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[ROS Q&A] 104 – How to add a rotating join to Kinect in Turtlebot

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

We solve today a question from ROS answers that asks about how to add a rotating joint to the Turtlebot Kinect sensor: https://answers.ros.org/question/280715/include-a-rotation-axis-to-turtlebot/ Q: How to Include a rotation Axis to Turtlebot Kinect? A: Basically,...

[RDS] 004 – ROS Development Studio #Howto use git in RDS

by Ruben Alves | Feb 14, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we show how to use git in RDS. We do that by showing how to use git to clone a Gazebo Simulation of the Parrot Ardrone on the ~/simulation_ws (Simulation Workspace) and also we use git to clone a training package to the ~/catkin_ws (Catkin Workspace)....

[ROS Projects] Exploring ROS with a 2 Wheeled Robot #Part 3 – URDF Laser Scan Sensor

by Marco Arruda | Feb 13, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this video, we are going to insert a laser scan sensor to a 2 wheeled robot the robot. https://youtu.be/oIz1ay8hCZs References RDS: https://rds.theconstructsim.com/ Source Code Repository: https://bitbucket.org/theconstructcore/two-wheeled-robot Gazebo plugins:...

[ROS Projects] – Build the Sentinel Robots from Matrix for Gazebo Simulator #Part2

by Miguel Angel | Feb 12, 2018 | Gazebo Tutorials, Robotics with ROS

Second part where we talk about how the xacro works in depth. Check out the first part if you haven't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8pipPGL7KE&t=31s https://youtu.be/TR3doymrY2w

RDP 004: Using Docker to Cross-Compile ROS With Francisco Martin

by Ricardo Tellez | Feb 12, 2018 | ROS Developers Podcast

In this episode, I interview Francisco Martin, associated professor at the University Juan Carlos I in Madrid, where he teaches robotics by using ROS. He is also a participant of the Robocup and the ROCKin competitions. He will explain how have they hacked Pepper the...