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2020 Buyer’s Guide for higher education (electrical engineering and computer science, engineering school, technical college, etc.) and researchers Using robots in a scientific or technical cursus encourages students to create programs for real-world applications . And it’s important that students are able to work with proper hardware. Robotics can be used to teach programming, machine[…]
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I’m buying for me Looking for a gift? I’m interested in DIY projects, electronics and programming, but I’m not sure where to begin I’ve been surfing sites like Instructables and Makezine for a few weeks now. I’d really like to learn how to create some nice little inventions, but I don’t know where to start![…]
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You’re a teacher in? Simply choose, click, and follow the guide! I teach in a nursery school Even tiny tots are allowed their own robotics kits, because kids love robots! Having small robots in the classroom gives your pupils their first chance to experiment with the world of technology in which they live, and helps[…]
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In this article, we’ll be sharing all the information you need to buy the right IMU for your project. You will learn how an IMU works and how to interpret its data. At the end of the article, you will also find some links to tests and resources. Definition – What is an IMU? An[…]
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In this article, we’ll be sharing all the information you need to buy the right IMU for your project. You will learn how an IMU works and how to interpret its data. At the end of the article, you will also find some links to tests and resources. Definition – What is an IMU?[…]
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Robotis OP3: a highly versatile medium-sized humanoid robot Robotis OP3 is a reasonably priced, ROS-compatible humanoid robot equipped with a more powerful computer than many of its competitors. Presentation of Robotis OP3 The Robotis OP3 humanoid robot, with its embedded Intel NUC PC, is the most recent addition to the DARwIn series of humanoid robots[…]
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The first part of this article is an overview of the ROS midleware, in th esecond part, we’ll go more in depth in the new ROS version: ROS2. Keep in mind that ROS2 is currently on heavy development, some packages have already been released but most of them are not ready to use. Besides, some[…]
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Robot arms that Génération Robots distribute are aimed at laboratories, R&D units, universities. We are providing in this post a comparison table between our four large size, ROS compatible, robot arms (6 and 7 DoF). Which applications for robot arms in the research field? In a laboratory or in a R&D unit, robot arms are[…]
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We have conducted extensive tests with the Robosense RS-LiDAR16. The results are compared with other LiDAR (Quanergy M8-1, Sick 551 and RpLiDAR A3) to have a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. The distance measurement obtained with a LiDAR can be influenced by internal (hardware components, mathematics computations, communication protocols, etc.) and external (sun[…]
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Read our other blog posts from our “LiDAR technology” serie LiDAR integration with ROS: quickstart guide and projects ideas In this post, you will learn how to connect and integrate your LiDAR with your PC or embedded system using ROS middleware on Ubuntu. We will also talk about data fusion (widely used[…]
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