The advent of ROS, the Robot Operating System, has finally made it possible to implement
and use state-of-the-art navigation and manipulation algorithms on widely-available …

The Robot Operating System (ROS) has become the de facto standard middleware in the
robotics community. ROS bundles everything, from low-level drivers to tools that transform …

Abstract Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) is a common technique enabling HRI researchers to explore
aspects of interaction not yet backed by autonomous systems. A standardized, open, and …

We present rosbridge, a middleware abstraction layer which provides robotics technology
with a standard, minimalist applications development framework accessible to applications …

Want to develop novel robot applications, but don't know how to write a mapping or object-
recognition system? You're not alone, but you're certainly not without help. By combining …

Find out everything you need to know to build powerful robots with the most up-to-date ROS
About This Book This comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide will help you find your way …

For mobile robots, mobile manipulators, and autonomous vehicles to safely navigate around
populous places such as streets and warehouses, human observers must be able to …

The next chapter of the robotics revolution is well underway with the deployment of robots for
a broad range of commercial use cases. Even in a myriad of applications and environments …

Current developments in the field of user interface (UI) technologies as well as robotic
systems provide enormous potential to reshape the future of human-robot interaction (HRI) …

A practical, instructive, and comprehensive guide to introduce yourself to ROS, the top-
notch, leading robotics framework Overview Model your robot on a virtual world and learn …