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ROS Developers LIVE-Class #26: Robot Behavior Design using the FlexBe Engine

by The Construct | Jul 19, 2018 | ROS LIVE-Class

This is the first of three(3) live classes on Robot Behavior Design using the FlexBe Engine. The FlexBe Engine allows you to string together various states easily, make changes at runtime and create simple behaviors using Drag & Drop interface equipped with...

[ROS Q&A] 140 – How to Modify a Robot’s Coordinates When it Arrives at a Checkpoint?

by Arif Rahman | Jul 18, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we are going to see how to programmatically modify a robot's coordinates when it arrives at a known checkpoint. We will use the same technique as clicking on the 2D Pose Estimate in RViz, but with a Python...

Python vs C++ – How to run Python and C++ code in ROS

by Bayode Aderinola | Jul 17, 2018 | ROS Q&A

Python vs C++ - see the major difference between running code in the two major languages used by ROS. Let's go! Step 1: Create an account and Login to Robot Ignite Academy On Robot Ignite Academy, you get access to the best online ROS courses and environment. No need...

[ROS Projects] OpenAI with Moving Cube Robot in Gazebo Step-by-Step #Part5

by Miguel Angel | Jul 16, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

In this new ROS Project you are going to learn Step-by-Step how to create a robot cube that moves and that it learns to move using OpenAI environment. In this fifth and last video of the cube series, we create the Robot environment for OpenAI Gym for the moving...

[ROS in 5 mins] 020 – What is a ROS message? Part#2

by Bayode Aderinola | Jul 15, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

In this post, we will see how to check the structure of ROS messages so we can properly use them in our programs. This is the second part of this series, you can find the last one here: https://www.theconstruct.ai/ros-5-mins-018-ros-message-part1/ Let's go! Step 1:...