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++,

Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to all those ROS developers that are working already with ROS 2. You are pioneering the next version of ROS, you are solving all the big bugs, you are providing all the. It is like you are moving on an uncharted territory so the rest of us

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The following podcast episode was recorded during the ROSCON 2019 in Macau. Today we are going to talk with the person behind the development of ROS for Windows, 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 Robot

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The following podcast episode was recorded during the ROSCON 2019 in Macau. Today we are going to talk with a couple of people that work a Canonical, you know, the company behind the development of Ubuntu. But before going into that, let me remind you about our ROS online academy. Yes, at the Construct we

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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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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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