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Learning Robotics using Python

You're reading from   Learning Robotics using Python Design, simulate, program, and prototype an autonomous mobile robot using ROS, OpenCV, PCL, and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623315
Length 280 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Lentin Joseph Lentin Joseph
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Robot Operating System 2. Understanding the Basics of Differential Robots FREE CHAPTER 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

Working with a 3D model of the robot using Blender

In this section, we will design the 3D model of the robot. The 3D model is mainly used for simulation purposes. The modeling will be done using Blender. The version must be greater than 2.6 because we only tested the tutorials on these versions.

The following screenshot shows the Blender workspace and tools that can be used to work with 3D models:

Blender 3D CAD tools

The main reason why we are using Blender here is that we can model the robot using Python scripts. Blender has an inbuilt Python interpreter and a Python script editor for coding purposes. We will not discuss the user interface of Blender here. You can find a good tutorial of Blender on its website. Refer to the following link to learn about Blender's user interface:
http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/
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Let's start coding in Blender using Python...

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