Robot Operating System (ROS)

The objective of this book is to provide the reader with a comprehensive coverage on the Robot Operating Systems (ROS) and latest related systems, which is currently considered as the main development framework for robotics applications. The book includes twenty-seven chapters organized into eight parts. Part 1 presents the basics and foundations of ROS. In Part 2, four chapters deal with navigation, motion and planning. Part 3 provides four examples of service and experimental robots. Part 4 deals with real-world deployment of applications. Part 5 presents signal-processing tools for perception and sensing. Part 6 provides software engineering methodologies to design complex software with ROS. Simulations frameworks are presented in Part 7. Finally, Part 8 presents advanced tools and frameworks for ROS including multi-master extension, network introspection, controllers and cognitive systems. This book will be a valuable companion for ROS users and developers to learn more ROS capabilities and features.

Contributions devoted to the Robot Operating System (ROS) with working examples, demonstrations and illustrations Comprehensive coverage of the Robot Operating Systems (ROS), which is currently considered as the main development framework for robotics applications Includes supplementary material representing all the code provided by the authors, which will be made available as open source in a Google Code repository Accompanying video channel for demonstrations related to chapters of the book Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Part I. ROS Basics and Foundations.- Part II. Navigation, Motion and Planning.- Part III. Service and Experimental Robots.- Part IV. Real-World Applications Deployment.- Part V. Perception and Sensing.- Part VI. Software Engineering with ROS.- Part VII. ROS Simulation Frameworks.- Part VII. Advanced Tools for ROS.