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You're reading from Learning Robotics using Python Design, simulate, program, and prototype an autonomous mobile robot using ROS, OpenCV, PCL, and Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788623315

Length 280 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

OpenCV

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Lentin Joseph

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Robot Operating System FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding the Basics of Differential Robots

3. Modeling the Differential Drive Robot

4. Simulating a Differential Drive Robot Using ROS

5. Designing ChefBot Hardware and Circuits

6. Interfacing Actuators and Sensors to the Robot Controller

7. Interfacing Vision Sensors with ROS

8. Building ChefBot Hardware and the Integration of Software

9. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python

10. Assessments

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Working with Python bindings of Qt

Let's see how we can interface Python and Qt. In general, there are two modules available in Python for connecting to the Qt user interface. The two most popular frameworks are:

PyQt
PySide

PyQt

PyQt is one of the most popular Python bindings for Qt cross-platform. PyQt is developed and maintained by Riverbank Computing Limited. It provides binding for Qt version 4 and Qt version 5 and comes with GPL (version 2 or 3) along with a commercial license. PyQt is available for Qt version 4 and 5, called PyQt4 and PyQt5, respectively. These two modules are compatible with Python versions 2 and 3. PyQt contains more than 620 classes that cover the user interface, XML, network communication...

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Authors (1)

Lentin Joseph

Lentin Joseph is an author and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in India. He has 7 years of experience in the robotics domain primarily in ROS, OpenCV, and PCL. He has authored four books in ROS, namely, Learning Robotics using Python, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, ROS Robotics Projects, and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners. He is currently pursuing his master's in Robotics from India and is also doing research at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA.

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