I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are thinking about using ROS for their Drones or may be trying to apply their path planning to drones. If you are thinking about using your favorite robot framework for drones, then this episode is dedicated to you!

Today, we will talk about Drones and ROS, delving into everything related to the world of drones with an expert. You can gain valuable insights for programming your drones.

But before going into the meat, let me tell you about the Robotics Developer Masterclass that we at The Construct have created. The Robotics Developer Masterclass is a full teaching package that lasts about 6 months, you can go at your own pace. It will teach you all the skills you need to go into a company and start working with programming robots. You will have all the practical skills that companies are requesting.

You can have a look at the Path that we are providing to you where we bring you from novice status into a robotics developer status where you are job-ready to be hired and work from Day one.

Our program is based on several phases. For each phase, you are going to have some online courses with simulations that also connect with the remote robot lab we have built for the different phases.

For Phase 1, we have the City Lab.

For Phase 2, we have the Warehouse Robot Lab.

For Phase 3, we have the Cyberworld Robot Lab.

For the final project,  you’ll have to work in a Real Robot Cafeteria that we built at The Construct.

Students’ final project

By the end of the program, you’ll have a 3-month internship (optional) at some robotics company to practice the skills you have learned from the Masterclass.

Have a look at our webpage about the different subjects you can learn on ROS1 and ROS2 and start the practice with robots from minute one with The Construct.

Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Kimberly McGuire. Kimberly is a robotics engineer at Bicraze where she develops the tools that connect the Crazyflie with the community of developers. She received her Ph.D. in 2019 with a thesis about “Swarm Exploration with Pocket Drones”. 

Welcome to the podcast Kimberly!