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Learning Robotics using Python. - Second Edition

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Product type Book

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788623315

Pages 280 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Author (1):

Lentin Joseph

Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Robot Operating System

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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You can learn more about the Tiva-C LaunchPad board from the following link:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Getting_Started_with_the_TIVA%E2%84%A2_C_Series_TM4C123G_LaunchPad

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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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