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Simulations Are The Key To Intelligent Robots

by Ricardo Tellez | Sep 14, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

I read an article entitled Games Hold the Key to Teaching Artificial Intelligent Systems, by Danny Vena, in which the author states that computer games like Minecraft, Civilization, and Grand Theft Auto have been used to train intelligent systems to perform better in...

[ROS in 5 mins] 037 – What is ROS PACKAGE PATH and how to use it?

by Ruben Alves | Sep 10, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hello ROS Developers Welcome to this new post about ROS. In today's post, we are going to learn what is the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH variable and how it is used by the ROS ecosystem. The commands used here can be executed in your own computer if you have ROS installed, but...

[ROS in 5 mins] 036 – How to use and configure rosed

by Bayode Aderinola | Sep 10, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this video, we will see what rosed is, and how to use and configure it, in less than five minutes! We'll be using a very simple sample package to demonstrate this. If you are a ROS beginner and want to learn ROS basics fast, we recommend you take any of the...

[ROS Q&A] 153 Use ROSjects locally

by Miguel Angel | Sep 10, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video you will learn how to use a ROSject locally. In this case we will use the WAM-V from RobotX Challenge ROSject, but this applies for any ROSject https://youtu.be/cxKotvnteUs Related recourses mentioned in the video: Permanent Link Project Create WS...

[ROS in 5 mins] 035 – How to create a ROS Action Client

by Ruben Alves | Sep 10, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hi ROS Developers, in today's post, we are going to learn how to create a ROS Action Client, how to call the Action Server and print the feedback and result messages. Before we start, if you are new to ROS, I highly recommend you taking one of the following courses on...