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[ROS Q&A] 098 – How to see if my ROS Publisher works using ROS Unit Testing

by Ruben Alves | Jan 22, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we show how we can see if a ROS Node that we have developed is publishing on a ROS Topic as expected. To check this we use "rostest.rosrun" and "unittest.TestCase" https://youtu.be/XEvAoRmdv_Q

RDP 001: Programming Human Size Humanoid Robots With Luca Marchionni

by Ricardo Tellez | Jan 21, 2018 | ROS Developers Podcast

Summary In this episode, Luca Marchionni CTO of Pal Robotics talks about how they use ROS for their humanoid robots. He will specifically describe how they achieved to control with ROS a human size humanoid robot that walks and required real time control. He will also...

[ROS Q&A] 097 – How can I represent a snake robot with many identical segmens in SDF?

by Miguel Angel | Jan 19, 2018 | ROS Q&A

The best way to represent a snake is not SDF but XACRO: http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/16715/how-can-i-represent-a-anake-robot-with-many-identical-segmens-in-sdf/ Q:How can I represent a anake robot with many identical segmens in SDF? A: SDFs for multipart...

How To Build A Robotics MOOC Based On ROS

by Ricardo Tellez | Jan 18, 2018 | Robotics with ROS, ROS Q&A

Many people would like to teach a MOOC about robotics, however the preparation of it can be very long, specially if one wants to provide on the course something more than just a list of facts and concepts. If the course is based on ROS, the teacher will have access to...

[ROS Q&A] 096 – How to publish negative values from command line

by Marco Arruda | Jan 18, 2018 | ROS Q&A

Q: How to publish negative values from command line ? A: Basically, there are two problems. The kind of message and the way the command is being used. ROS Q&A Forum:...