drive kinematics
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Drive Kinematics: Skid Steer & Mecanum (ROS Twist included)

Hi all I am often in need of the basic kinematic motion equations for skid steer vehicles. I have also recently been working with mecanum wheeled vehicles. The skid steer equations are fairly simple and easy to find, however I will include it in different versions and include a ROS approach. The mecanum wheel equations are harder to find and…
mastering ROS for robotics programming
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Book Review: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming by Lentin Joseph

Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming is a good book that will help you learn ROS and take advantage of some of the powerful nodes (programs) that are out there. The book covers both a 7 DOF robot arm and a differential drive robot throughout the different chapters. That should really help you out no matter which type of robot you…
learning ros book
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Book Review: Learning ROS for Robotics Programming by Martinez and Fernandez

Hi I have only used the Robot Operating System (ROS) for several small things so I wanted to review a book on learning ROS both so that I could learn more about ROS and because ROS is increasingly being used for more robotics applications and is good for all of us to become familiar with it. ROS is a framework…