Programming Robots with ROS
Morgan Quigley · first published 2015 · ISBN 9781449323899
A practical guide to the Robot Operating System, the industry standard for robotics research and development, covering how to build autonomous systems by linking sensors, actuators, and decision-making software. The book teaches ROS concepts through working examples, showing how to handle sensor data, communicate between processes, and debug real robot behavior. It balances practical recipes with understanding why ROS's architecture works this way.
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ROS is what professional robotics engineers actually use, and this book teaches it without assuming you already know it. If you plan to work in robotics beyond hobby projects, fluency with ROS becomes essential quickly.