Mayank Sharmamayank2001.hashnode.dev·Feb 4, 2024Configuring ROS Environment , Navigating ROS Filesystem and Creating ROS packageBefore starting these tutorials please complete installation configuring ROS Environment: If you are ever having problems finding or using your ROS packages make sure that you have your environment properly setup. A good way to check is to ensure tha...Discuss·20 likes·27 readsROS
Mayank Sharmamayank2001.hashnode.dev·Feb 4, 2024Installation of ROS distro Melodic in Ubuntu 18.04ROS (Robot Operating System) Distro, short for "Distribution," refers to a specific release version of ROS. ROS is not a single software package but a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions for developing robotic software. These releases are...Discuss·10 likesmelodic
Aditya Kamathadityakamath.hashnode.dev·Dec 28, 2023Last update of 2023In my last post of 2023, I'll try to summarize what I've been up to these last few months. Firstly, I've been playing around with some more sensors - a VL53L7CX ToF Imager and a Raspberry Pi Sense HAT, and a new controller - an 8BitDo SN30 Pro gamepa...Discuss·36 readsROS
Shuduo Sangnorepeat.hashnode.dev·Nov 20, 2023Running ROS Inside Docker: A Technical Guide for Unconventional Ubuntu ReleasesIntroduction: In this blog post, I share my recent endeavor on running ROS (Robot Operating System) inside Docker, tackling the challenge of using a non-recommended Ubuntu release. ROS, being a “meta OS” for robotics systems, is widely employed in di...Discuss·135 readsDocker
Kalash Jainkalashjain.hashnode.dev·Oct 10, 2023How to tune PID Controllers?!My Short Story <3 ✨ This year, I've participated in the e-Yantra, IIT Bombay competition and have been allotted "Luminosity Drone" as the theme. One of the recent tasks was to create a PID controller for a drone in ROS, which was being simulated in G...Discusspid controllers
Kemal Bektaşkemalbektas.dev·Sep 27, 2023Enhancing ROS 2 Systems: The Power of Node CompositionROS 2, the next generation of the Robot Operating System, is engineered to excel in industrial and production settings, prioritizing reliability and safety in robotic systems. With a focus on performance, determinism, and security, ROS 2 introduces i...Discuss·135 readsROS
Aditya Kamathadityakamath.hashnode.dev·Aug 16, 2023ROS 2 and VPNsThis one is a bit of a side-quest - Originally, I intended to work on ros2_control for my 3-wheeled robot, but I got sidetracked by a new group robotics project. One of our challenges was to find a way to control/monitor multiple outdoor robots (on d...Discuss·1 like·887 readsvpn
Aditya Kamathadityakamath.hashnode.dev·Jun 3, 2023Odometry using Optical FlowA few weeks ago, I got my hands on the PAA5100 Near (15-35mm) Optical Flow sensor from Pimoroni. With such a short range, it seemed perfect for one of my mobile robots, so I decided to write a ROS 2 Humble node for it. I decided to start off using th...Discuss·832 readsROS
Jishnu Sureshlonebots.hashnode.dev·May 22, 2023Seamless Robotics Integration: Setting Up micro-ROS on ESP32Let's get the job done. Setting up micro-ROS on resource-constrained edge computing systems like ESP32 was a tedious job for me, which made me think of writing a blog to make it easy. So in this article, we will be mainly discussing some basics of RO...Discuss·10 likes·68 readsmicro-ROS
Aditya Kamathadityakamath.hashnode.dev·Apr 26, 2023Visualizing Robots in UnityOver the last few weekends, I've been trying to set up a visualization for AKROS2 on Unity. I have had some successes, and I think I have reached a state where I have correct transforms, and can visualize most of the topics quite correctly. In this p...Discuss·415 readsROS