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ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 7 - Advanced Programming - Part 2

2024-04-13T17:56:48Z

ROS2 Face Detection Project It is now time for us to go a bit more further. We will modify and upgrade the camera stream publisher node from our camera stream project to capture a video stream from a camera, detect the faces ins...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 6 - Advanced Programming - Part 1

2024-04-13T17:35:00Z

ROS2 Camera Stream Project Previously we got some basic insight on how to program ROS2 nodes and services. Now let us take a step further in ROS2 programming. We will create a publisher node to capture a video stream from a cam...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 5 - Basic Programming - Part 2

2024-04-09T13:41:17Z

ROS2 Service - Client Server Project In the previous blog, we saw how to create a publisher subscriber project. This project makes remakes it into a service based client server project. For developing a service, a service package needs to be c...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 4 - Basic Programming - Part 1

2024-04-09T13:24:47Z

ROS2 - Publisher Subscriber Project Let's put everything we have gone through so far into creating some interesting projects. A basic knowledge of linux terminal and python programming language is required for completing the projects. In all th...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 3 - Setup

2024-04-09T10:34:16Z

ROS2 – Setup Installation Unlike ROS1, ROS2 can be installed on all major platforms such as Linux, Windows and MacOS. Here I will focus on installing ROS2 on an Ubuntu 22.04 system. For other platforms, the installation setups are d...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 2 - Basic Concepts

2024-04-09T10:23:19Z

ROS2 - Basic concepts Let's dig into the ROS2 concepts, starting with the basic ones. Wherever used, ROS means in the general context of both ROS1 & ROS2, unless specified. Client library The base library of ROS2 is written in ...(read more)

ROS2 Learning Series - Blog 1 - Introduction

2024-03-29T11:09:00Z

This is a short guide to introduce you to the world of ROS2 programming for Robotics applications. This is the part of the ROS2 learning series that will focus on learning general ROS2 concepts and developing ROS2 programs. What is ROS? R...(read more)

UPCOMING: Activities with the AMD Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit

2023-04-26T18:53:47Z

Whenever I poll element14 members about their interests, robotics ranks nearly at the top. Robotics has been an area of ongoing interest in the element14 Community for a long time. I only expect the interest to increase as robots and the capabilities...(read more)

The Evolution of Clem's FPV Robot

2023-01-26T20:04:40Z

element14 presents' very own Clem Mayers mayermakes created a robot to retrieve a screwdriver that rolled under his work bench. element14 Community members have suggested several modifications to his robot: Episode 538: How...(read more)

BalaC Plus Balancing Robot

2022-07-01T23:01:00Z

Periodically during the year I reach a "burnout" phase where everything gets to be a struggle. With all that going on in the world and in my little corner of it, I've kinda hit a wall and was in need of some mindless diversion. I&...(read more)

Convert Arduino Library to C++

2022-05-15T17:36:00Z

Hello, I need to translate this Arduino library to C++. Can someone help me pls ? (read more)

Robobloq Qoopers 6-in-1 Transformable Robot Kit

2022-01-25T15:30:00Z

One of my goals for 2022 is to build a new AI robot project and to also upgrade a couple of existing robot projects (one has a K210 processor, so maybe just new firmware). During the Black Friday sales last year, I bought myself an early Christm...(read more)

My Path to Learn Robotics #2 - Calibrating RealSense Sensors

2021-03-14T22:00:55Z

Hello, Introduction Calibration using checkerboard pattern Calibration from the CAD Conclusion Next Step IntroductionIn previous blog (My Path to Learn Robotics ) I demoed the first setup of (maybe) 3d scanning using RealSense se...(read more)

My Path to Learn Robotics

2021-03-02T21:17:26Z

Hello,The main purpose of this post is to break the long silence in the Robotics Section of the element14 and also a bit of showing off my progress on my personal learning experience. Please let me know what you think and if you like these kinds...(read more)

JECCbot mini - battery adapter and bigger wheels

2020-02-16T16:51:57Z

This blog post describes improvements and additional features for the Open Source Outdoor Robot platform JECCbot mini which was introduced here: Open Source Outdoor Robot platform JECCbot mini Battery adapter for Einhell Power X-ChangeFor the n...(read more)