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!

About This Book

• 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

Who This Book Is For

If you are an engineer, a researcher, or a hobbyist, and you are interested in robotics and want to build your own robot, this book is for you. Readers are assumed to be new to robotics but should have experience with Python.

In Detail

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Robotics
Chapter 2. Mechanical Design of a Service Robot
Chapter 3. Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo
Chapter 4. Designing ChefBot Hardware
Chapter 5. Working with Robotic Actuators and Wheel Encoders
Chapter 6. Working with Robotic Sensors
Chapter 7. Programming Vision Sensors Using Python and ROS
Chapter 8. Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS
Chapter 9. Applying Artificial Intelligence to ChefBot Using Python
Chapter 10. Integration of ChefBot Hardware and Interfacing it into ROS, Using Python
Chapter 11. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python
Chapter 12. The Calibration and Testing of ChefBot