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Using Webots Robot Simulator With ROS With Olivier Michel

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 23, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to those ROS developers that use simulations as a key element in their ROS development. I mean, you use the simulation to test your programs until they work properly in it and then, and only then, you move to the real robot...

What is ROS?

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 20, 2019 | ROS Q&A

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM (ROS) If you are reading this, it is because you either are or you want to become a ROS developer. Basically a ROS developer is somebody who wants to build programs for robots based on ROS. Yeah, but what is ROS? How can I learn...

The DogBot Quadruped for AI Research With Greg Epps

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 19, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to those ROS developers that are creating a robotics startup based on real robots. I mean hardware!! And you make your robots based on ROS. Yeah you are the best! For the brave, this podcast is dedicated to you! And today,...

[ROS in 5 mins] 028 – What is Gazebo simulation?

by Bayode Aderinola | Sep 18, 2019 | Gazebo Tutorials, ROS Tutorials

Gazebo is a leader in robot simulation. It is a tool relied upon by hundreds of thousands of users and developers around the world. Perhaps you have heard "Gazebo simulation" many times, but you don't know exactly what it is or how it works. In this post, you will...

My Robotic Manipulator #05: ROS Controllers and XACRO

by Marco Arruda | Sep 17, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

Hey ROS Developers! In this 5th post of the series, we will expand the controllers to all the joints of our manipulator! Before finishing the post, you will be able to control and calibrate the controllers using graphical tools such as RQT Publisher and RQT...