Mobile Robot Programming: Adventures in Python and C

This book emphasizes software design as the most important topic in modern robotics, and it demonstrates practical code examples in Python and C. It introduces the free simulation system EyeSim in combination with EyeBot robots, which can be built from inexpensive embedded processors, sensors, and motors. EyeSim is a free software for MacOS, Windows, and Linux that uses a realistic physics simulation engine and is source-code compatible with the EyeBot mobile robots. It includes modules for driving, walking, swimming, and diving robots, as well as for robot manipulators. It also runs on the Meta/Oculus Quest, providing a fully immersive robotics experience in virtual reality. The book progresses from simple driving algorithms to more complex localization and navigation tasks, as well as vision-based navigation and genetic algorithms. It concludes with artificial intelligence applications for mobile robots in traffic scenarios and full-size autonomous vehicles.

Format: Hardback
Length: 191 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of software design, highlighting its paramount significance in modern robotics. It offers practical code examples in Python and C, showcasing its practical applications. The book introduces the EyeSim simulation system, seamlessly integrated with EyeBot robots, which can be constructed using affordable embedded processors, sensors, and motors. Alternatively, the control inputs of model cars can be adapted to create these robots.

EyeSim, a free software available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux, employs a realistic physics simulation engine, ensuring seamless compatibility with EyeBot mobile robots. This allows developers to test their robot programs on the simulator before deploying them on physical robots. EyeSim encompasses a wide range of modules, enabling the creation of robots capable of driving, walking, swimming, diving, and manipulating objects. Additionally, it supports virtual reality experiences through the Meta/Oculus Quest platform, providing fully immersive robotics experiences.

The book progresses from basic driving algorithms and sensor data processing to more complex tasks such as localization, navigation, vision-based navigation, and genetic algorithms. It concludes with applications of artificial intelligence in mobile robots in traffic scenarios and autonomous vehicles. This book serves as an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as a self-study guide for practitioners and hobbyists. All robot application programs presented in this book are freely available for download on MacOS, Windows, Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS.

Weight: 764g
Dimension: 279 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031327964
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2023