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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

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

Python is a good choice if you want to become a robotics developer (i.e. program robots), especially 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++,

Hello ROS Developers! In this post, we are going to show a way of creating a custom program to send desired positions with respect to the task space of the Open Manipulator end effector. There are many possibilities to program this robot. For the sake of simplicity, we will use a single service available to move the arm

Hello ROS Developers! In this post we are going to setup the simulation of the robot OpenMANIPULATOR-X from Robotis company. All the steps were based on their official documents Let’s start creating a new ROSJect, we are going to use Ubuntu 18.04 + ROS2 Eloquent, which is also a ROS 1 Melodic environment.   Configuring environment

.                 What we are going to learn How to add modifications to the 3D model. How to create a load sensor plugin for gazebo. How to set up navigation, create a map and save table waypoints. In summary, we will learn how to create a simulation that

Hey ROS Developers! In this post, we are going step-by-step to install ROS 2 Crystal in a fresh Ubuntu 18.04. I’m using a regular desktop computer, the one I use to support me on ROS development. This tutorial is a report of my personal experience as a ROS developer. All the steps were taken from