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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

Overview of the project

The aim of the project is to build a simple face tracker that can track face only along the horizontal axis of the camera. The face tracker hardware consists of a webcam, Dynamixel servo called AX-12, and a supporting bracket to mount the camera on the servo. The servo tracker will follow the face until it aligns to the center of the image from the webcam. Once it reaches the center, it will stop and wait for face movement. The face detection is done using an OpenCV and ROS interface, and the controlling of the servo is done using a Dynamixel motor driver in ROS.

We are going to create two ROS packages for this complete tracking system; one is for face detection and finding the centroid of the face, and the other is for sending commands to the servo to track the face using the centroid values.

Okay! Let's start discussing the hardware and software prerequisites of this project.

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The complete source code of this project can be cloned from the following...

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ROS Robotics Projects
Published in: Mar 2017
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781783554713
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