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Blog posts tagged
"robotics"


Jeremie Deray
25 March 2021

Getting started with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico

Robotics Article

In this post we will see how the Raspberry Pi Pico can natively speak to a ROS 2 graph using micro-ROS. We will set up a project in VSCode, compile and upload it to the microcontroller. We thus assume that you are somewhat familiar with ROS 2 development and VSCode. What is this all about? ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
18 March 2021

The State of Robotics – February 2021

Robotics Article

And that was February! A month where a rover showed what perseverance means and a small drone what ingenuity looks like. February will be remembered as the month where two robots landed on Mars, telling us all to “dare mighty things”.  Perseverance and Ingenuity  Do you want to know what Mars sounds like? Well, here ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
19 February 2021

The State of Robotics – January 2021

Robotics Article

A new start? 2020 came and went, and in the process, it left a mark in history and our lives that won’t be erased. Together, as a community, we all struggled, we all faced new challenges, we all united and did our best to help each other. We are grateful for the effort of our ...


Kyle Fazzari
9 December 2020

The State of Robotics – November 2020

Robotics Article

Goodbye Thanksgiving (well, for some of us), hello Christmas! The holiday season really is the best, and it always brings interesting robotics news, which we will now distill into a quick dose of delightful and easily-digestible tidbits. As always, if you’d like to see your work showcased here, please send an email to robotics.community@c ...


sidfaber
23 November 2020

Exploring ROS 2 Kubernetes configurations

Cloud and server Article

Kubernetes and robotics make a great match. However, as we have seen, robots running ROS 2 can be tricky to set up on Kubernetes. This blog series has explored running ROS 2 on Kubernetes, set up a simple talker and listener, and distributed that demo across three machines. The configurations presented may not quite fit ...


sidfaber
9 November 2020

ROS 2 on Kubernetes: a simple talker and listener setup

Cloud and server Article

Kubernetes and ROS make a great match, but ROS2 can be tricky to set up. In this post we demonstrate a scalable system with MicroK8s on Ubuntu. ...


sidfaber
6 November 2020

The State of Robotics – October 2020

Robotics Article

This post marks the one year anniversary of the Ubuntu Robotics newsletter: the place we showcase our work and discussing cool robotics happenings. ...


anastasiavalti
5 November 2020

Ubuntu at ROS World 2020: Learn how to do more for your robot

Robotics Article

Come and connect with the Ubuntu robotics team on November 12th to answer all of your questions. This is the first time ROSCon has ever been virtual and is the first time it’s ever been free to attend, so we’re looking forward to seeing tons of new faces! We have ROS experts and field engineers ready and waiting to talk. ...


sidfaber
2 November 2020

ROS 2 and Kubernetes Basics

Cloud and server Article

Construct a prototype ROS 2 system distributed across multiple computers using Kubernetes. Our goal is not only to provide you with a working configuration, but also to help you understand why it succeeds and overcome future design challenges. ...


Ted Kern
14 September 2020

An Introduction to Testing Robot Code

Robotics Article

The myriad of different fields that make up robotics makes QA practices difficult to settle on. Field testing is the go-to, since a functioning robot is often proof enough that a system is working. But online tests are slow. The physical environment must be set up. The entire system has to be in a workable ...


Kyle Fazzari
12 September 2020

The State of Robotics – August 2020

Robotics Article

So that’s the summer gone (hopefully, that heat was awful). Or winter if that’s where you are. Seasons change and so does the state of robotics. Fortunately, that’s what we’re here for. Before we get into it, as ever, If you’re working on any robotics projects that you’d like us to talk about, be sure ...


sidfaber
3 September 2020

Tutorial: Getting Started with ROS

Robotics Article

ROS, the Robot Operating System, is the platform of choice for robot development. However, the breadth and depth of existing documentation can be daunting for the ROS beginner. Where should you start learning about ROS 2 on Ubuntu? All robots based on ROS and ROS 2 are programmed using five simple but core constructs: Nodes ...