Learning ROS for Robotics Programming Second Edition: Take control of the Linux based Robot Operating System, and discover the tools, libraries, and conventions you need to create your own robots without the hassle.

Mahtani

Aaron Martinez

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eBook Aug 2015 458 pages 1st Edition

Mahtani

Aaron Martinez

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If you have ever tried building a robot, then you know how cumbersome programming everything from scratch can be. This is where ROS comes into the picture. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that simplifies the robot building process. What’s more, ROS encourages collaborative robotics software development, allowing you to connect with experts in various fields to collaborate and build upon each other's work. Packed full of examples, this book will help you understand the ROS framework to help you build your own robot applications in a simulated environment and share your knowledge with the large community supporting ROS. Starting at an introductory level, this book is a comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of robotics, covering sensor integration, modeling, simulation, computer vision, navigation algorithms, and more. You will then go on to explore concepts like topics, messages, and nodes. Next, you will learn how to make your robot see with HD cameras, or navigate obstacles with range sensors. Furthermore, thanks to the contributions of the vast ROS community, your robot will be able to navigate autonomously, and even recognize and interact with you in a matter of minutes. What’s new in this updated edition? First and foremost, we are going to work with ROS Hydro this time around. You will learn how to create, visualize, and process Point Cloud information from different sensors. This edition will also show you how to control and plan motion of robotic arms with multiple joints using MoveIt! By the end of this book, you will have all the background you need to build your own robot and get started with ROS.

Who is this book for?

In order to make the most of the book, you should have a C++ programming background, knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, and general skills in computer science. No previous background in ROS is required, as this book takes you from the ground up.

What you will learn

Install a complete ROS Hydro system
Create ROS packages and metapackages, using and debugging them in real time
Build, handle, and debug ROS nodes
Design your 3D robot model and simulate it in a virtual environment within Gazebo
Generate and adapt the navigation stack to work with your robot
Integrate different sensors such as Range Laser, Arduino, and Kinect with your robot
Visualize and process Point Cloud information from different sensors
Control and plan the motion of robotic arms with multiple joints using MoveIt!

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Jesús Andrés Jara Puelles May 16, 2016

The excellent book.

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Akihiko HONDA Sep 25, 2015

I'm one of the technical reviewers of this book. As far as I read, I recommend this book to new challengers to intelligent robots and highly motivated people who want to extend the capabilities of their own robot. As I myself am working in the field of space robotics, this book will surely solve some of my colleagues’ technical problems.Robot Operating System (ROS) is middleware to operate robots. It provides essential functions to develop complicated system. The famous examples of using ROS are DARPA Robotics Challenge and Robonaut 2.This book starts with how to set up ROS on your computer. In later chapters, you can learn how to connect sensors and actuators, process image (mono/stereo ) and point cloud data using OpenCV and PCL, use dynamics simulator (GAZEBO), and navigate or manipulate robots.Each chapter provides explanations, one by one, and has sample programs and links to the repository. This point is very important because ROS and its programs are developed and maintained by open source community. This book can provide reader with comprehensive view and a good foothold to start with this technology.Finally, though ROS version Hydro is mainly discussed in this book, the differences between Hydro and Indigo (the newer and long-term supported one) is quite small. Therefore, this book will be useful for a long time.

Juan J. Garcia Montaño Sep 24, 2015

Very good book, I have learned to use some robots as Turtlebot, and understand concepts such as topics, nodes and services.

James A Herd Oct 05, 2015

This book is the best way I've seen for those wanting to get started with ROS. Unlike official ROS tutorials, instead of talking about somewhat abstract concepts behind ROS it uses concrete examples that most robotics beginners can relate to.This book has the first instance of an end to end tutorial (that I've come across) that shows how to get a custom robot arm set up with the MoveIt! toolkit to allow for inverse kinematics, trajectory planning and object collisions.Given how much easier ROS is to understand with this book I've started recommending it to people at the local robotics meetup!

Marco Nov 24, 2015

some instructions in the book are not clear

Learning ROS for Robotics Programming Second Edition: Take control of the Linux based Robot Operating System, and discover the tools, libraries, and conventions you need to create your own robots without the hassle.

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