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[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...

[ROS in 5 mins] 022 – What is a ROS publisher?

by Bayode Aderinola | Aug 13, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this post, we will see what a ROS publisher is all about in just about five minutes! We'll also see how it relates to ROS nodes and topics. Let's go! Step 1: Grab a copy of the Project (ROSject) on ROSDS Get it...

[ROS Q&A] 148 – ROS CPP Time and Duration arithmetics build error

by Marco Arruda | Aug 11, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we are going to explain about a problem trying to build a ROS C++ node using ros::Time and ros::Duration. It is because the order of the terms in sum operation matters. You can check in the video it is simple to solve but it can be a trap if you do not...