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[ROS in 5 mins] 024 – How to compile a ROS Message

by Ruben Alves | Aug 14, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hello ROS Developers! In today's video we are going to learn how to compile a ROS Message. For that we are going to use Robot Ignite Academy, which is the best tool if you want Learn ROS Fast. Before we start, if you are new to ROS and want to Learn ROS Fast, I...

[ROS in 5 mins] 023 – Understanding ROS Coordinate Frame (Part 1)

by Arif Rahman | Aug 14, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

How does your robot know which way is forward? Is it in the x-axis, or y-axis? Positive or negative? In this video we are going to look at the convention for coordinate frames. This convention is specified in REP 103 - Standard Units of Measure and Coordinate...

[ROS Projects] – Use OpenAI_ROS with Turtlebot2 Step by Step – PE

by Miguel Angel | Aug 14, 2018 | ROS Q&A

This is an extra short video updating what it has been done new on OpenAI_ROS package. You can find the link to the package wiki down below. This is important for the people that saw the other two videos, because the structure of the package has changed and it...

[ROS Q&A] 149 – How to command joint position of a robot in ROS using Python?

by Arif Rahman | Aug 14, 2018 | ROS Q&A

This video extends the excellent tutorial on Gazebo-ROS control by demonstrating a Python script that will send the command to move a robot. The robot is used as an example, and a simple Python code sends joint position command to it through the appropriate topic....

Movelt! Camp: Learning Movelt! with Sawyer robot in 5 weeks!

by The Construct | Aug 13, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this series of videos we are going to learn how to use MoveIt! package with industrial robots. In this series we are going to use the Sawyer robot by Rethink Robotics. Remember that you can follow all the steps with us at the same time by using the ROS Development...