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[ROS in 5 mins] 007 – What is rosrun and how it works?

by Ruben Alves | Jun 11, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hi! In today's video we are going to see what's rosrun, how rosrun works and what are its advantages. If you are new to ROS and want to Learn ROS Fast, I recommend you to take any of the following courses on Robot Ignite Academy: ROS Basics In 5 Days (Python)...

[ROS Projects] OpenAI with Hopper Robot in Gazebo Step-by-Step #Part2

by Miguel Angel | Jun 7, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

We continue setting up OpenAI-Gym to make a Hopper robot learn in Gazebo simulator, using ROS Development Studio. If you didn't follow the previous post, here are the links: [ROS Projects] Create a Hopper Robot in Gazebo Step-by-Step [ROS Projects] OpenAI with Hopper...

[ROS Projects] – My Robotic Manipulator – #Part 4 – ROS + URDF/Transmission + Gazebo Controllers

by Marco Arruda | Jun 6, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

In this video we are going to set up in our robotic manipulator a new URDF element: Transmissions. After that, we are able to integrate ROS and gazebo simulation using ROS controllers. We'll use a simplified model of the robot to see how it works. At the end of the...

RDP 015: Using ROS for Rescue Robots with Peter Kopias

by Ricardo Tellez | Jun 5, 2018 | ROS Developers Podcast

In this episode, we talk about how Peter is using ROS to create rescue robots that win robotics contests. He will explain what are the current limitiations of rescue robots and why they need a human pilot to drive them. He will also explain how they are doing...

ROS Extra Class: How to use GPS to do autonomous robot navigation?

by Ricardo Tellez | Jun 4, 2018 | ROS LIVE-Class, ROS Q&A

Basically what we are going to teach in this extra Live-Class is: 1- How to record a trajectory that you would like the robot to do 2- How to make the robot reproduce that trajectory Everything using the GPS as localization system. This time we are going to use...