Mobile manipulator robots are becoming increasingly prevalent as sensors, robotic arms, and mobile platforms become more accessible. These robots usually consist of a mobile base, like the Ridgeback omnidirectional platform, paired with one or two robotic arms and a... read more
Martin Cooney and a team of social robotics researchers at Halmstad University are using the Baxter and Ridgeback omnidirectional platform to make improvements in people’s everyday lives. The project is called Action and Intention Recognition in Human Interaction with... read more
Demine Robotics Growing up in Cambodia, the world’s most heavily landmined country, demining is a cause that is very important to Richard Yim. This prompted Yim and four fellow mechnical engineering students at the University of Waterloo to develop a demining robot... read more
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... read more
Listen to CTO Ryan Gariepy join ROS Developers Podcast host Ricardo Tellez, to talk about how Clearpath is using ROS for field service robots. Some key takeaways from the podcast pertain to how Clearpath is using ROS, the superiority of ROS, and the future of ROS.... read more
Image: Teresa Lin Each spring, the students in Mike Benjamin and Henrik Schmidt’s class at MIT run a fleet of Heron Unmanned Surface Vessel’s on the Charles River, but that’s actually the last thing they do in the Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and... read more
The Blue Ridge Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel that runs through Blue Ridge Mountains in Nelson County, Central Virginia. The tunnel was decommissioned in 1944 and has since been closed to visitors because of safety concerns. In recent years, the County received... read more
The problem of autonomous exploration requires robust and complex algorithms that tackle a number of different subtasks, including mapping, classifying, and navigating a completely unknown environment. A research team at Steven’s Institute of Technology (SIT) is... read more
Clearpath Robotics recently attended ROSCon and the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (iROS) in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. The conferences were held back-to-back at the Vancouver Convention Centre and brought in over 2500... read more
