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...
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What follows is the ROS story of Shahram Najam from Pakistan. Shahram is a ROS student at the Robot Ignite Academy, and he wanted to share his ROS engagement with all of us. Why ROS? So, for this article, it would be appropriate to give a brief background of who I am...
My Robotic Manipulator #02 – URDF + XACRO
Updated 07 August 2023 What we are going to learn How to build a robot in a matter of minutes How to see the robot in RViz How to move the parts of the robot using Joint State Publisher List of resources used in this post Use the rosject:...
[Robot Modeling] Using Gazebo Plugins to Simulate & Control Mecanum Wheels Robot – Ep.3
About This video aims to teach how the Gazebo plugins work with ROS and how to use then to move a robot with mecanum/omni wheels. You will learn Set up a Gazebo plugin in the XACRO file Control your robot with mecanum wheels using the keyboard...
RDP 049: Darknet ROS 3D with Francisco Martin
Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to the ROS Developers that participate at the European Robotics League. That is a robotics competition founded by the European Union, where participants can compete in urban environments. I know how difficult it is to make...
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