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ROS Robotics Projects,

You're reading from   ROS Robotics Projects, Build and control robots powered by the Robot Operating System, machine learning, and virtual reality

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649326
Length 456 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ramkumar Gandhinathan Ramkumar Gandhinathan
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with ROS FREE CHAPTER 2. Introduction to ROS-2 and Its Capabilities 3. Building an Industrial Mobile Manipulator 4. Handling Complex Robot Tasks Using State Machines 5. Building an Industrial Application 6. Multi-Robot Collaboration 7. ROS on Embedded Platforms and Their Control 8. Reinforcement Learning and Robotics 9. Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow 10. Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS 11. Teleoperating Robots Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion 12. Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV, and Dynamixel Servos 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting started with Alexa and connecting with ROS

Before I tell you about Alexa, go to https://echosim.io/welcome, log in with your Amazon account if you have one, or create an account. Once you're done setting up the account, ask the following questions and find out the following about the replies you get:

  • What is Alexa?
  • How is it useful?

Fascinating? I'm sure it might be for those who are new to Alexa but, on the other hand, it might seem pretty common as you would've seen something similar with other voice services such as OK Google or Hey Siri.

Alexa is an intelligent cloud-based voice service from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/). It is available as a voice service API as well with Amazon certified devices such as those found https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-And-Alexa-Devices/b?ie=UTF8&node=9818047011, which help people interact with the technology...

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