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Learning Robotics using Python
Learning Robotics using Python

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.

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If you are an engineer, a researcher, or a hobbyist, and you are interested in robotics and want to build your own robot, this book is for you. Readers are assumed to be new to robotics but should have experience with Python.

Who is this book for?

If you are an engineer, a researcher, or a hobbyist, and you are interested in robotics and want to build your own robot, this book is for you. Readers are assumed to be new to robotics but should have experience with Python.

What you will learn

  • Understand the core concepts and terminologies of robotics
  • Create 2D and 3D drawings of robots using freeware such as LibreCAD and Blender
  • Simulate your robot using ROS and Gazebo
  • Build robot hardware from the requirements
  • Explore a diverse range of actuators and its interfacing
  • Interface various robotic sensors to robots
  • Set up and program OpenCV, OpenNI, and PCL to process 2D/3D visual data
  • Learn speech processing and synthesis using Python
  • Apply artificial intelligence to robots using Python
  • Build a robot control GUI using Qt and Python
  • Calibration and testing of robot

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Publication date : May 27, 2015
Length: 330 pages
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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
1. Introduction to Robotics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Mechanical Design of a Service Robot Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Designing ChefBot Hardware Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Working with Robotic Actuators and Wheel Encoders Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Working with Robotic Sensors Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Programming Vision Sensors Using Python and ROS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Applying Artificial Intelligence to ChefBot Using Python Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Integration of ChefBot Hardware and Interfacing it into ROS, Using Python Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. The Calibration and Testing of ChefBot Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Pranshu Tople Dec 22, 2017
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Awesome Book for all students, engineers, hobbyist & researchers. It teaches excellently, step by step of making a Turtlebot like robot that too very cheap at Home/DIY. If u are interested in Robotics or Python, you should go through this book atleast once. Hats of to Lentin Joseph for writing such awesome book.
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Achu Wilson Jun 06, 2015
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This is one of the best books for learning robotics practically. The highlight of this book is that it deals with all the realms of robotics, mechanical CAD design, electronics circuit design, embedded firmware development, high level image and speech processing, autonomous navigation using AI techniques ,and much more. It also gives an intro to using ROS for a beginner. a MUST READ BOOK.
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William Schreiber Sep 12, 2015
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The title of this book is misleading. Yes, there is python in the book and the examples are written in python, but the book is really about how to take existing technology and build an advanced robot at a price most hobbyists could probably afford. Most of us build a line follower, a light avoider, a robot that bounces off walls and then randomly turns etc, but moving to that next step of building a robot that knows where it is and can find its way back (SLAM algorithm) is something else most builders never get to since it is a hard nut to crack. He gives a blue print for an advanced robot which can be built for well under a $1000 and uses ROS (robot operating system), PCL, a Kinect, IMU, ultrasonic sensor ARM processor etc.He takes all the pieces that are out there and shows you how to integrate them all into an advanced robot. It wasn't what I expected from the book but I was pleasantly surprised since it was exactly what I need to get myself to that advanced robot I really want to build.Warning, that the directions may be out of date (it is predicated on an older version of ROS) and you will need to use the internet and/or other resources to do all of the things he documents. It is still worth every penny
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Eduardo Veras May 04, 2016
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Very informative and easy to follow.
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AMAL MATHEW Oct 19, 2017
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nice book to begin with ROS
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