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ROS Robotics Projects

You're reading from ROS Robotics Projects Make your robots see, sense, and interact with cool and engaging projects with Robotic Operating System

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783554713

Length 452 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

ROS

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Lentin Joseph

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

ROS Robotics Projects

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About the Author

Acknowledgements

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Preface

1. Getting Started with ROS Robotics Application Development FREE CHAPTER

2. Face Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV and Dynamixel Servos

3. Building a Siri-Like Chatbot in ROS

4. Controlling Embedded Boards Using ROS

5. Teleoperate a Robot Using Hand Gestures

6. Object Detection and Recognition

7. Deep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlow

8. ROS on MATLAB and Android

9. Building an Autonomous Mobile Robot

10. Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS

11. Teleoperating a Robot Using a VR Headset and Leap Motion

12. Controlling Your Robots over the Web

Chapter 10. Creating a Self-Driving Car Using ROS

In this chapter, we will discuss a big technology that is trending in the robotics industry: driverless cars, or self-driving cars. Many of you may have heard about this technology; those who haven't will get an introduction in the first section of the chapter. In this chapter, you can find the following important topics.

Getting started with self-driving cars
Software block diagram of a typical self-driving car
Simulating and interfacing self-driving car sensors in ROS
Simulating a self-driving car with sensors in Gazebo
Interfacing a DBW car into ROS
Introducing the Udacity open source self-driving car project
Open source self-driving car simulator from Udacity

Creating a self-driving car from scratch is out of the scope of this book, but this chapter may give you an abstract idea of self-driving car components, and tutorials to simulate it.

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Authors (1)

Lentin Joseph

Lentin Joseph

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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