You're reading from Learning Robotics using Python Bring robotics projects to life with Python! Discover how to harness everything from Blender to ROS and OpenCV with one of our most popular robotics books.

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783287536

Length 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Robotics

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Robotics

2. Mechanical Design of a Service Robot FREE CHAPTER

3. Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo

4. Designing ChefBot Hardware

5. Working with Robotic Actuators and Wheel Encoders

6. Working with Robotic Sensors

7. Programming Vision Sensors Using Python and ROS

8. Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS

9. Applying Artificial Intelligence to ChefBot Using Python

10. Integration of ChefBot Hardware and Interfacing it into ROS, Using Python

11. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python

12. The Calibration and Testing of ChefBot

Index

Installing LibreCAD, Blender, and MeshLab

LibreCAD is a free, open source 2D CAD application for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Blender is a free, open source 3D computer graphics software used to create 3D models, animation, and video games. It comes with a GPL license as per which users can share, modify, and distribute the application. MeshLab is an open source, portable, and extensible system to process and edit unstructured 3D triangular meshes.

The following are the links to install LibreCAD in Windows, Linux, and OS X:

Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home.html to download LibreCAD
Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home/from-source/linux.html to build LibreCAD from source
Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/linux.html to install LibreCAD in Debian/Ubuntu
Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/rpm-packages.html to install LibreCAD in Fedora
Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/osx.html to install LibreCAD in OS X
Visit http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/windows...

You're reading from Learning Robotics using Python Bring robotics projects to life with Python! Discover how to harness everything from Blender to ROS and OpenCV with one of our most popular robotics books.

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Installing LibreCAD, Blender, and MeshLab

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