Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming
by Lentin Joseph · Lentin Joseph
Advanced Packt volume on building complete robots: URDF and xacro modelling, Gazebo simulation, ros_control and MoveIt! manipulation, hardware interfacing, pluginlib and custom controllers. Suited to readers past the tutorials who need to bring their own hardware into ROS.
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