Gandhinathan / Joseph ROS Robotics Projects

Build and control robots powered by the Robot Operating System, machine learning, and virtual reality
2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-83864-519-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten

Nowadays, heavy industrial robots placed in workcells are being replaced by new age robots called cobots, which don't need workcells. They are used in manufacturing, retail, banks, energy, and healthcare, among other domains. One of the major reasons for this rapid growth in the robotics market is the introduction of an open source robotics framework called the Robot Operating System (ROS).
This book covers projects in the latest ROS distribution, ROS Melodic Morenia with Ubuntu Bionic (18.04). Starting with the fundamentals, this updated edition of ROS Robotics Projects introduces you to ROS-2 and helps you understand how it is different from ROS-1. You'll be able to model and build an industrial mobile manipulator in ROS and simulate it in Gazebo 9. You'll then gain insights into handling complex robot applications using state machines and working with multiple robots at a time. This ROS book also introduces you to new and popular hardware such as Nvidia's Jetson Nano, Asus Tinker Board, and Beaglebone Black, and allows you to explore interfacing with ROS. You'll learn as you build interesting ROS projects such as self-driving cars, making use of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and other key AI concepts.
By the end of the book, you'll have gained the confidence to build interesting and intricate projects with ROS.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gandhinathan, Ramkumar

Joseph, Lentin

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Großrechner & Minicomputer
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmier- und Skriptsprachen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Getting Started with ROS
- Introduction to ROS-2 and Its Capabilities
- Building an Industrial Mobile Manipulator
- Handling Complex Robot Tasks Using State Machines
- Building an Industrial Application
- Multi-Robot Collaboration
- ROS on Embedded Platforms and Their Control
- Reinforcement Learning and Robotics
- Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow
- Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS
- Teleoperating Robots Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion
- Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV, and Dynamixel Servos

Über Autor(innen)

Gandhinathan Ramkumar:
Ramkumar is a roboticist and a researcher by profession. He started building robots since his sixth grade and has been into the robotics field for over 15 years through personal and professional connect. He has built, in person, over 80+ robots of different types. With an overall professional experience of 7 years (4 years full time and 3 years part-time/internship) in the robotics industry, he has ROS experience of 5 years. As a part of his professional career, he has built over 15+ industrial robot solutions using ROS. He also fascinates building drones and is a drone pilot by practice. His research interests and passion are towards the field of SLAM, motion planning, sensor fusion, multi-robot communication, and systems integration.