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Computer Vision. Computer Vision/Object Recognition | Technologies. Player. The Player Project (formerly the Player/Stage Project) is a project to create free software for research into robotics and sensor systems.[1] Its components include the Player network server and the Stage robot platform simulators. Although accurate statistics are hard to obtain, Player is one of the most popular open-source robot interfaces in research and post-secondary education.[2] Most of the major intelligent robotics journals and conferences regularly publish papers featuring real and simulated robot experiments using Player and Stage.

Overview[edit] Gazebo. DARPA Awards Simulation Software Contract to Open Source Robotics Foundation. Last week, DARPA officially announced its Robotics Challenge for disaster robots.

DARPA Awards Simulation Software Contract to Open Source Robotics Foundation

According to the program, teams that don't want (or can't afford) to build their own robots will be able to prove themselves using a standardized simulation environment (and later may receive a real robot to use in the competition). Now we got official confirmation that this standardized simulation environment will be based on the Gazebo simulator, one the primary tools used in the ROS community, and will be provided by the Open Source Robotics Foundation.

Huh? Webots. MORSE. MORSE is an generic simulator for academic robotics. It focuses on realistic 3D simulation of small to large environments, indoor or outdoor, with one to tenths of autonomous robots. MORSE can be entirely controlled from the command-line. Simulation scenes are generated from simple Python scripts. MORSE comes with a set of standard sensors (cameras, laser scanner, GPS, odometry,...), actuators (speed controllers, high-level waypoints controllers, generic joint controllers) and robotic bases (quadrotors, ATRV, Pioneer3DX, generic 4 wheel vehicle, PR2,...). New ones can easily be added. MORSE rendering is based on the Blender Game Engine. OpenGRASP. Robotics simulator. A robotics simulator is used to create embedded applications for a robot without depending physically on the actual machine, thus saving cost and time. In some case, these applications can be transferred on the real robot (or rebuilt) without modifications.

The term robotics simulator can refer to several different robotics simulation applications. For example, in mobile robotics applications, behavior-based robotics simulators allow users to create simple worlds of rigid objects and light sources and to program robots to interact with these worlds. Behavior-based simulation allows for actions that are more biological in nature when compared to simulators that are more binary, or computational. In addition, behavior-based simulators may "learn" from mistakes and are capable of demonstrating the anthropomorphic quality of tenacity. Pr2_simulator. Electric: Documentation generated on March 02, 2013 at 01:05 PMfuerte: Documentation generated on January 02, 2014 at 11:43 AMgroovy: Documentation generated on April 24, 2014 at 03:45 PM (job status).hydro: Cannot load information on name: pr2_simulator, distro: hydro, which means that it is not yet in our index.

Please see this page for information on how to submit your repository to our index.indigo: Cannot load information on name: pr2_simulator, distro: indigo, which means that it is not yet in our index. Please see this page for information on how to submit your repository to our index. Robot Operating System. Robot Operating System (ROS) is a software framework for robot software development, (see also Robotics middleware) providing operating system-like functionality on a heterogeneous computer cluster.

Robot Operating System

ROS was originally developed in 2007 under the name switchyard by the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in support of the Stanford AI Robot STAIR[2][3] project. Industrial. ROS-Industrial Overview ROS-Industrial is a BSD (legacy) / Apache 2.0 (preferred) licensed program that contains libraries, tools and drivers for industrial hardware.

Industrial

It is supported and guided by the ROS-Industrial Consortium. The goals of ROS-Industrial are to: Real-Time Robotics with state-of-the art open source software: case studies. Smarter control in robotics & automation! Xenomai. The Orocos Project. KUKA youBot Store. . Simulation - Gazebo. Gazebo. External Documentation This is primarily a third party wrapper package with external documentation.

gazebo

Core Gazebo-ROS Plugins In addition to including a stable version of Gazebo, this package package builds two core plugins for integrating Gazebo with ROS. ROS API Plugin This plugin initializes a ROS node called "gazebo" and then integrates the ROS callback scheduler with Gazebo's internal scheduler to provide the ROS interfaces described below. Additionally, Gazebo will publish to the ROS /clock topic in order to provide a ROS system with simulation-synchronized time. * Robots using ROS. Meka Robotics - Dexterous Mobile Manipulators and Humanoids. Robotic Open Platform - About Robotic Open Platform. ROP. Documentation. Orocos/ros Integration. This package supports the 1.x versions of RTT.

Orocos/ros Integration

Check out the orocos_toolchain_ros for integration with the 2.x versions. Smarter control in robotics & automation! ROS: stacks news. Development on our OpenNI/ROS integration for the Kinect and PrimeSense Developers Kit 5.0 device continues as a fast pace. For those of you participating in the contest or otherwise hacking away, here's a summary of what's new. As always, contributions/patches are welcome. Driver Updates: Bayer Images, New point cloud and resolution options via dynamic_reconfigure Suat Gedikli, Patrick Mihelich, and Kurt Konolige have been working on the low-level drivers to expose more of the Kinect features. * PR2. Point Clouds. The following links describe a set of basic PCL tutorials.

Point Clouds

Please note that their source codes may already be provided as part of the PCL regular releases, so check there before you start copy & pasting the code. The list of tutorials below is automatically generated from reST files located in our git repository. As always, we would be happy to hear your comments and receive your contributions on any tutorial. Robotics Developer Studio. <a id="b7777d05-f9ee-bedd-c9b9-9572b26f11d1" target="_self" class="mscom-link download-button dl" href="confirmation.aspx?

