Hardware Hack Day!

Last week was our first official “hardware hack day” at Clearpath, and what a day it was! We’ve done a few software hack days over the year, but we’re excited to share about this one in particular since hardware hack days are typically much harder to plan.... read more

Introducing the New ROS Build System: Catkin

Beginning about two years ago, ROS began the process of migrating its build system, which is an important infrastructure component. The original ROS build system was called rosbuild, and its replacement is catkin. Why the change? There are a variety of motivations... read more

ROS Hydro Medusa is Coming Soon to Clearpath Robots

It’s here! The OSR Foundation has announced the release of ROS Hydro Medusa – the 7th official release of ROS. All of our robots are compatible with ROS and, as you can imagine, we’re working hard at Clearpath to officially support this version – it will be... read more

Classroom Lessons Get Real World Experience

By Meghan Hennessey This year, we were awarded the “2013 Top Co-op Employer Award” from the University of Waterloo. We’re so proud of the acknowledgement, but we’ve gotta say, it’s the co-ops that make it a breeze! Over the summer term, we welcomed two... read more

Husky A200 UGV is Gasbot!

Imagine it’s a hot day in the middle of summer. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and you’re about to sludge through a dirty, slimy, stinky landfill. This is the job of landfill operators and, as gross as it may be, it’s got to be done. When heat rises,... read more

Brain Science Meets Robotics

Posted via Proto3000, July 9, 2013 The Department of Brain Science and Engineering at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan has made a new innovation through brain-inspired robotics. They’ve managed to bridge brain science with engineering to create... read more

ROS Summer School in FH Aachen

ROS is incredibly important to us and we have championed it since its beginning. In fact, all of our robots are ROS-compatible, so when we heard about the ROS Summer School happening July 22-August 2 at FH Aachen in Germany, we jumped at the opportunity to get... read more