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How to calculate a robot’s forward kinematics in 5 easy steps

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 25 Nov 2015

Calculating the forward kinematics is often a vital first step to using a new robot in research. While there are some good tutorials available online, up until now there hasn't been a simple step-by-s...

Where to place fuses and how to protect your robot and motors

Robots for Roboticists 02 Aug 2015

When you design a system it is often tempting to place a fuse on every component. This idea is fine for most batteries, sensors, and computers. However this can really cause destruction when you are w...

How to convert Linux into an embedded system

Robots for Roboticists 12 Jun 2015

Running Linux on your embedded system can be great for giving you a stable base, lots of tools, and you can often solve problems with a quick Google search....

Robots 101: Lasers

Clearpath Robotics 29 Apr 2015

By Ilia Baranov In this new Robots 101 series, we will be taking a look at how robots work, what makes designing them challenging, and how engineers at Clearpath Robotics tackle these problems. To ...

Software engineering principles

Robots for Roboticists 15 Apr 2015

I have often thought about what the proper software methodology should be for the various robots that I build. My thoughts have evolved over time as I have seen these tool work. While I do not have an...

Arduino for Makers #2: Deconstructing Arduino programs

Myke Predko 09 Apr 2015

In this new tutorial series, robotics educator and author Myke Predko introduces you to the basics of Arduino with simple projects that can be created in just a few minutes with inexpensive and easy-...

Dry vs wet, oil vs grease: Choosing the right lubrication for your robot

Robots for Roboticists 27 Mar 2015

In 2008, the Mars Science Laboratory's launch was delayed, in large part due to issues with lubrication. Lubrication can dramatically impact the performance of your system: improper lubrication ca...

MATLAB Robotics System Toolbox and ROS

Clearpath Robotics 26 Mar 2015

By Ilia Baranov Recently, Mathworks released a new toolbox for Matlab. This is exciting for a number of reasons: it includes everything from data analysis to coordination of multiple robots. In tod...

ROS101: Creating your own RQT Dashboard

Clearpath Robotics 18 Mar 2015

By Martin Cote After working in the terminal, gazebo and RViz, it’s time for a change of pace. For this ROS101 tutorial we’ll be detailing the basics of creating your own rqt dashboard! A dash...

Arduino for Makers #1: Setting up a development station

Myke Predko 09 Mar 2015

In this new tutorial series, robotics educator and author Myke Predko will introduce you to the basics of Arduino with simple projects that can be created in just a few minutes with inexpensive and ea...

Selecting a camera and lens for your robot

Robots for Roboticists 26 Feb 2015

Choosing a camera can be confusing. It is important to determine your requirements, and then figure out how these can be achieved between the camera and the optics....

Arduino for Makers #0: Introduction to the series

Myke Predko 25 Feb 2015

Things to think about when transporting your robot

Robots for Roboticists 05 Feb 2015

Throughout my career I have had to ship various robots to different locations around the world. Here is a little bit about what I have learned about transporting robots....

ROS, Arduino, and a Husky simulation

Clearpath Robotics 23 Jan 2015

By Martin Cote The Arduino family of micro controllers has quickly become a go-to board for hobbyists due to its ease of use. Often times roboticists must create communication protocols to allow th...

Incremental encoder selection

Robots for Roboticists 22 Dec 2014

We would like to welcome our newest Robohub contributor, David Kohanbash, whose blog - Robots for Roboticists - covers a broad range of technical topics that is sure to interest makers and practitio...

ROS101: Creating a subscriber using GitHub

Clearpath Robotics 12 Dec 2014

By Martin Cote We previously learned how to write a publisher node to move Husky randomly. BUT: what good is publishing all these messages if no one is there to read it? In this tutorial we’ll ...

ROS 101: Creating a publisher node

Clearpath Robotics 23 Sep 2014

By Martin Cote In our previous post, we graduated from driving a Husky to taking on a Grizzly! Now it’s time to get down and dirty with what ROS is really made of: nodes! We will first be crea...

ROS 101: Drive a Grizzly!

Clearpath Robotics 03 Jul 2014

So you have had a taste of driving a virtual Husky in our previous tutorial, but now want to try something a little bigger? How about 2000 lbs bigger?...

ROS 101: Drive a Husky!

Clearpath Robotics 21 Mar 2014

In the previous ROS 101 post, we showed how easy it is to get ROS going inside a virtual machine, publish topics and subscribe to them. If you haven’t had a chance to check the out all the previous...

ROS 101: A practical example

Clearpath Robotics 05 Feb 2014

In the previous ROS 101 post, we provided a quick introduction to ROS to answer questions like What is ROS? and How do I get started? Now that you understand the basics, here’s how they can app...

ROS 101: Intro to the Robot Operating System

Clearpath Robotics 29 Jan 2014

Clearpath Robotics brings us a new tutorial series on ROS! Since we practically live in the Robot Operating System (ROS), we thought it was time to share some tips on how to get started with ROS. W...

Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Handling feedback

Mike Hamer 01 Jul 2013

This is the third tutorial in the Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS series. In this tutorial we will: Learn about the AR.Drone's state feedback (and how it is handled by ROS) Learn a...

Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Joystick control

Mike Hamer 04 Jan 2013

This is the second tutorial in the Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS series. In this tutorial we will: Talk about the ROS communication hierarchy Setup a joystick to work with ROS ...

Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Getting started

Mike Hamer 10 Dec 2012

Updated December 17th. In this tutorial (#1) we will: Install ROS, the AR.Drone driver and AR.Drone keyboard controller Fly the AR.Drone using the provided keyboard controller...

Google+ Hangout extension – Arduino example

RobotGrrl 27 Oct 2012

New tutorial- Get your Arduino working with Google+ Hangouts! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1bdxf9tZWw Watch video on YouTube Learn more here...

Rapid robot prototyping with ROS

David Pietrocola 19 Oct 2012

Open-source software is making it easier to reuse algorithms and allow engineers and researchers to focus on their problems of interest instead of reinventing the wheel for each project. Not an expert...