate consists of two motors and their attached wheels, the caster wheels, and the base plate supports. The following image shows the top and bottom view of the base plate:

Base plate with motors, wheels, and caster wheels

The base plate has a radius of 15 cm, and the motors and their attached wheels are mounted on the opposite sides of the plate by cutting two sections from the base plate. Two rubber caster wheels are mounted on opposite sides of the base plate to achieve a good balance and support for the robot. We can either choose ball caster wheels or rubber caster wheels for this robot. The wires of the two motors are taken to the top of the base plate through a hole in the center of the base plate. To extend the layers of the robot, we will put base plate supports...

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