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ROS Programming: Building Powerful Robots

You're reading from   ROS Programming: Building Powerful Robots Design, build and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

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Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788627436
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Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (37) Chapters Close

Title page
Copyright and Credits
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Preface
1. Getting Started with ROS FREE CHAPTER 2. ROS Architecture and Concepts 3. Visualization and Debugging Tools 4. The Navigation Stack - Robot Setups 5. The Navigation Stack - Beyond Setups 6. Manipulation with MoveIt! 7. Using Sensors and Actuators with ROS 8. Computer Vision 9. Point Clouds 10. Working with 3D Robot Modeling in ROS 11. Simulating Robots Using ROS and Gazebo 12. Working with Pluginlib, Nodelets, and Gazebo Plugins 13. Writing ROS Controllers and Visualization Plugins 14. Interfacing I/O Boards, Sensors, and Actuators to ROS 15. Programming Vision Sensors using ROS, Open-CV, and PCL 16. Building and Interfacing Differential Drive Mobile Robot Hardware in ROS 17. Exploring the Advanced Capabilities of ROS-MoveIt! 18. ROS for Industrial Robots 19. Troubleshooting and Best Practices in ROS 20. Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV and Dynamixel Servos 21. Building a Siri-Like Chatbot in ROS 22. Controlling Embedded Boards Using ROS 23. Teleoperate a Robot Using Hand Gestures 24. Object Detection and Recognition 25. Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow 26. ROS on MATLAB and Android 27. Building an Autonomous Mobile Robot 28. Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS 29. Teleoperating a Robot Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion 30. Controlling Your Robots over the Web 1. Bibliography
2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Gmapping and localization in Chefbot


After launching the ROS driver, we can teleop the robot using keyboard teleop. We can use the following command to start keyboard teleoperation:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup keyboard_teleop.launch

If we want to map the robot environment, we can start the gmapping launch file like we did in the simulation:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup gmapping_demo.launch

You can visualize the map building in Rviz using the following command:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup view_navigation.launch

You can build the map by teleoperating the robot around the room. After mapping, save the map as we did in the simulation:

$ rosrun map_server map_saver -f ~/test_map

After getting the map, launch AMCL nodes to perform final navigation. You have to restart all the launch files and start again.

Let's look at the commands to launch the AMCL nodes.

First, start the ROS driver nodes using the following command:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup robot_standalone.launch

Now start the AMCL nodes:

$ roslaunch...
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