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Learning Robotics Using Python: Design, simulate, program, and prototype an interactive autonomous mobile robot from scratch with the help of Python, ROS, and Open-CV! Paperback – May 27, 2015

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Design, simulate, program, and prototype an interactive autonomous mobile robot from scratch with the help of Python, ROS, and Open-CV!

Key Features

Design, simulate, build and program an interactive autonomous mobile robot
Program Robot Operating System using Python
Get a grip on the hands-on guide to robotics for learning various robotics concepts and build an advanced robot from scratch

Book Description

Learning about robotics will become an increasingly essential skill as it becomes a ubiquitous part of life. Even though robotics is a complex subject, several other tools along with Python can help you design a project to create an easy-to-use interface.

Learning Robotics Using Python is an essential guide for creating an autonomous mobile robot using popular robotic software frameworks such as ROS using Python. It also discusses various robot software frameworks and how to go about coding the robot using Python and its framework. It concludes with creating a GUI-based application to control the robot using buttons and slides.

By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a clear idea of how to integrate and assemble all things into a robot and how to bundle the software package.

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

Table of Contents

Introduction to Robotics
Mechanical Design of a Service Robot
Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo
Designing ChefBot Hardware
Working with Robotic Actuators and Wheel Encoders
Working with Robotic Sensors
Programming Vision Sensors Using Python and ROS
Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS
Applying Artifi cial Intelligence to ChefBot Using Python
Integration of ChefBot Hardware and Interfacing it into ROS, Using Python
Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python
The Calibration and Testing of ChefBot

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About the Author

Lentin Joseph

Lentin Joseph is an electronics engineer, robotics enthusiast, machine vision expert, embedded programmer, and the founder and CEO of Qbotics Labs in India. He got his bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Kerala. In his final year engineering project, he created a social robot, which can interact with people. The project was a huge success and got mentioned in visual and print media. The main feature of this robot was that it could communicate with people and reply intelligently. It also has 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 began this project. After graduation, he worked at a start-up company based on robotics and image processing for 3 years. In the meantime, he learned famous robotic 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 robot 3D designing, embedded programming on Arduino, and Stellaris Launchpad. After 3 years of work experience, he started a new company called Qbotics Labs, which is mainly focused on research to build great products in domains such as wearable technology, robotics, machine vision, green technology, and online education. He maintains a personal website (lentinjoseph) and a technology blog called technolabsz (technolabsz). He publishes his works on his tech blog. He was a speaker at PyCon2013 India, and he spoke on the topic of learning robotics using Python.

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Paperback: 385 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account (May 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1783287535
ISBN-13: 978-1783287536
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 9 customer reviews
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William Schreiber

Misleading title, but excellent robotics book

September 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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January 19, 2017

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Not a clear progression from basic concepts to advanced concepts. Seems all over the place.

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Python in robotics

September 18, 2015

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Great reference for the latest pythonic tools available to the roboticist. I wanted to use python for my projects and this handy book is a great introduction for robot software.

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Suitable for intermediate/advance robotic enthusiasts

December 2, 2015

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I wanted to rate this as 3.5 stars, but Amazon seems to restrict the stars to whole numbers. Now to the review.
The author obviously knows the subject but I found it difficult to follow all the steps when in particular section. For instance, using Gazebo for robotic simulation, the author shifts between the turtlebot and chefbot without clear and precise directions. There are also missing steps in the process, where I had to figure out how to get to an end goal. This is frustrating and will surely turn-off many readers. It kind of reminded me of some my old engineering undergrad texts where the author left you high and try with a statement like "It is left to the reader to complete the derivation..."

The editing also needs improvement. The grammar is stifled and it appears that English is a second language to the author. If not, the author really should get a much better copy editor.

I would consider this book to be appropriate for intermediate or advanced robotic enthusiasts; definitely not for beginners.

I am building a turtlebot clone and I did find this book helpful in that endeavor.

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May 4, 2016

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Very informative and easy to follow.

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September 10, 2016

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The book arrived in good condition

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June 6, 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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A different approach for learning ROS

June 1, 2015

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This book differs from the previous books of ROS from PACKT in such a way that it explain to build an autonomous robot from scratch and teach how to apply ROS to it. It will be useful if we are planning to learn ROS and build a robot along with it

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