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[Gazebo Q&A] 003 – How to spawn an SDF custom model in Gazebo with ROS

by Miguel Angel | Oct 8, 2018 | Gazebo Tutorials

In this video, we are going to show you how to spawn an SDF model correctly using a ROS package. You will learn what to exactly setup so that gazebo can find the model and how to structure the model file to include all the elements needed for any model in...

[ROS in 5 mins] 044 – What is ROS tf?

by Bayode Aderinola | Oct 3, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this video, we'll see what the ROS tf package is, and what it does, and how to use one of its tools (rqt_tf_tree), in just about 5 minutes! Let's go! https://youtu.be/PFjIAf_99CI Step 0. Create a project in Robot Ignite Academy(RIA) We have the best online ROS...

[ROS in 5 mins] 043 – What is tf view_frames?

by Ruben Alves | Oct 3, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In today's video we're going to see what is tf view_frame and how it works. https://youtu.be/mO5VzdUCec8 Step 0. Create a project in Robot Ignite Academy(RIA) We have the best online ROS course available in RIA. It helps you learn ROS in the easiest way without...

[ROS Q&A] 157 – How to make TurtleBot rotate left and right?

by Alberto Ezquerro | Oct 3, 2018 | ROS Q&A

Learn how to make TurtleBot rotate left and right by running the python (.py) file. In the video, we try to answer the following question posted on the ROS Answers forum: https://answers.ros.org/question/304357/how-to-make-turtlebot-rotate-left-and-right/...

Case Studies – How HKPC learns ROS for their new division of Self-Driving Cars

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 26, 2018 | ROS Q&A

HKPC is the Hong Kong Productivity Council, a multi-disciplinary organization which is tasked with promoting and assisting the Hong Kong business sector through the introduction of more efficient and updated business and technological methods. We interviewed Yiu Chi...