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[ROS Q&A] 195 – How to know if robot has moved one meter using Odometry

by Alberto Ezquerro | Sep 13, 2019 | ROS Q&A

Learn how to know if the robot has moved one-meter using Odometry. You'll learn how to: create a Python program for calculating the distance moved by the robot using the Odometry topic and publish it into a topic. create a Python program for testing that we can move...

[ROS Q&A] 194 – Add Pressure sensors in RVIZ

by Miguel Angel | Sep 12, 2019 | ROS Q&A

What will you learn in this post How to connect world frame to base_link of DogBot How to publish pressure sensors Markers for RVIZ List of resources used in this post The ROSject with the code used in this post. Git of DogBot simulation, in case you don’t want to use...

A History Of ROS (podcast)

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 11, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

ROS (Robot Operating System) is now very popular among roboticists. Researchers, hobbyists, and even robotics companies are using it, promoting it and supporting it. However, it was not always like that. Do you know ROS history? In the early days, ROS was an unknown...

[ROS Q&A] 193 – How to load a pre-built octomap into MoveIt

by Alberto Ezquerro | Sep 6, 2019 | ROS Q&A

About Learn how to load a pre-built octomap into MoveIt!. You'll learn: Create a Python program for loading an octomap into MoveIt Set Up MoveIt to detect this octomap https://youtu.be/Ib1ISnLlD38 RELATED ROS RESOURCES&LINKS: ROSject ---▸...

[ROS Q&A] 192 – Add Pressure sensors in Gazebo Simulation for DogBot

by Miguel Angel | Sep 6, 2019 | ROS Q&A

What will you learn in this post How to add pressure sensors in gazebo simulation using the DogBot robot. How to convert XACRO into SDF List of resources used in this post The ROSject with the code used in this post. Git of DogBot simulation, in case you don’t want to...