by Nicholas Charron | Jul 7, 2017 | Blog, Robot Forge |
The need for fast, accurate 3D mapping solutions has quickly become a reality for many industries wanting to adopt new technologies in AI and automation. New applications requiring these 3D mapping platforms include surveillance, mining, automated measurement &...
by Chris Bogdon | Jan 5, 2017 | In the Field: Customer Spotlight |
Sriram Narasimhan’s research team is shaking things up in the Civil Engineering Structures Lab at the University of Waterloo. The research, which is led by Ph.D Candidate Kevin Goorts, is developing a new mobile damping system for suppressing unwanted vibrations in...
by Chris Bogdon | Jun 20, 2016 | ROS Spotlight |
Written by Steffi Paepcke and originally posted on Open Source Robotics Foundation Blog on June 17, 2016. Clearpath Robotics is best known for building yellow and black robots that are the research platforms you’d build for yourself; that is, if it wasn’t much easier...
by Chris Bogdon | May 9, 2016 | ROS Spotlight, Teaching and Learning |
A light-weight 3D camera with ROS integration The RealSense R200 camera is a new 3D camera from Intel that packs three cameras – two IR cameras (left and right) and one RGB camera – into a small, light-weight form factor. With its relative low cost, high...
by Chris Bogdon | Apr 6, 2016 | Teaching and Learning |
What is open source software? What are some the advantages and disadvantages? Can every robot use ROS (Robot Operating System)? These are just a few of the questions discussed in last month’s Robots and Open Source Operating Software webinar, hosted by Robotic...
