Located within Turin’s old defensive walls, the Pietro Micca Museum holds great historical significance for the city. It is a commemoration of the pivotal Siege of Turin in 1706. Today, visitors are offered a captivating journey through the museum to explore a vast... read more
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
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
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
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
As a field robotics company, Clearpath Robotics loves using GPS systems! However, ROS does not yet provide an effective method of incorporating GPS measurements into robots. A natural place to start incorporating GPS is in the navigation stack, specifically... read more
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 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
At Clearpath Robotics, we learn something new every day, even if it’s old! We’re a high-tech company, with high-tech gadgets, and high-tech robots. That being said, as technology continues to advance, it can be easy to lose appreciation for the level of complexity in... read more
