by Ilia Baranov | Feb 23, 2018 | Teaching and Learning |
As covered in our previous post on lasers there are many different factors that need to be considered when choosing a laser sensor for use in robots. In this post, we will further explore the options for a modern roboticist. Use case The first aspect to consider when...
by Ilia Baranov | Nov 12, 2015 | Teaching and Learning |
This article was originally posted on the SICK USA BLOG and is part of their ongoing collaborative robots series available here. An Emerging Field The field of robotics has grown quickly and opened up a world where humans and robots can interact collaboratively,...
by Ilia Baranov | May 14, 2015 | Robot Forge |
A couple challenges with robotics is that robots are expensive and they usually depend on batteries. What if you want to run an experiment with 100 robots, running for 10 hours? To help answer this question, ROS has built in support for robot simulation in the form of...
by Ilia Baranov | Apr 29, 2015 | Teaching and Learning |
In this new Robots 101 series, we will be taking a look at how robots work, what makes designing them challenging, and how engineers at Clearpath Robotics tackle these problems. To successfully operate in the real world, robots need to be able to see obstacles around...
by Ilia Baranov | Mar 26, 2015 | Robot Forge |
Recently, Mathworks released a new toolbox for Matlab. This is exciting for a number of reasons: it includes everything from data analysis to coordination of multiple robots. In today’s post, we explore using this Robotics System Toolbox to connect to both real...
