![]() ![]() ![]() This includes a mapping routine (gmapping) a navigation stack (move base and amcl ) a visualization tool (Rviz) standardized messaging (publish and subscribe) logging (bag files) and distribution (GitHub). That is, you change the wheel parameters and the track width, and now software developed for a $400,000 robot works on your $400 robot vacuum cleaner (Neato). One of the many cool things about ROS (which is more of an architectural framework than an operating system) is that it scales. Note the ultrasonic sensors on taller units to keep the robots from going under beds, couches, and coffee tables when navigating. PR2’s claims to fame were that it could plug itself in ( an important feature for a mobile robot) it could fetch a beer from the refrigerator ( the holy grail of mobile robotics) and it could also fold clothes ( 20 minutes per towel, but by the end of the day the laundry was folded).Īuthor Camp Peavy with three configurations of the Neato and ROS robot. As you may or may not know, ROS was developed on a $400,000 robot called the PR2 (Personal Robot 2). I didn’t really fall for ROS until the “Neato” package put together by Mike Ferguson came out in 2010. Lead Photo Above: Willow Garage alumni Melonee Wise and PR2 at RoboGames 2008. Folks in the HomeBrew Robotics Club ( a group that I’m heavily involved with) were early adopters, plus some members actually worked at Willow Garage (developers of ROS). I learned about ROS (Robot Operating System shortly after it began in late 2006. ![]()
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