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Youtube. Design, Implementation and Validation of the Three-Wheel Holonomic Motion System of the Assistant Personal Robot (APR) ROS development with Visual Studio Code inside a Docker container – Erdal's blog. In this post I am going to extend my previously discussed approach for developing ROS packages with Visual Studio Code by utilising the new remote extensions from Microsoft that enable development in a sandboxed environment inside a Docker container.

ROS development with Visual Studio Code inside a Docker container – Erdal's blog

To follow along you will need to install Docker CE on your system. The official documentation offers detailed installation instructions for every operating system. I will base this post on my panda_simulation GitHub repository where I integrated the FRANKA EMIKA Panda robot into the Gazebo simulation environment. I will not provide instructions for displaying the user interfaces through Docker containers. This will be discussed in a separate post. This guide is for developing and running ROS nodes that do not require a user interface for running the Gazebo simulation without gzclient, the program that is responsible for exposing the simulation to a user interface. Create configuration files devcontainer.json Dockerfile Modify bash mode #! Results.

Self-Driving Cars & Localization. A Particle Filter is another implementation of the Bayes Filter.

Self-Driving Cars & Localization

In a Particle Filter, we create particles throughout the area defined by the GPS and we assign a weight to each particle. The weight of a particle represents the probability that our vehicle is at the location of the particle. Unlike the Kalman filter, we have our probabilities are not continuous values but discrete values, we talk about weights. The implementation of the algorithm is according to the following scheme. We distinguish four stages (Initialization, Prediction, Update, Sampling) realized with the help of several data (GPS, IMU, speeds, measurements of the landmarks). Initialization — We use an initial estimate from the GPS and add noise (due to sensor inaccuracy) to initialize a chosen number of particles. AtsushiSakai/PythonRobotics: Python sample codes for robotics algorithms. Astar. Autonomous Robotics: Syllabus.

Course Information and Catalog Description A hands-on introduction to programming autonomous mobile robots.

Autonomous Robotics: Syllabus

The focus of this course is on designing robotic systems that navigate independently in complex environments. Specific topics include localization, mapping, kinematics, path planning and computer vision. There is no required textbook for this course. All readings will be made available as handouts or electronic resources. Instructor Information You may use email to contact me. Course Content and Goals At the conclusion of this course students should be able to: Write software that interacts with robotic hardware. Control - how to implement tracking problem with PID controller - Robotics Stack Exchange. I'm trying to implement the tracking problem for this example using PID controller.

control - how to implement tracking problem with PID controller - Robotics Stack Exchange

The dynamic equation is I¨θ+d˙θ+mgLsin(θ)=u. Vrep-api-python/pioneer.py at master · Troxid/vrep-api-python. Pid. COMP417, McGill. Overview This course provides an introduction to robotic systems from a computational perspective.

COMP417, McGill

A robot is regarded as an intelligent computer that can use sensors and act on the world. We will consider the definitional problems in robotics and look at how they are being solved in practice and by the research community. The emphasis is on algorithms, probabilistic reasoning, optimization, inference mechanisms, and behavior strategies, as opposed to electromechanical systems design. This course aims to help students improve their probabilistic modeling skills and instill the idea that a robot that explicitly accounts for its uncertainty works better than a robot that does not. Teaching Staff Instructor florian@X. CS354 Schedule. Understanding Kalman Filters, Part 1: Why Use Kalman Filters? Video - MATLAB. In this video, we’ll discuss why you’d use Kalman filters.

Understanding Kalman Filters, Part 1: Why Use Kalman Filters? Video - MATLAB

If you’re not familiar with the topic, you may be asking yourself, “What is a Kalman filter? Is it a new brand of coffee filter that brews the smoothest tasting coffee?” No, it’s not. A Kalman filter is an optimal estimation algorithm. Today we’ll discuss two examples that demonstrate common uses of Kalman filters. To illustrate this, let’s go to Mars before anyone else does. To prevent such a situation, you should closely monitor the internal temperature of the combustion chamber. Now that you know the solution to your problem, you can continue your journey to Mars.

Tutorial de Vrep y OpenCV-Python – robologs. ¡Buenas, homo fabers!

Tutorial de Vrep y OpenCV-Python – robologs

¿Qué tal? Hoy os explicaré cómo integrar OpenCV Python con el simulador de robots Vrep. Este simulador es perfecto para construir un prototipo para nuestros robots y testear algoritmos sin tener que comprar y montar piezas. Además, los robots pueden programarse en Python, lo que nos permite utilizar OpenCV para dotar de visión a nuestras creaciones virtuales. Troxid/vrep-api-python: Simple for use Python binding for Coppelia Robotics V-REP simulator (remote API) V-REP, Gazebo or ARGoS? A robot simulators comparison.

Robots Multi-agent systems C++ AI Tutorials Date: Jan 2018 Publication: Pitonakova, L., Giuliani, M., Pipe, A., Winfield, A. (2018) Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators.

V-REP, Gazebo or ARGoS? A robot simulators comparison

Proceedings of the 19th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS 2018), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10965, Springer, 357-368. QUT Robot Academy. ROS Integration - Quadrotor 2D Mapping & Navigation. OctoMap - 3D occupancy mapping. FIT3D.info.