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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, Third edition

You're reading from Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, Third edition Best practices and troubleshooting solutions when working with ROS

Product type Paperback

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

Technical requirements

To follow this chapter, you need a standard laptop running Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS Noetic installed. The reference code for this chapter can be downloaded from the following Git repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-ROS-for-Robotics-Programming-Third-edition.git. The code is contained in the Chapter15/ abb_irb6640_moveit_plugins and Chapter15/ikfast_demo folders.

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Authors (2)

Lentin Joseph

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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Jonathan Cacace

Jonathan Cacace

Jonathan Cacace was born in Naples, Italy, on December 13, 1987. He received his Master's degree in computer science, and a Ph.D. degree in Information and Automation Engineering, from the University of Naples Federico II. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also a member of PRISMA Lab where he is involved in different research projects focused on industrial and service robotics in which he has developed several ROS-based applications integrating robot perception and control.

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