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ROS Robotics By Example

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175193
Pages 428 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

ROS Robotics By Example
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Getting Started with ROS Creating Your First Two-Wheeled ROS Robot (in Simulation) Driving Around with TurtleBot Navigating the World with TurtleBot Creating Your First Robot Arm (in Simulation) Wobbling Robot Arms Using Joint Control Making a Robot Fly Controlling Your Robots with External Devices Flying a Mission with Crazyflie Extending Your ROS Abilities Index

Navigating with TurtleBot


Launch files for TurtleBot will create ROS nodes either remotely on the TurtleBot netbook (via SSH to TurtleBot) or locally on the remote computer. As a general rule, the launch files (and nodes) that handle the GUI and visualization processing should run on the remote computer while the minimal launch and camera drivers should run on the TurtleBot netbook. Note that we will specify when to SSH to TurtleBot for a ROS command or omit the SSH for using a ROS command on the remote computer.

Mapping a room with TurtleBot

TurtleBot can autonomously drive around its environment if a map is made of the environment. The 3D sensor is used to create a 2D map of the room as the TurtleBot is driven around either by a joystick, keyboard, or any other method of teleoperation.

Since we are using the Kobuki base, calibration of the gyro inside the base is not necessary. If you are using the Create base, make sure that you perform the gyro calibration procedure in the TurtleBot ROS...

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