by Tim Peckover | Jun 20, 2018 | Robot Forge |
For outdoor robotics, one of the key capabilities for autonomous use-cases is GPS Waypoint Navigation. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, GPS Waypoint Navigation is the ability to provide a robot with a set of GPS waypoints (i.e., a set of latitude / longitude...
by Tim Peckover | Jun 5, 2018 | Robot Forge, Teaching and Learning |
One of the most common things to do with a new robot is enable autonomy, or at least get started on it with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). For years, the easiest way to do this in ROS has been to utilize the open source Gmapping package, a ROS wrapper...
by Tim Peckover | May 16, 2018 | In the Field: Customer Spotlight, In the News |
The Other Black and Yellow Plant Pollinator When you picture the black and yellow creatures that pollinate plants, you probably don’t think of a Husky do you? But that’s exactly what the team from West Virginia University is using for their current project – a...
by Tim Peckover | Apr 25, 2018 | Robot Forge, Teaching and Learning |
Any quick search online for computing platforms for artificial intelligence or machine learning, and especially embedded modules, will lead you directly to the Jetson line from NVIDIA. Described as “AI supercomputers the size of a credit card,” these modules are the...
by Tim Peckover | Apr 24, 2018 | In the News, Robot Forge |
One wouldn’t normally make a connection between wineries and robots, but that is just what a university current project in California has combined. Stefano Carpin is a Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor at University of California, Merced. His team,...
