ConnectingaphysicalrobottoarobotsimulationusingtheRobotOperatingSystem(ROS)infrastructureisoneofthemostcommonchallengesfacedbyROSengineers.Withthisbook,you'lllearnhowtosimulatearobotinavirtualenvironmentandachievedesiredbehaviorinequivalentreal-worldscenarios.ThisbookstartswithanintroductiontoGoPiGo3andthesensorsandactuatorswithwhichitisequipped.You'llthenworkwithGoPiGo3'sdigitaltwinbycreatinga3DmodelfromscratchandrunningasimulationinROSusingGazebo.Next,thebookwillshowyouhowtouseGoPiGo3tobuildandrunanautonomousmobilerobotthatisawareofitssurroundings.Finally,you'llfindouthowarobotcanlearntasksthathavenotbeenprogrammedinthecodebutareacquiredbyobservingitsenvironment.You'llevencovertopicssuchasdeeplearningandreinforcementlearning.Bytheendofthisrobotprogrammingbook,you'llbewell-versedwiththebasicsofbuildingspecific-purposeapplicationsinroboticsanddevelopinghighlyintelligentautonomousrobotsfromscratch.