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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming

You're reading from   Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System

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Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783551798
Length 480 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lentin Joseph is an author and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in India. He has 7 years of experience in the robotics domain primarily in ROS, OpenCV, and PCL. He has authored four books in ROS, namely, Learning Robotics using Python, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, ROS Robotics Projects, and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners. He is currently pursuing his master's in Robotics from India and is also doing research at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA.
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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming
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Preface
1. Introduction to ROS and Its Package Management FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with 3D Robot Modeling in ROS 3. Simulating Robots Using ROS and Gazebo 4. Using the ROS MoveIt! and Navigation Stack 5. Working with Pluginlib, Nodelets, and Gazebo Plugins 6. Writing ROS Controllers and Visualization Plugins 7. Interfacing I/O Boards, Sensors, and Actuators to ROS 8. Programming Vision Sensors using ROS, Open-CV, and PCL 9. Building and Interfacing Differential Drive Mobile Robot Hardware in ROS 10. Exploring the Advanced Capabilities of ROS-MoveIt! 11. ROS for Industrial Robots 12. Troubleshooting and Best Practices in ROS Index

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  1. What are the packages used for robot modeling in ROS?

  2. What are the important URDF tags used for robot modeling?

  3. What are the reasons for using xacro over URDF?

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  5. What is the use of the transmission tag in URDF?

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Lentin Joseph is an author and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in India. He has 7 years of experience in the robotics domain primarily in ROS, OpenCV, and PCL. He has authored four books in ROS, namely, Learning Robotics using Python, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, ROS Robotics Projects, and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners. He is currently pursuing his master's in Robotics from India and is also doing research at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA.
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