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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

Getting started with popular embedded boards


In this section, we will look at some of the popular microcontroller boards and microcomputers that can be used in robots.

An introduction to Arduino boards

Arduino is one of the most popular embedded controller boards that can be used in robots. It is mainly used for prototyping electronics projects and robots. The boards mainly contain an AVR series controller, in which its pins are mapped as Arduino board pins. The main reason for the Arduino board's popularity is in its programming and easiness in prototyping. The Arduino APIs and packages are very easy to use. So we can prototype our application without much difficulty. The Arduino programming IDE is based on a software framework called Wiring (http://wiring.org.co/); we are coding using C/ C++ in a simplified way. The code is compiled using C/C++ compilers. Here is an image of a popular Arduino board, the Arduino Uno:

Figure 1: Arduino Uno board

How to choose an Arduino board for your robot...

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