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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...

[Morpheus Chair] Move Robot Arm with MoveIt! | S4.Ep.4

by Miguel Angel | Jul 25, 2019 | Real Robots with ROS

In today's post, we are going to connect what we learned in the two previous posts, which are How to control a Robot Arm with ROS and Creating a MoveIt! Package with MoveIt! Setup Assistant. Please make sure you read those posts before following on this one since the...