Introducing the W-Series Haptic Controller!

We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Entact Robotics to bring the world advanced haptic technology for small workspace research. The W5D is a modular device capable of being integrated with handles spanning three to seven degrees of freedom. With... read more

Fukushima’s Ripple Effect: EURATHLON

The Fukushima disaster was tragic, yet motivating. It catapulted the robotics world into disaster-response scenarios and ignited a sense of urgency to create autonomous, intelligent systems for rugged, hazardous environments. Spinning from this new found inspiration... read more

Myo, ROS, and Robots

Ever since we loaned Thalmic Labs our first Grizzly prototype to make some early demos for their launch video, we’ve been eagerly following their progress. There’s obviously a lot of interesting applications for using the Myo for robot control, and our... read more

Autonomous Navigation to the Winner’s Circle: AGVC 2013

Husky is autonomous and made for rugged environments, so it only made sense that Dr. Mark Whitty’s team at UNSW Australia (University of New South Whales) entered their integrated Husky system into the 1st Annual Autonomous Ground Vehicle Competition (AGVC) in... read more

Introducing ROS for MATLAB

Clearpath Robotics recently tested the capabilities of the ROS for MATLAB toolkit (available here:  robot-operating-system.html). This is very interesting for the research and education fields, as it will allow users to take their existing MATLAB code and use it on a... read more

ROS 101: Practical Example

In the previous ROS 101 post, we provided a quick introduction to ROS to answer questions like What is ROS? and How do I get started? Now that you understand the basics, here’s how they can apply to a practical example. Follow along to see how we actually... read more