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Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801071024

Length 594 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Robot Framework

Concepts

Robotics

Authors (2):

Lentin Joseph

Jonathan Cacace

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – ROS Programming Essentials

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to ROS FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Getting Started with ROS Programming

4. Section 2 – ROS Robot Simulation

5. Chapter 3: Working with ROS for 3D Modeling

6. Chapter 4: Simulating Robots Using ROS and Gazebo

7. Chapter 5: Simulating Robots Using ROS, CoppeliaSim, and Webots

8. Chapter 6: Using the ROS MoveIt! and Navigation Stack

9. Chapter 7: Exploring the Advanced Capabilities of ROS MoveIt!

10. Chapter 8: ROS for Aerial Robots

11. Section 3 – ROS Robot Hardware Prototyping

12. Chapter 9: Interfacing I/O Board Sensors and Actuators to ROS

13. Chapter 10: Programming Vision Sensors Using ROS, OpenCV, and PCL

14. Chapter 11: Building and Interfacing Differential Drive Mobile Robot Hardware in ROS

15. Section 4 – Advanced ROS Programming

16. Chapter 12: Working with pluginlib, nodelets, and Gazebo Plugins

17. Chapter 13: Writing ROS Controllers and Visualization Plugins

18. Chapter 14: Using ROS in MATLAB and Simulink

19. Chapter 15: ROS for Industrial Robots

20. Chapter 16: Troubleshooting and Best Practices in ROS

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up CoppeliaSim with ROS

Before starting to work with CoppeliaSim, we need to install it on our system and configure our environment to start the communication bridge between ROS and the simulation scene. CoppeliaSim is cross-platform software, available for different operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is developed by Coppelia Robotics GmbH and is distributed with both free educational and commercial licenses. Download the latest version of the CoppeliaSim simulator from the Coppelia Robotics download page at http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/downloads.html, choosing the edu version for Linux. In this chapter, we will refer to the CoppeliaSim 4.2.0 version.

After completing the download, extract the archive. Move to your download folder and use the following command:

tar vxf CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_2_0_Ubuntu20_04.tar.xz

This version is supported by Ubuntu versions 20.04. It is convenient to rename this folder with something more intuitive, such as this...

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