Building Smart Robots Using ROS

Robin Tommy, Ajithkumar Narayanan Manaparampil, Rinu Michael

TAGLINE 

A beginner’s guide to learn ROS, robotics platform, and practice building robotics system 

KEY FEATURES  

• A step-by-step guide covering the robot's design, assembly, navigation and control.
• Numerous techniques, ROS packages, object detection and image processing concepts included.
• Practical exercises and sample codes to robotics design, simulation, and visualization tools.

DESCRIPTION 

This book is a practical introduction to the Robotics operating system (ROS). It will expose you to the essential principles, tools, and packages in ROS and assist you in configuring and recombining components for additional tasks. If you are new to the world of robotics, you will enjoy the companionship of this book as it guides you through the process of building your first robot.

The book introduces robotics and advances through numerous concepts such as sensors and actuators, SLAM, Aruco markers, CAD (computer-aided design), React native application development, image processing in ROS, machine learning and object detection. Every point raised above is illustrated in a live robotics environment. Along the way, other packages required for developing ROS apps will be presented, including serial, OpenCV, and cv bridge. You'll learn about tools like SolidWorks, Moveit, Rviz, as well as simulation platforms like gazebo and turtlesim, which will give you a complete picture of what it takes to build a robot.

This book presents an in-depth examination of Robot Operating Systems (ROS), the sole foundation for developing robotics applications. The book guides the readers through investigating and embedding machine learning code to introduce intelligence into the robot. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Develop a stronghold on basics of robotics with code samples and illustrations.
• Familiarity with ROS, the configuration of nodes, and 3D robot simulations.
• Learn how to publish data to the ROS network for web integration.
• Learn about SLAM, CAD, React Native, and ROS image processing.
• Learn about Artificial Intelligence principles and object detection with ROS.
• Complete design, simulation, and assembly of a robot.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

The book is aimed at robotics developers, hardware product designers, full-stack application developers, machine learning enthusiasts, and students who want to obtain real-world experience in robotics development from start to finish. Having some experience with Ubuntu and the python programming language would be helpful.

1. ROS 
2. Writing Nodes 
3. Sensors and Actuators 
4. ROS SERIAL 
5. Web interface 
6. Turtle Sim Simulation 
7. Designing a robot 
8. Gazebo 
9. Moveit 
10. Rviz 
11. Vision 
12. Aruco Markers 
13. SLAM 
14. React Native App 
15. Artificial Intelligence 

Robin Tommy 

Robin is a Rapid Innovation Strategist, Sustainability and Purpose Thought leader, who for the past 16 years has been working with customers globally and partners designing technology solutions using emerging technologies and accelerated prototyping methodologies. He has filed over 90 patents across technologies and design and won several awards for his contributions for social impact solutions. His research areas include emerging technology driven solutioning, science of customer habit, design led product development

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Ajithkumar Manaparambil is a robotics developer with expertise in simulation, design and manufacturing of projects pertaining to robotics, automobiles, and special purpose machines. Ajith is currently pursuing his Masters in Robotic Systems Engineering in RWTH Aachen University.

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Rinu Michael is a technical expert in Artificial Intelligence and Edge Analytics and she is currently heading the TCS Rapid Labs at Amsterdam.

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Blog Link: https://www.robintommy.info/