What you need for this book
by Dr. Thomas L. Harman, Carol Fairchild
ROS Robotics By Example - Second Edition
- ROS Robotics By Example Second Edition
- Table of Contents
- ROS Robotics By Example Second Edition
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Customer Feedback
- Preface
- 1. Getting Started with ROS
- What does ROS do and what are the benefits of learning ROS?
- Which robots are using ROS?
- Installing and launching ROS
- Creating a catkin workspace
- ROS packages and manifest
- ROS nodes, topics, and messages
- Turtlesim – the first ROS robot simulation
- ROS commands summary
- Summary
- 2. Creating Your First Two-Wheeled ROS Robot (in Simulation)
- Introducing rviz
- Creating and building a ROS package
- Building a differential drive robot URDF
- Gazebo
- Summary
- 3. Driving Around with TurtleBot
- Introducing TurtleBot 2
- Loading TurtleBot 2 simulator software
- Launching TurtleBot 2 simulator in Gazebo
- Setting up to control a real TurtleBot 2
- Networking the netbook and remote computer
- TurtleBot 2 hardware specifications
- Moving the real TurtleBot 2
- Introducing rqt tools
- TurtleBot's odometry
- TurtleBot 2 automatic docking
- Introducing TurtleBot 3
- Loading TurtleBot 3 simulation software
- Launching TurtleBot 3 simulation in rviz
- Launching TurtleBot 3 simulation in Gazebo
- Hardware assembly and testing
- Loading TurtleBot 3 software
- Networking TurtleBot 3 and the remote computer
- Moving the real TurtleBot 3
- Summary
- 4. Navigating the World with TurtleBot
- 3D vision systems for TurtleBot
- Configuring TurtleBot and installing the 3D sensor software
- Testing the 3D sensor in standalone mode
- Running ROS nodes for visualization
- Navigating with TurtleBot
- Summary
- 5. Creating Your First Robot Arm (in Simulation)
- Features of Xacro
- Building an articulated robot arm URDF using Xacro
- Controlling an articulated robot arm in Gazebo
- Summary
- 6. Wobbling Robot Arms Using Joint Control
- 7. Making a Robot Fly
- 8. Controlling Your Robots with External Devices
- 9. Flying a Mission with Crazyflie
- 10. Controlling Baxter with MATLAB©
- Index
The format of this book is intended for the reader to follow along and perform the instructions as the information is provided. The reader will need a computer ideally with Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) installed. Other Ubuntu versions and Linux distributions may work, as well as macOS, Android, and Windows, but documentation for those versions will need to reference the ROS wiki (http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installation).
The version of ROS that this book was written around is Kinetic Kame, which is the current release recommended for stability. Its end of life is targeted for April 2021.
All software used in this book is open source and freely available for download and use. Instructions for downloading the software are found in the chapter where the software is introduced. In Chapter 1, Getting Started with ROS, instructions are given for downloading and setting up the ROS software environment.
Our preferred method to download software is the use of Debian packages. Where no Debian packages exist, we refer to downloading the software from repositories such as GitHub.
Gazebo simulation performs intensive graphics processing, and the use of a dedicated graphics card is advised but not required.
Peripheral devices, such as 3D sensors, Xbox or PS3 controllers, Arduino or Raspberry Pi controller boards, and Android mobile devices are optional equipment.
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