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Welcome to Sydney After 1 year in the making, the long-awaited moment is finally here! Today starts the 2019 edition of the RoboCup event. It will last until the 8th of July and this year, it takes place in Sydney, Australia. Génération Robots, as a member of both the FFROB (French Federation of Robotics Football)[…]
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How do you choose a DYNAMIXEL servo for your project? This video helps you move from a specific requirement to an initial direction within the DYNAMIXEL range, before comparing series, protocols and performance levels. Start from the project rather than the reference Distinguish the different series more quickly Prepare a more consistent selection The Dynamixel[…]
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In 2018, the French Higher Committee on Curricula (CSP) decided to make Python the official computer language for programming classes in secondary schools. The Ministry of Education has provided more information about these new programmes on the CSP publications page of its website (in French). Python will be used for lessons in digital science and[…]
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Introduction – Turtlebot tutorial step by step In this tutorial we will use the inertial measurement unit of a standard Android phone to control a ROS compatible robot. We have chosen a classical ROS robot, the Turtlebot3 Burger , to be our test platform. Requirements: Prepare the Android App As we are not reinventing the[…]
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In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to start with the robotic mouse Colby / Jack from Learning Resources. On the program: logic, geometry, animals! Activities with the robot mouse Colby Short introduction of the robot mouse Colby Colby is a little robot mouse. It can make sounds, turn on its little light and it[…]
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This tutorial explains how you can use a serial protocol to control the mBot educational robot. You can adapt the code to make it more suitable for your project (or for use in RoboCup Jr events for example). Robot teleoperation with an XBee chip offers 2 major advantages: How does our assembly work? The system[…]
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The Makey Makey kit allows you to transform objects into keyboards ! Modelling clay, sponge, pencil lead… All you need are objects that conduct electricity , a bit of imagination and a few programming blocks on the Scratch software, and children can realise various projects, such as the famous banana piano , a video gamepad[…]
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The DYNAMIXEL X series is a new range of inexpensive high performance servo motors. The XL series has the same mechanical structure as the XM430 and XH430 , and it’s compatible with the latter. These servo motors directly embark their network card which allows the communication with the other servos motors as well as with[…]
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This Arduino based project tutorial was created by an amateur and is mainly aimed at other amateurs, or anyone with a bit of curiosity for this type of electronic DIY projects. The author appeals in advance to the benevolence of the venerable experts whom would like to dig a little in the code or in[…]
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Inirobot is a sequence of educational activities which will allow pupils and teachers to become acquainted with robotics. The robotic platform chosen for the implementation of this project is the educational robot Thymio II. With its small size, light weight and colored leds, the Thymio II is the ideal learning tool for kids! The 3[…]
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