The Robotics Transformation: DRC Trials 2013

It’s the gathering place for leading robotics researchers. It’s the breeding ground for next-gen robotics innovations. It’s the one place on this planet that you will see seven ALTAS robots in one location running a course. It’s the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC)... read more

How To: Unpack Grizzly Robotic Utility Vehicle

We’ve just shipped off another pack of Grizzly’s to some leading edge roboticists and we can’t wait to learn what they do with it! But first, they’ll have to open the crate to release the beast before driving forward with their field research. It’s a fairly simple... read more

Husky Simulation in Gazebo

NOTE: As of May 2016, this tutorial is out-of-date. Click here to view an up-to-date version of this tutorial. All our ROS, PR2 and Clearpath Robot tutorials are available on our Knowledge Base. Before getting started, we recommend to either complete or review the... read more

Husky for ROS Hydro

The beginnings of the ROS packages for Husky were created almost three years ago. The first debs were released in August 2011, for ROS Electric. Since then, we’ve released debs into Fuerte and Groovy, and we’ve shipped many, many Husky units out to... read more

Visual Odometry Algorithms See New Future Ahead

Calling all extra-terrestrial tele-operation stereo-visual nerds! Here’s one you’ll love… We sat down with Dr. Geovanni Martinez, a staple figure at the University of Costa Rica’s (UCR) Image Processing and Computer Vision Research Laboratory (IPCS-Lab). Dr. Martinez... read more

Top 10 Tips for Grant Writing – Part 2

As mentioned in Part 1, grant applications often play a critical role in securing funding to further robotics research, but they’re not always the most convenience things to write. So our grant writing specialists have put the top 10 tips of grant writing... read more

Top 10 Tips for Grant Writing – Part 1

Robotics research wouldn’t be where it is today without funding programs and grants that make the progress possible. To help you with your next grant application, we’ve put a 2-part series blog post together to outline top tips and reminders. At the bottom... read more