Robotics

FreespaceOpen installer improvement or how to mavenize an old ant based project

The Pre-story

A month ago I was having a big nostalgia moment, installed the GOG client and started to playing with old games. My childhood was there again. I remember these games very fondly even today, although I have played with them long ago. They managed to bewitch me with their charm and whenever I played I entered another world where I was the hero who had to solve the problems. It was…

ROS and sounds or how to make your droid to say the Dalek Exterminate!!!

Audio feedback from your robot Intro

After our previous post where Bence explained that roboticists should be careful doing scary stuff with their robot, I thought I need to do some with mine to troll ourselves. So why shouldn’t my robot sound like this when it is moving:

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Rover: Kabuto new frame

Remember when I said that I will upgrade the chasis of my rovers? I’ve finally did it!

It is still half done, but I would like to share the journey that I made so far.

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Beaglebone Black: Ubuntu 14.04 + ROS (Indigo) install

I have started to update my old projects with Beaglebone Black and ROS Indigo version.

Before ROS installation the best option is to install the Ubuntu 14.04(LTS) arm version. It is recommended because package install will be available for ROS and there’s no need to build the them. (more…)

I have started an online course about the Tiva C Launchpad(TM4C123) embedded system.

This is an Arduino like board with Arm processor. It has the same kind of developing environment as for the Arduino, for Tiva C it’s called Energia. For more deep level development, there is also Code Composer Studio (CCS) or Keil IDE .

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