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Introduction of Robot Platforms and Relevant Tools

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This chapter introduces a number of robot platforms and relevant devices used throughout this book, including the humanoid robot platforms such as Baxter robot and iCub robot; visual sensors of Microsoft Kinect, stereo camera Point Grey Bumblebee2 and 3D camera Leap Motion, as well as haptic devices of SensAble Omni and Novint joystick Falcon. Meanwhile, a number of software toolkits useful in robot simulation are also introduced in this chapter, e.g., the MATLAB Robotics Toolbox and the Virtual Robot Experiment Platform (V-REP) simulator. Robot Operating System (ROS) is also briefly introduced by highlighting the ROS characters and ROS level concepts. These devices and toolkits are nowadays becoming more and more popularly used in the study of robotics, as they provide ideal means for the study, design, and test of the robotic technologies.

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  1. Key Lab of Autonomous Systems and Networked Control, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Chenguang Yang

  2. Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems, Plymouth University, Devon, UK

    Chenguang Yang

  3. School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Hongbin Ma & Mengyin Fu

  4. State Key Lab of Intelligent Control and Decision of Complex System, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Hongbin Ma & Mengyin Fu

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Yang, C., Ma, H., Fu, M. (2016). Introduction of Robot Platforms and Relevant Tools. In: Advanced Technologies in Modern Robotic Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0830-6_1

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