Robotics Developer Studio

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Enchanting v0.2 is out! Jul 9, 2014 - Enchanting v0.2.4.3 is out and now includes an updated Spanish translation. May 6, 2014 - Enchanting v0.2.4.2 is out, and now includes a Czech translation. Home - TurtleBot. Research Robots for universities and defense robotics. Research Robots Adept MobileRobots supplies mobile robot systems for research, education and experimental application development.

Research Robots for universities and defense robotics

All ground robots include Pioneer SDK. Adept MobileRobots Pioneer 3-DX (P3DX) differential drive robot for research and education. The Pioneer is the world's most popular research mobile robot.

Adept MobileRobots Pioneer 3-DX (P3DX) differential drive robot for research and education

The Pioneer’s versatility, reliability and durability have made it the reference platform for robotics research. Unlike hobby and kit robots, Pioneer is fully programmable, and will last through years of tough classroom and laboratory use. The base Pioneer 3 DX platform arrives fully assembled with embedded controller, motors with 500-tick encoders, 19cm wheels, tough aluminum body, 8 forward-facing ultrasonic (sonar) sensors, 8 optional rear-facing sonar, 1, 2 or 3 hot-swappable batteries, and our complete software development kit. Add an optional internal computer or your own laptop and the robot is ready to go. Additional sensors, manipulators and other accessories are available to customize your Pioneer for your specific tasks.

The base Pioneer 3 DX platform can reach speeds of 1.6 meters per second and carry a payload of up to 23 kg. Welcome to Aseba - ASEBA & Robots. European Robotics Technology Platform. EUROP, the European Robotics Technology Platform, is an industry-driven framework for the main stakeholders in robotics to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in robotic R&D, as well as global markets, and to improve quality of life.

To this aim EUROP has developed a joint European Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), which would help focus research initiatives and innovative activities towards maximum impact. The SRA was published in July 2009. EUROP is one of several European Technology Platforms (ETPs) supported by the EU. The European Robotics Coordination Action (euRobotics CA), an EU project within the Seventh Framework Programme of the Information and Communication Technology, currently supports EUROP. EUROP's roots go back to October 2004, when leading European robotics organisations started to formulate the need for a consolidated approach to European robotics, which led to the constitution of EUROP as an ETP in October 2005.

EURON : index. IIP RoboNed. FP7 : ICT : Cognitive Systems and Robotics. European Robotics Technology Platform. June 2012. Bobbie Robotics - Home. Robosavvy. Arduino (computerplatform) Arduino Uno IDE van Arduino. Arduino - HomePage. Thecorpora S.L. Bilibot 1.0 successful, working on 2.0. Samsung files patents for robot that mimics human walking and breathing, ratchets up the creepy factor. As much as Samsung is big on robots, it hasn't gone all-out on the idea until a just-published quartet of patent applications. The filings have a robot more directly mimicking a human walk and adjusting the scale to get the appropriate speed without the unnatural, perpetually bent gait of certain peers.

To safely get from point A to point B, any path is chopped up into a series of walking motions, and the robot constantly checks against its center of gravity to stay upright as it walks uphill or down. All very clever, but we'd say Samsung is almost too fond of the uncanny valley: one patent has rotating joints coordinate to simulate the chest heaves of human breathing. We don't know if the company will ever put the patents to use; these could be just feverish dreams of one-upping Honda's ASIMO at its own game. * Monitor: A new twist on an old idea. CATA - City Autonomous Transportation Agent. Prof. Dr. Jianwei Zhang Director, Institute TAMS (Technical Aspects of Multimodal Systems) Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 'Computers beschikken binnen vijf jaar over zintuigen' AMSTERDAM - Onze computers en telefoons zullen binnen vijf jaar kunnen voelen, zien, horen, proeven en ruiken. Intel Adds Nuance Voice Recognition to Perceptual Computing SDK Beta.

Robotics. Robotics is the branch of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots,[1] as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. These technologies deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, behavior, and/or cognition.

Many of today's robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. * How Google's Self-Driving Car Works. Kinect Enabled Autonomous Mini Robot Car Navigation. An autonomous flying robot that avoids obstacles. An autonomous flying robot avoids a tree on the Cornell Arts Quad (credit: Saxena lab) Able to guide itself through forests, tunnels, or damaged buildings, an autonomous flying robot developed by Ashutosh Saxena, assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University, and his team could have tremendous value in search-and-rescue operations, according to the researchers.

The test vehicle is a quadrotor, a commercially available flying machine table with four helicopter rotors. Human controllers can’t always react swiftly enough, and radio signals may not reach everywhere the robot goes. Robot ethics: Morals and the machine. Artificial intelligence. AI research is highly technical and specialized, and is deeply divided into subfields that often fail to communicate with each other.[5] Some of the division is due to social and cultural factors: subfields have grown up around particular institutions and the work of individual researchers. AI research is also divided by several technical issues. Some subfields focus on the solution of specific problems. Others focus on one of several possible approaches or on the use of a particular tool or towards the accomplishment of particular applications.

The central problems (or goals) of AI research include reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning, natural language processing (communication), perception and the ability to move and manipulate objects.[6] General intelligence is still among the field's long-term goals.[7] Currently popular approaches include statistical methods, computational intelligence and traditional symbolic AI. History[edit] Robotics & Artificial Inteligence. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Blue Brain Project.