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Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

You're reading from   Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Build intelligent robots using ROS 2, Python, OpenCV, and AI/ML techniques for real-world tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805129592
Length 344 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Francis X. Govers III Francis X. Govers III
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Building Blocks for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
2. Chapter 1: The Foundation of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Robot 4. Chapter 3: Conceptualizing the Practical Robot Design Process 5. Part 2: Adding Perception, Learning, and Interaction to Robotics
6. Chapter 4: Recognizing Objects Using Neural Networks and Supervised Learning 7. Chapter 5: Picking Up and Putting Away Toys using Reinforcement Learning and Genetic Algorithms 8. Chapter 6: Teaching a Robot to Listen 9. Part 3: Advanced Concepts – Navigation, Manipulation, Emotions, and More
10. Chapter 7: Teaching the Robot to Navigate and Avoid Stairs 11. Chapter 8: Putting Things Away 12. Chapter 9: Giving the Robot an Artificial Personality 13. Chapter 10: Conclusions and Reflections 14. Answers 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

A brief introduction to ROS

OK, before we do all of the work described in the following section to be able to use ROS 2 – the second version of the Robotic Operating System – let’s answer your questions. What is ROS, and what are its advantages?

The first thing to know is that ROS is not an actual operating system, such as Linux or Windows. Rather it is a middleware layer that serves as a means of connecting different programs to work together to control a robot. It was originally designed to run Willow Garage’s PR2 robot, which was complex indeed. ROS is supported by a very large open source community and is constantly updated.

I used to be a ROS skeptic, and frankly, reading the documentation did not help my first impression that it was cumbersome at best and difficult to use. However, at the insistence of one of my business partners, we started using ROS for a very complex self-guided security guard robot called RAMSEE, designed for Gamma 2 Robotics...

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