- Learning Robotics Using Python
- Table of Contents
- 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
- 3. Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo
- Understanding robotic simulation
- Mathematical modeling of the robot
- Introduction to ROS and Gazebo
- Installing ROS Indigo on Ubuntu 14.04.2
- Introducing catkin
- Creating an ROS package
- Hello_world_publisher.py
- Hello_world_subscriber.py
- Introducing Gazebo
- Installing Gazebo
- Testing Gazebo with the ROS interface
- Installing TurtleBot Robot packages on ROS Indigo
- Installing TurtleBot ROS packages using the apt package manager in Ubuntu
- Simulating TurtleBot using Gazebo and ROS
- Creating the Gazebo model from TurtleBot packages
- What is a robot model, URDF, xacro, and robot state publisher?
- Creating a ChefBot description ROS package
- Simulating ChefBot and TurtleBot in a hotel environment
- Questions
- Summary
- Understanding robotic simulation
- 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
- List of robotic vision sensors and image processing libraries
- Introduction to OpenCV, OpenNI, and PCL
- Programming Kinect with Python using ROS, OpenCV, and OpenNI
- Working with Point Clouds using Kinect, ROS, OpenNI, and PCL
- Conversion of Point Cloud to laser scan data
- Working with SLAM using ROS and Kinect
- Questions
- Summary
- 8. Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS
- Understanding speech recognition
- Working with speech recognition and synthesis in Ubuntu 14.04.2 using Python
- Real-time speech recognition using Pocket Sphinx, GStreamer, and Python in Ubuntu 14.04.2
- Speech recognition using Julius and Python in Ubuntu 14.04.2
- Working with speech recognition and synthesis in Windows using Python
- Working with Speech recognition in ROS Indigo and Python
- Working with speech synthesis in ROS Indigo and Python
- Questions
- Summary
- 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
- What is robot hardware designing all about?
- What is H-bridge and what are its functions?
- Which are the components essential for the robot navigation algorithm?
- What is the criteria that has to be kept in mind while selecting robotic components?
- What are the main applications of Kinect on this robot?
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