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My Robotic Manipulator #1: Basic URDF & RViz

by Marco Arruda | Aug 2, 2019 | ROS Q&A

My Robotic Manipulator - Introduction Hey ROS developers! In this post, we start working on our own robotic manipulator. 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 number #1, I'm gonna...

ROS2 Tutorials #5: How to create a ROS2 Package for Python

by Alberto Ezquerro | Aug 2, 2019 | ROS2 Tutorials

About In this post, you will learn how to create a simple ROS2 package for Python. You don’t need a ROS2 installation for this as we will use the ROS Development Studio (ROSDS), an online platform that provides access to ROS (1 or 2) computers and other powerful ROS...

[Morpheus Chair] Gazebo Simulation with MoveIt! for your Robot Arm | S4.Ep.4

by Miguel Angel | Aug 1, 2019 | Real Robots with ROS

About In this video you will learn: How to create a gazebo simulation for your Robot Arm How to integrate the gazebo simulation with moveit How to add a Depth sensor in gazebo Special Thanks to Clarkson University and specially James Carrol and its team for lending us...

[Robot Modeling] Create a Virtual Model of an Omni Wheel Robot – Ep.1

by The Construct | Jul 29, 2019 | Gazebo Tutorials

Welcome to this series of creating a virtual model of a robot that uses mecanum wheels. https://youtu.be/zoaPiAfwxBQ You will learn What is an Omni Wheel Modeling an Omni Wheel using URDF Create launch files and show Omni Wheels in RViz/Gazebo Robot Used in this video...

Exploring ROS with a 2 wheeled robot #13 – GMapping

by Marco Arruda | Jul 27, 2019 | Robotics with ROS

Step 0 - Introduction Hey ROS Developers! This is our last post of the series, actually a Bonus post, to show something ready-to-use ROS provides to us. The GMapping package, to create maps while our robot navigates in a given environment. We are going to show how to...