by Tim Peckover | Jun 5, 2018 | Robot Forge, Teaching and Learning |
One of the most common things to do with a new robot is enable autonomy, or at least get started on it with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). For years, the easiest way to do this in ROS has been to utilize the open source Gmapping package, a ROS wrapper...
by Tim Peckover | May 16, 2018 | In the Field: Customer Spotlight, In the News |
The Other Black and Yellow Plant Pollinator When you picture the black and yellow creatures that pollinate plants, you probably don’t think of a Husky do you? But that’s exactly what the team from West Virginia University is using for their current project – a...
by Chris Bogdon | Dec 21, 2017 | Blog, In the Field: Customer Spotlight |
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...
by Chris Bogdon | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, In the Field: Customer Spotlight |
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...
by Chris Bogdon | Aug 30, 2017 | Press Release |
Clearpath Robotics partners with iRobot to provide the next generation Turtlebot based on the Intel Euclid Development Kit (Kitchener, ON, Canada – AUG 30, 2017) Clearpath Robotics, a global provider of mobile robots for research and development, in partnership with...
