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Robot Operating System (ROS) for Absolute Beginners: Robotics Programming Made Easy
Learn how to get started with robotics programming using Robot Operation System (ROS). Targeted for absolute beginners in ROS, Linux, and Python, this short guide shows you how to build your own robotics projects.
ROS is an open-source and flexible framework for writing robotics software. With a hands-on approach and sample projects, Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners will enable you to begin your first robot project. You will learn the basic concepts of working with ROS and begin coding with ROS APIs in both C++ and Python.
What You’ll LearnInstall ROSReview fundamental ROS concepts
Work with frequently used commands in ROS
Build a mobile robot from scratch using ROS
Who This Book Is For
Absolute beginners with little to no programming experience looking to learn robotics programming.
ROS is an open-source and flexible framework for writing robotics software. With a hands-on approach and sample projects, Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners will enable you to begin your first robot project. You will learn the basic concepts of working with ROS and begin coding with ROS APIs in both C++ and Python.
What You’ll LearnInstall ROSReview fundamental ROS concepts
Work with frequently used commands in ROS
Build a mobile robot from scratch using ROS
Who This Book Is For
Absolute beginners with little to no programming experience looking to learn robotics programming.
295 pages, Paperback
Published May 25, 2018
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March 30, 2019
I have often heard "ROS is hard". Turns out it is actually really easy to get started with it. The approach of this book dismisses all worry for beginners. I would recommend it to those with prior programming experience too.
It is handheld from the get-go, from setting up the environment all the way to the functional use of ROS. One can go through the book fairly fast as the explanations are brief and screenshots fill up the pages. I found the screenshots provided helpful- they are like waypoints, you immediately know whether you're on the right track. The sections on Linux commands, cpp and python are also a quick refresher for those who have worked with those.
I think certain ROS concepts can be better explored/explained, but again this is meant to be a light introduction to ROS. There are other books out there that delve into much more detail. A second edition with corrections plus online code will be great for future readers!
It is handheld from the get-go, from setting up the environment all the way to the functional use of ROS. One can go through the book fairly fast as the explanations are brief and screenshots fill up the pages. I found the screenshots provided helpful- they are like waypoints, you immediately know whether you're on the right track. The sections on Linux commands, cpp and python are also a quick refresher for those who have worked with those.
I think certain ROS concepts can be better explored/explained, but again this is meant to be a light introduction to ROS. There are other books out there that delve into much more detail. A second edition with corrections plus online code will be great for future readers!
January 10, 2019
This is exactly what it says it is, which for my interests weren't that helpful, but I could see how say a high school student starting out this would be invaluable resource. The star lost is for the typos in the book which I ran into quite a bit. This is basically a supplement to the ROS documentation itself for beginners.
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