programming

Using MATLAB for hardware-in-the-loop prototyping #1 : Message passing systems

Florian Enner 28 Jun 2017

MATLAB© is a programming language and environment designed for scientific computing. It is one of the best languages for developing robot control algorithms and is widely used in the research communi...

Teaching ROS quickly to students

Ricardo Téllez 09 Jun 2017

Lecturer Steffen Pfiffner of University of Weingarten in Germany is teaching ROS to 26 students at the same time at a very fast pace. His students, all of them within the Master on Computer Science of...

Smart Grasping System available on ROS Development Studio

Ruben Alves 10 May 2017

Would you like to make a robot to grasp something, but you think that is impossible to you just because you can’t buy a robot arm? I’m here to tell that you can definitely achieve this without buy...

Programming your NAO robot for human interaction

Philip English 09 May 2017

Today we are looking at how to program your NAO Robot for Human Interaction. Watch the video and follow the steps below to get interactive with your robot pal! [embed]https://youtu.be/fT8rNQEs-_w[/...

Machine Learning with OpenAI Gym on ROS Development Studio

Ricardo Téllez 08 May 2017

Imagine how easy it would be to learn skating, if only it doesn’t hurt everytime you fall. Unfortunately, we, humans, don’t have that option. Robots, however, can now “learn” their skills o...

ROS robotics projects

Lentin Joseph 04 Apr 2017

A new book by Lentin Joseph, ROS Robotics Programming, outlines more than 14 robotics projects using ROS that can be engaged with without requiring a lot of hardware. The book starts with an introdu...

Classroom robotics: Training teachers to code

Amanda Jaakkola 22 Mar 2017

*All images credit: ROBBO 30 teachers arrived, excited to learn. They rolled up their sleeves and placed laptops and Robot kits on the floor. The room filled with excitement (and laughter!) as ever...

Developing ROS programs for the Sphero robot

Ricardo Téllez 13 Mar 2017

You probably know the Sphero robot. It is a small robot with the shape of a ball. In case that you have one, you must know that it is possible to control it using ROS, by installing in your computer t...

Programming for robotics: Introduction to ROS

Péter Fankhauser 07 Mar 2017

This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different example...

Python programming your NAO robot

Philip English 09 Feb 2017

These videos aim to teach you how to begin programming your NAO with Python. The NAO can be programmed using several programming languages, including C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python. Instead of...

Artificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?

Alex Kirkpatrick 27 Jan 2017

On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists, leg...

Mastering ROS for robotics programming

Lentin Joseph 19 Jan 2016

A new book by Lentin Joseph, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, discusses advanced concepts in robotics and how to implement them using ROS. Readers will learn how to build models of complex ...