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[ROS Q&A] 190 – Air Drag in Gazebo

by Miguel Angel | Aug 23, 2019 | Gazebo Tutorials, ROS Q&A

What will you learn in this post How to create a Gazebo plugin to generate dragging when a model moves. How to create a simple propulsion system plugin List of resources used in this post The ROSject with the code used in this post. Git of Pan And Tilt Project, in...

Why Do We Need To Learn ROS?

by Ricardo Tellez | Aug 21, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

This episode is dedicated to the notion that you can make an impact in society by creating the intelligence of the robots of the future. I want to convert you into a robotics developer. In case you want to become a robotics developer, then you need to learn ROS. Wait...

My Robotic Manipulator #03 – URDF Inertia for Gazebo

by Marco Arruda | Aug 19, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

URDF Inertia for Gazebo - Introduction Hey ROS developers! In this post, we will make our robot able to be spawned into Gazebo simulator. Based on the YouTube video series, we'll show in this format the steps to achieve the final result of the series! In this post...

[Robot Modeling] Comparing Mecanum Wheels with Diff Drive robots – Ep.4

by The Construct | Aug 14, 2019 | ROS Q&A

About In this video, we're going to compare our Mecanum Wheels to the simpler Diff Drive robot by using the standard "go to point" motion planning algorithm and an improved one You will learn Understand better the broad range of possibilities of mecanum wheels Code a...

Affordable Mobile Manipulator TR2 with Zach Allen

by Ricardo Tellez | Aug 13, 2019 | ROS Developers Podcast

In this episode we interview Zach Allen, CEO of Slate Robotics. At Slate Zach and his team develop what is called a mobile manipulator. What is a mobile manipulator? It is a robot that is able to navigate around an environment and it is also able to grasp things. In...