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ROS Robotics Projects

You're reading from   ROS Robotics Projects Make your robots see, sense, and interact with cool and engaging projects with Robotic Operating System

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783554713
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lentin Joseph Lentin Joseph
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with ROS Robotics Application Development 2. Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV and Dynamixel Servos FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a Siri-Like Chatbot in ROS 4. Controlling Embedded Boards Using ROS 5. Teleoperate a Robot Using Hand Gestures 6. Object Detection and Recognition 7. Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow 8. ROS on MATLAB and Android 9. Building an Autonomous Mobile Robot 10. Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS 11. Teleoperating a Robot Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion 12. Controlling Your Robots over the Web

Chapter 11. Teleoperating a Robot Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion

The term virtual reality is gaining popularity nowadays, even though it started long ago. The concept of virtual reality began in the 1950s as science fiction, but it took 60 years to become more popular and acceptable. Why it is more popular now? The answer is the availability of cheap computing. Before, a virtual reality headset was very expensive. Now, we can build one for $5. You may have heard about Google Cardboard, which is the cheapest virtual reality headset available currently, and there are many upcoming models based on it. Now we only need a good smartphone and cheap virtual reality (VR) headset to get the virtual reality experience. There are also high-end VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that have a high frame rate and response.

In this chapter, we will discuss a ROS project in which we can control a robot using a Leap Motion sensor and experience the robot environment using...

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