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ROS Q&A | ROS Package Testing (Part 1)

by Marco Arruda | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Hello Developer! In the last years, unit testing has become more popular in a lot of programming languages. It's a very useful practice to any kind of program or project. The problem is "How do I start testing?". If you have already a project that has not being tested...

ROS Q&A | Parallel Robots – Implementing closed kinematic chains

by Miguel Angel | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Creating robots with Closed Kinematics structures in URDF is not supported. Thats why we have to use SDF format to be able to create them. Here is a micro-tutorial on how to create a simple closed box example in RDS: https://www.theconstruct.ai/rds-ro.... You...

ROS Q&A | How to import python modules from different ROS packages

by Miguel Angel | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Learn how to import python modules from other packages and make them available for all the system. Also learn how to correctly install python scripts and modules.

ROS Q&A | How to have any Gazebo sim running in 5 minutes

by Ricardo Tellez | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

We show how to launch a Gazebo simulation stored on a git repository. You can use any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux), without requiring ROS installation, special libraries or else. Just clone the git and launch. ...

ROS Q&A | How to Start Programming Drones using ROS

by Marco Arruda | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

In this video answer, we walk through the basics of a Parrot AR Drone Gazebo simulation. You will learn the topics provided by the simulation and how to use a ROS program to interact, sending commands or reading sensors, with this robot. [irp posts="8190"...