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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 (19) Chapters

Learning Robotics Using Python

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

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

Configuring ChefBot PC and setting ChefBot ROS packages

In ChefBot, we are using Intel's NUC PC to handle the robot sensor data and its processing. After procuring the NUC PC, we have to install Ubuntu 14.04.2 or the latest updates of 14.04 LTS. After the installation of Ubuntu, install complete ROS and its packages we mentioned in the previous chapters. We can configure this PC separately, and after the completion of all the settings, we can put this in to the robot. The following are the procedures to install ChefBot packages on the NUC PC.

Clone ChefBot's software packages from GitHub using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/qboticslabs/Chefbot_ROS_pkg.git

We can clone the code in our laptop and copy the chefbot folder to Intel's NUC PC. The chefbot folder consists of the ROS packages of ChefBot. In the NUC PC, create a ROS catkin workspace, copy the chefbot folder and move it inside the src directory of the catkin workspace.

Build and install the source code of ChefBot...

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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 (19) Chapters

Configuring ChefBot PC and setting ChefBot ROS packages

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