What is ROS?
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM (ROS) If you are reading this, it is because you either are or you want to become a ROS developer. Basically a ROS developer is somebody who wants to build programs for robots based on ROS. Yeah, but what is ROS? How can I learn ROS? How can I start developing
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A History of ROS (Robot Operating System)
ROS (Robot Operating System) is now very popular among roboticists. Researchers, hobbyists, and even robotics companies are using it, promoting it and supporting it. However, it was not always like that. Do you know ROS history? In the early days, ROS was an unknown only used by a bunch of robotics freaks. How did ROS reach
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Learning Python for Robotics
Python is a good choice if you want to become a robotics developer (i.e. program robots), specially if you want to program your robots with ROS. On a previous post, I discussed about whether to learn ROS using C++ or using Python. On that post, I argued that, if you know neither Python nor C++
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AWS RoboMaker With Roger Barga
The following podcast episode was recorded during the ROSCON 2019 in Macau. Today, we are going to talk with the person behind RoboMaker, the cloud robotics solution from Amazon. But before going into that, let me remind you about our ROS online academy. Yes, at The Construct we have created an online academy named the
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ROS Robots For Researchers, Educators and Developers With Michael Ferguson
The following podcast episode was recorded during the ROSCON 2019 at Macau. Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to those ROS developers that have been using ROS for more than 10 years. You started in the difficult days when ROS was just a seed. Today we are going to talk with a person
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The ROS SLAM Toolbox by Steve Macenski
Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to porting packages from ROS1 to ROS2. There is still a lot of work to be done, but you are making this possible. This episode is dedicated to you! And today, it is my pleasure to introduce you Steve Macenski. Steve is open source robotics engineer lead
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[ROS Q&A] 197 – Error in Writing a tf2 broadcaster Tutorial (Python)
Learn how to create a Python program for broadcasting a tf2 between 2 frames. This video is an answer to the following question found on ROS Answers. You’ll learn: How to create a Python program for broadcasting a tf between 2 frames. Feedback Did you like this video? Do you have questions about what is
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How to Test Your ROS Programs
How can you test the ROS programs you are developing for a robot? If you are building a program for a robot, you have to make sure that it works properly, and for that, you need some tests. If you think that you should test your programs directly on the robot, think again. Testing on
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