You're reading from Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Build intelligent robots using ROS 2, Python, OpenCV, and AI/ML techniques for real-world tasks

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805129592

Length 344 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

OpenCV

Concepts

Artificial Intelligence

Author (1):

Francis X. Govers III

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Building Blocks for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

2. Chapter 1: The Foundation of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Robot

4. Chapter 3: Conceptualizing the Practical Robot Design Process

5. Part 2: Adding Perception, Learning, and Interaction to Robotics

6. Chapter 4: Recognizing Objects Using Neural Networks and Supervised Learning

7. Chapter 5: Picking Up and Putting Away Toys using Reinforcement Learning and Genetic Algorithms

8. Chapter 6: Teaching a Robot to Listen

9. Part 3: Advanced Concepts – Navigation, Manipulation, Emotions, and More

10. Chapter 7: Teaching the Robot to Navigate and Avoid Stairs

11. Chapter 8: Putting Things Away

12. Chapter 9: Giving the Robot an Artificial Personality

13. Chapter 10: Conclusions and Reflections

14. Answers

15. Index

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Appendix

A brief overview of ROS 2

As mentioned earlier, ROS 2 is the latest version of ROS, a widely used framework for developing robot applications. I’ve been using ROS for some time now and appreciate how much simpler it makes the integration of various components, sensors, and capabilities into my robots. I resisted moving to ROS for some time, but now that I have invested the time to learn what it can do, I can’t imagine developing a robot without it.

In this section, we will discuss some concepts that are foundational for our understanding of ROS 2, how to install ROS 2, and some basic commands that we can use with it.

Note

Please use whatever is the latest version of ROS 2.

Understanding the basic concepts

ROS 2 works a bit differently than other programming paradigms. ROS is based on a publish/subscribe mechanism that allows different programs or processes to pass information from one to another without having to know in advance who is receiving the data...