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We first want to express our sympathies for those impacted by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy as our communities and the world grapple with the spread of this virus. Here at The Construct, we are working...
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 (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...
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...
This episode is dedicated to all those people that were impressed by that TV series named the Knight Rider. You know, about that autonomous car named KITT which had adventure with his owner Michael Knight and solving crimes everywhere. I was influenced by that car and...
PDF: ROS Monday vol.5 I had an interesting discussion with a reader of this newsletter who replied to me a few weeks ago when I sent the newsletter about robots helping to fight the COVID. "Well, it depends on what you...
[ut_icon icon="fa-files-o" size="fa-2x" border="none" align="alignnone" color="#dd3333"]PDF: ROS Monday vol.4 Perception is one of the main features that differentiates robots from just machines. Perception is what makes a robot possible to perceive its environment...
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What you will learn Learn how to create a gazebo model using the SDF Format List of resources used in this post: Robot Ignite Academy, the place to learn to program robots using only a web browser ROS Development Studio (the environment used in the video), another...
[ut_icon icon="fa-files-o" size="fa-2x" border="none" align="alignnone" color="#dd3333"]PDF: ROS Monday vol.3 Everyone is thinking about a way to help in this coronavirus crisis, and that is what I love of humankind. Roboticists, we are no less. We also want to do our...
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What you will learn Learn how to spawn a robot from its package in any gazebo simulation you may have running List of resources used in this post: Two-wheeled Robot Repository: https://bitbucket.org/theconstructcore/two-wheeled-robot-simulation/src/master/ Robot...
Jun 27, 2020
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