Want Your Robotics Idea Happen in 2018? This Is Your Webinar!
What you will learn from this ROS Robots Webinar Series
We will guide you step by step from idea to a real robotics product that you can start selling in three weeks from now
We will show you which materials to use, which parts to buy, how to program the whole robot to perform its task, and how to launch it to the world
We will use the example of Barista robot, a robot that serves coffee to the tables, made in 3 months by a couple of students with no prior knowledge of robotics.
EPISODE #1
We will:
▸ Set the outline of the whole project
▸ Find the parts that will have to buy
▸ Decide software to build
EPISODE #2
We will:
▸ Show you the document which describes the Barista robot project (based on what was taught on EPISODE 1).
▸ Based on that document, we will see how to select the parts you need for your project.
▸ Based on that document, we show you how to start with simulating your robot and environment.
▸ Then we start developing the software that will go on the robot, using that simulation.
▸ The whole process will be taught for a general product (your product!). Also, we will show how we applied all this to the development of the Barista robot
▸ We will answer your questions about your own robotic product.
EPISODE #3
We will:
▸ We will show you how to find the people and parts that will make your robot a real product.
▸ We will show you how to proceed to test with the real robot.
▸ We will show you how to iterate, jumping from simulation to the real robot until the product really works as needed.
▸ We will show you how to present to society at a big launching event.
▸ The whole process will be taught for a general product (your product!). Also, we will show how we applied all this to the development of the Barista robot
▸ We will answer your questions about your own robotic product.
Learn the method of how to train the technical team or interns on ROS skills fast. Already used by many Universities and companies.
ROS is becoming the essential skills for robotics engineers. Apart from labs, there is an increasing number of commercial sector, industrial and services robots using ROS. Gradually, it has become a widely-used platform in the robotics research community.
Is a “good solution” for companies who are seeking quick development. In recent year there is a high demand in the self-driving car industry and due to its low level of functionality benefits, it attracts a larger number start-up companies using it from warehousing to agriculture, which is growing at an exponential pace. It supports the robot development and industry growth without specifically costs for building software and hardware.
But as you may understand, robotics engineers spend a lot of time developing ROS based software. Sometimes, they need to gather more knowledge about a specific ROS subject. Sometimes the team needs to incorporate more engineers with ROS knowledge.
In order to speed things up, in this one-hour webinar we will show how to smooth learning path for your team in order to maximize their learning speed and get the best possible results.
WHO SHOULD WATCH?
Technical teams, robotics start-ups, and companies who need to equip their team or their interns on ROS in an effective way, and apply ROS into robotics development quickly and effectively.
Learn the method that is revolutionizing the way new labs’ members are trained on ROS fast with no hassle. Already used by many Universities and companies.
DESCRIPTION
Even if we would like to, engineering students do not receive proper ROS training during their undergraduate period.
This is a problem when students get engaged in the development of the Msc Thesis inside one of the labs of the University, or want to start their Ph.D. The students must dedicate a long time to get up to speed in ROS, before they can really use the code that is there already.
Typical option for the lab is to provide to the student with a computer, and a link to the ROS Wiki tutorials. Hence the student will pass the days and weeks trying to get the most of it.
In this one-hour webinar, we will show how to smooth the learning path for your interns in order to maximize their learning speed.
WEBINAR FOR:
Laboratory staffs who may need to equip their fellows or train their new lab’s member on ROS.
In this webinar we are going to show how to develop your ROS programs in a fast way.
We will be doing a life demo of the ROS Development Studio (RDS), the online web environment that allows development with ROS using any type of computer.
We will show:
1- How to develop a ROS program with RDS using a web browser 2- How to test the program in any of the provided simulations 3- How to debug the program using Rviz and other ROS tools 4- How RDS integrates with git 5- How to use the RDS to create a shareable demo of your product or research result, that others can use off-the-shelf
The presentation will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes questions.
?Please start watching from 02:20
QUESTIONS ASKED DURING THE WEBINAR THAT WERE NOT RECEIVED BY THE SPEAKER:
* Vamsi Tungala: why simulation time and real-time is different?
Speaker: because the real time is the time we live by, the clock time. The simulation time is the time in the simulation. It may happen that the simulation is very complex and then simulating a second of the robot takes 10 seconds of real time. It could also happen that you use very fast computers and simulate faster that real time.
* Mohamed Abdelkader Zahana: do you need __main__ ?
Speaker: No. No main was required for that example. It was just a simple example. For more complex environments a main definition may be required.
* Sergio Polimante what is the best way, specialy free ways, to learn fast and solid content [of ROS]?
Speaker: I would recommend you to watch this video with the most common methods of learning ROS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHlvH6TGvo
* Lisset Salinas Pinacho: As this is a web interface, where do the files go? Are they kept in the server?
Speaker: you can leave them there, you can push them to your git, or you can download them using the download option. In the close future there will also be the option to execute on the real robot directly from the platform.
The rapid development of auto-car has promoted a large demand for self-driving cars engineers. Among the skills required, knowing how to program with ROS is becoming an important one. In this webinar you will learn how to start with self-driving cars using ROS.
