I know that it is a big task for someone with no experience. Still, I have a full year to start researching and understanding, so I was looking for courses online. Still, it is hard when you don’t know what you should be looking for to begin with, I have good Python knowledge and I am a mechatronics student so do you have any recommendations or better if you have a roadmap I will be very thankful for any help.
Creating an Autonomous Spider Robot is a fascinating and challenging project that involves multiple disciplines such as robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and control systems. Here’s a roadmap to help you get started, given your good Python knowledge and background in mechatronics:
1. Fundamentals of Robotics
- Course:
- Books:
- “Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control” by John J. Craig
- “Robot Modeling and Control” by Mark W. Spong, Seth Hutchinson, and M. Vidyasagar
2. Programming and Simulation Tools
- ROS (Robot Operating System):
- Course:
- Documentation and Tutorials:
- Simulation:
- Learn to use Gazebo for simulating robots in ROS.
3. Computer Vision
- Course:
- Libraries:
- OpenCV (Python)
- PyTorch/TensorFlow for implementing computer vision models
4. Machine Learning and AI
- Course:
- Books:
- “Deep Learning” by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
- “Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning” by Christopher M. Bishop
5. Path Planning and Navigation
- Course:
- Topics to Explore:
- A* algorithm, Dijkstra’s algorithm, RRT (Rapidly-exploring Random Tree), SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)
6. Control Systems
- Course:
- Books:
- “Modern Control Engineering” by Katsuhiko Ogata
- “Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems” by Gene F. Franklin, J. Da Powell, and Abbas Emami-Naeini
7. Integration and Project Work
- Start integrating your knowledge into building smaller projects:
- Line-following robot
- Simple obstacle-avoiding robot
- Gradually move towards more complex tasks involving path planning and navigation.
Additional Resources
- Communities and Forums:
- ROS Discourse
- Stack Overflow (for coding help)
- YouTube Channels:
- Robotics and AI
- Sentdex (for machine learning tutorials)
By following this roadmap, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed to tackle the various aspects of your Autonomous Spider Robot project. Take your time to master each area and build progressively more complex systems. Good luck!
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I am amazed by how much resources and help you have given me I wasn’t expecting this when I asked the question, I will pass this to my team, I can’t thank you enough <3
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Thank you sincerely for your heartfelt gratitude. I hope you achieve your goals.
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