Kumar Bipin - Robot Operating System Cookbook

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Kumar Bipin has 15+ years of research and development experience with such world-famous consumer electronics companies as STMicroelectronics and Motorola. He has participated in the research fellowship program at SERC, IISc Bengaluru, earned MS in Robotics and Computer Vision from IIIT, Hyderabad. have been fosters confident in delivering system-level solutions for consumer electronics products, which includes system software, perception planning and control for autonomous vehicle. Currently, he is leading the Autonomous Vehicle Product- Autonomai at Tata Elxsi.

Jonathan Cacace was born in Naples, Italy, on December 13, 1987. He received his PhD in automation engineering from University of Naples Federico II. He is involved in several research projects focused on industrial and service robotics, in which he has developed several ROS-based applications integrating robot perception and control. He is the author of the second edition of Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, published by Packt.

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Robot Operating Systems (ROS) is an open source middleware framework for the development of complex robotic systems and applications. Despite the fact that the research community is very active in developing applications with ROS and keeps adding to its features, the amount of reference material and documentation is not adequate for the amount of development being done. It is thus the purpose of this book to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information about ROS, which is presently acknowledged as the major development framework for robotics applications.

A brief introduction to the basics and foundations of ROS is addressed in the first few chapters in order to help beginners to get started. Advanced concepts will be dealt with later. First and foremost, the primary concepts around modeling and simulation in Gazebo/RotorS are discussed, which includes mobile robotics, micro aerial vehicles, and robotic armsthe three leading branches of robotic applications. Consequently, autonomous navigation frameworks for both mobile robots and micro aerial vehicles are introduced, which also includes the integration of ORB SLAM and PTAM. The book also covers programming of motion planning and grasping for robot manipulators.

Finally, the book discusses ROS-Industrial (ROS-I), an open source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS software to manufacturing industries.

I believe that this book will be a great guide that enables ROS users and developers to learn more about ROS's capabilities and features.

The aim of this book is to provide an audience of engineers, whether from academia or industry, with a collection of problems, solutions, and future research issues they will encounter in the development of robotic applications. Basic knowledge of GNU/Linux, C++, and Python programming with a GNU/Linux environment is strongly recommended in order for the reader to easily comprehend the contents of the book.