Program outcomes:

By the end of this course you will be able to understand

• Robot project structure
• Sensor integration to the robot and its importance
• Robot communication process
• Robot project considerations
• Robot simulation considerations
• Basics about ROS and Gazebo simulation
• URDF and Xacro Creation
• Robot Navigation and Mapping

Day 1

Introduction to Robotics

• Introduction to Robotics
• Classification of Robotics
• Applications of Robotics in various industries
• Manufacturing
• Automobile
• Industrial Engineering
• Agriculture
• Aerospace
• Healthcare
• Food processing units etc
• Common types of industrial Robots based on Joint type
• Articulated
• Cartesian
• Cylindrical
• Polar
• SCARA
• Delta
• Robotics manufacturing Companies
• Important Considerations of robotics project

Day 2

Linux for Robotics

• Introduction to the Linux
• Linux Basics
• Navigating through the filesystem
• Amplification
• Getting information about commands
• Interacting with the filesystem
• Advanced Utilities
• Permissions
• Command "chmod"
• Linux Processes
• ssh protocol (secure shell)
• Commands "apt" and "sudo"
• Introductions to ROS
• Importance of ROS in industries
• ROS based Robots a. Turtlebot3 burger b. Franka Emika Panda etc
• ROS file system configuration

Day 3

ROS cheat sheet and ROS Workspace

• ROS Cheat Sheet
• Importance of catkin workspace
• Navigating the ROS Filesystem
• Creating Catkin workspace
• ROS in built Packages

Day 4

ROS Topics

• Creating ROS Package
• Writing simple Publisher and Subscriber using python
• Building your nodes
• Creating ROS Topic message
• Writing the Publisher topic
• Writing the Subscriber topic

Day 5

ROS Services

• Creating ROS Package
• Writing a Simple Service and Client using python
• Building your nodes
• Creating ROS Service Message
• Writing a Service server
• Writing the Service Client

Day 6

Introduction to Rviz and Gazebo simulator

• Introduction to GUI tools
• Explanation about Rviz
• Introduction to Gazebo and its features
• Hands on exercise with model builder on gazebo for making robot world

Day 7

Building two wheeled Robot

• Introduction to URDF and its properties
• Basic syntax explanation
• Links
• Joint
• Sensor etc.
• Building two wheeled robot using URDF

Day 8

Integrating two wheeled Robot with LDS sensor and RGB Camera

• Introduction to Xacro
• Converting two wheeled robot URDF file into Xacro file
• Introduction to Laser Distance Sensor
• Integration of laser Distance sensor to the two wheeled robot
• Object Detection through Laser rays
• Introduction to RGB Camera plugin
• View the Simulated environment with RGB Camera

Day 9

Navigation and Mapping

• Introduction to Navigation and Mapping
• Creating a 3D environment for Mapping on Gazebo
• Introduction to gmapping
• Navigation of two wheeled robot through the Trained map Environment

Day 10

Working with Turtlebot3 Burger

• Introduction to Turtlebot3 burger
• Features of Turtlebot3 Burger
• Components of Turtlebot3 Burger
• Specifications of Turtlebot3 Burger
• Remote PC
• Single Board Computer
• OpenCR
• Turtlebot3 Burger Package Installation
• Basic operations