Ramkumar Gandhinathan Author

Ramkumar Gandhinathan is a roboticist and researcher by profession. He started building robots in the sixth grade and has been in the robotics field for over 15 years through personal and professional connections. He has personally built over 80 robots of different types. With 7 years' overall professional experience (4 years full-time and 3 years part-time/internship) in the robotics industry, he has 5 years of ROS experience. As a part of his professional career, he has built over 15 industrial robot solutions using ROS. He is also fascinated by building drones and is a drone pilot. His research interests and passion are in the fields of SLAM, motion planning, sensor fusion, multi-robot communication, and systems integration. Lentin Joseph is an author, roboticist, and robotics entrepreneur from India. He runs a robotics software company called Qbotics Labs in Kochi, Kerala. He has 8 years of experience in the robotics domain, primarily in ROS, OpenCV, and PCL. He has authored several books on ROS, namely Learning Robotics Using Python, first and second edition; Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, first and second edition; ROS Robotics Projects, first edition; and Robot Operating System for Absolute Beginners. He completed his master's degree in robotics and automation in India and has worked at Robotics Institute, CMU, USA. He is also a TEDx speaker.