Table of Contents

Getting started with ROS

Understanding basics of differential robots

Modeling the Differential Drive Robot

Simulating a Differential Drive Robot Using ROS

Designing ChefBot Hardware and Circuits

Interfacing Actuators and Sensors to the Robot Controller

Interfacing Vision Sensors with ROS

Building ChefBot Hardware and the Integration of Software

Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python

Assessments

About the Author

Lentin Joseph is an author and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in India. He has 7 years of experience in the robotics domain primarily in ROS, OpenCV, and PCL. He has authored four books in ROS, namely, Learning Robotics using Python, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, ROS Robotics Projects, and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners. He is currently pursuing his master's in Robotics from India and is also doing research at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA.