ROS Robotics Projects by Lentin Joseph

Key FeaturesCreate and program cool robotic projects using powerful ROS librariesWork through concrete examples that will help you build your own robotic systems of varying complexity levelsThis book provides relevant and fun-filled examples so you can make your own robots that can run and workBook DescriptionRobot Operating System is one of the most widely used software frameworks for robotic research and for companies to model, simulate, and prototype robots. Applying your knowledge of ROS to actual robotics is much more difficult than people realize, but this title will give you what you need to create your own robotics in no time!This book is packed with over 14 ROS robotics projects that can be prototyped without requiring a lot of hardware. The book starts with an introduction of ROS and its installation procedure. After discussing the basics, youll be taken through great projects, such as building a self-driving car, an autonomous mobile robot, and image recognition using deep learning and ROS. You can find ROS robotics applications for beginner, intermediate, and expert levels inside!This book will be the perfect companion for a robotics enthusiast who really wants to do something big in the field.What you will learnCreate your own self-driving car using ROSBuild an intelligent robotic application using deep learning and ROSMaster 3D object recognitionControl a robot using virtual reality and ROSBuild your own AI chatter-bot using ROSGet to know all about the autonomous navigation of robots using ROSUnderstand face detection and tracking using ROSGet to grips with teleoperating robots using hand gesturesBuild ROS-based applications using Matlab and AndroidBuild interactive applications using TurtleBotAbout the AuthorLentin Joseph is an author, entrepreneur, electronics engineer, robotics enthusiast, machine vision expert, embedded programmer, and the founder and CEO of Qbotics Labs (http://www.qboticslabs.com) from India.He completed his bachelors degree in electronics and communication engineering at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Kerala. For his final year engineering project, he made a social robot that can interact with people. The project was a huge success and was mentioned in many forms of visual and print media. The main features of this robot were that it could communicate with people and reply intelligently and had some image processing capabilities such as face, motion, and color detection. The entire project was implemented using the Python programming language. His interest in robotics, image processing, and Python started with that project.After his graduation, he worked for three years at a start-up company focusing on robotics and image processing. In the meantime, he learned to work with famous robotics software platforms such as Robot Operating System (ROS), V-REP, and Actin (a robotic simulation tool) and image processing libraries such as OpenCV, OpenNI, and PCL. He also knows about 3D robot design and embedded programming on Arduino and Tiva Launchpad.Lentin is the author of the books Learning Robotics Using Python (http://learn-robotics.com) and Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming (http://mastering-ros.com), both by Packt Publishing. The first book was about building an autonomous mobile robot using ROS and OpenCV. This book was launched at ICRA 2015 and was featured on the ROS blog, Robohub, OpenCV, the Python website, and various other such forums. The second book is on mastering Robot Operating System, which was also launched at ICRA 2016, and is one of the bestselling books on ROS.Lentin and his team were also winners of the HRATC 2016 challenge conducted as a part of ICRA 2016. He was also a finalist in the ICRA 2015 challenge, HRATC (http://www.icra2016.org/conference/challenges/).Table of ContentsGetting Started with ROS Robotics Application DevelopmentFace Detection and Tracking Using ROS, OpenCV and Dynamixel ServosBuilding a Siri-Like Chatbot in ROSControlling Embedded Boards Using ROSTeleoperate a Robot Using Hand GesturesObject Detection and RecognitionDeep Learning Using ROS and TensorFlowROS on MATLAB and AndroidBuilding an Autonomous Mobile RobotCreating a Self-Driving Car Using ROSTeleoperating a Robot Using a VR Headset and Leap MotionControlling Your Robots over the Web