Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

Getting started with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

One of the requirements of the Chefbot was that it should be able to navigate the environment autonomously and deliver food. To achieve this requirement, we have to use several algorithms, such as SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) and AMCL (Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization). There are different approaches to solving the autonomous navigation problem. In this book, we are mainly sticking with these algorithms. The SLAM algorithms are used for mapping an environment at the same time as localizing the robot on the same map. It's seems like a chicken-and-egg problem, but now there are different algorithms to solve it. The AMCL algorithm is used to localize the robot in an ...