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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...

[RDS] 003 – ROS Development Studio Howto #3 move a robot with a python script

by Ruben Alves | Feb 9, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video, the third of a series, we are going to show how to move a robot with a python script by using the ROS Development Studio environment (http://rds.theconstructsim.com) This video shows: 1- How to create a new ROS project and how to open it for...

Using OpenAI with ROS

by Ricardo Tellez | Feb 9, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

OpenAI has released the Gym, a toolkit for developing and comparing reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. That toolkit is a huge opportunity for speeding up the progress in the creation of better reinforcement algorithms, since it provides an easy way of...

[ROS Projects] Exploring ROS with a 2 Wheeled Robot #Part 2 – URDF Macros

by Marco Arruda | Feb 8, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

In this video, we are going to explore the macros for URDF files, using XACRO files. At the end of this video, we will have the same model organized in different files, in a organized way. https://youtu.be/NK7lIjYcSYU References RDS: https://rds.theconstructsim.com/...

[ROS Projects] – Performing LSD-SLAM with a ROS based Parrot AR.Drones – #Part 2

by Alberto Ezquerro | Feb 7, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this 2nd video of the series, we are going to solve some compilation errors we got in the previous video, and we are trying to launch the nodes for performing LSD SLAM. https://youtu.be/7XvfajyvDWA