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[ROS in 5 mins] 005 – What is a ROS Node?

by Bayode Aderinola | May 19, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hello ROS Developers! In this post, we'll see what a ROS node is in just 5 minutes! We'll see how to launch a ROS node, what a ROS node does and some commands to get basic and extended information about ROS nodes. Let's go! Step 1: Setup your development environment...

[ROS Projects] Create a Hopper Robot in Gazebo Step-by-Step

by Miguel Angel | May 18, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

Locomotion is one of the most challenging topics in robotics. Creating the hard-coded algorithms and the kinematics models is not an easy task. Therefore, its no surprise that AI has been used to try and make robots learn how to move by themselves. In this...

[ROS Q&A] 122 – How to show laser data on Rviz

by Ricardo Tellez | May 15, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video, we are going to answer a question found at ROS answers (https://goo.gl/ws2Whw). The person is asking why he cannot show the laser data of a fake laser given that he is publishing the proper frame and even a static transform from the laser to map....

[ROS IN 5 MIN] 004 – What is roscore?

by Bayode Aderinola | May 12, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hello ROS Developers! In this post, we are going to answer the question "What is roscore"? Our approach will be to SHOW what happens when roscore is NOT running and what happens when it is. And then we go briefly over the theory behind this. We'll also look at the...

My Robotic Manipulator #2: URDF & XACRO

by Marco Arruda | May 11, 2018 | ROS Q&A

URDF & XACRO In this video we'll improve our URDF code of the robotic manipulator using XACRO. From the URDF model, finish the robot, creating all joints and links and visualize it using RViz. Up to the end of the video, we will have the model finished, a launch...