Blog posts tagged
"ROS2"

47 posts


Rhys Davies
20 December 2019

ROS-Industrial – Canonical

Article Robotics

ROS-Industrial was way better than I expected it to be. As a first time ROS-Industrial attendee and only a second-time ROS-anything. I’m not sure what my expectations were. But it was really good. A great event, some great speakers, new friends and cool robots. What more could you want? This blog will not cover every

Rhys Davies
20 December 2019


Ted Kern
14 December 2019

How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps

Article Internet of Things

The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem, packaging with snaps is as easy as always. Let’s go through a quick example! Prerequisites You’ll need two tools: “snapcraft,” the program that builds snaps, and...

Ted Kern
14 December 2019


Rhys Davies
6 December 2019

The State of Robotics – November 2019

Article Internet of Things

November, for robotics, was a good month. We’re seeing new things develop, current projects finish and more cute animals in our future. So who can complain? The news we’re covering here are things that have crossed our path and that we’ve found interesting. If you have suggestions for next months post or your own projects

Rhys Davies
6 December 2019


Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

ROSCon 2019 – Canonical

Article Robotics

What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more

Rhys Davies
5 November 2019


Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

The State of Robotics – October 2019

Article Internet of Things

October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that

Rhys Davies
1 November 2019


Rhys Davies
24 October 2019

Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019

Article Internet of Things

Hey everyone, listen up, ROSCon 2019 is days away, and the Ubuntu team is going to be there. If you’re coming to Macau be sure to come and say hi at booth 22. Mention reading this blog and get a free high five? It’s going to be an event to remember. If you were at

Rhys Davies
24 October 2019


Rhys Davies
8 October 2019

The State of Robotics – September 2019

Article Internet of Things

The Ubuntu robotics team presents, The State of Robotics. A monthly blog series that will round up exciting news in robotics, discuss projects using ROS, and showcase developments made by the Ubuntu robotics team and community. Every day, people make contributions to the world of robotics. And every day, work goes...

Rhys Davies
8 October 2019


Kyle Fazzari
4 October 2019

Robotics security: What is SROS 2?

Article Robotics

We at Canonical have been hard at work on the security features of version 2 of the Robot Operating System (ROS 2). However, if we lift our collective heads up out of the weeds it’s easy to see folks completely misunderstanding how security works today in ROS 2. We’ve written some design articles to help

Kyle Fazzari
4 October 2019


Rhys Davies
3 October 2019

ROSCon Japan 2019!

Article Robotics

ROSCon Japan 2019 was a resounding success. We took in the keynote speech from Ryan Gariepy, Co-founder and CTO of Clearpath Robotics. We demoed the first iteration of a Robotics arm from Niryo. Our own Ted Kern gave a lightning talk on type-checked Python in ROS 2, and we spoke to lots of individuals in

Rhys Davies
3 October 2019


Jeremie Deray
5 September 2019

The teleop_tools arrive in ROS 2 Dashing!

Article Robotics

After exploring some ROS 2 subtleties and implementing some CLI tools we felt were missing, the time has come to get our hands even more dirty. What better way to learn than by doing? C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron Humm, pardon my french, Practice makes perfect To enter the realm of ROS 2 and

Jeremie Deray
5 September 2019


dragan-s
30 August 2019

Building a better TurtleBot3

Article Robotics

TurtleBot3 was released in 2017 and is positioned as a low-cost, open-source robot kit. For new owners of the TurtleBot3, there are various resources online that will assist you with building your brand new TurtleBot3 out of the box. One such example is the official TurtleBot3 instructional video. While it is a great video to

dragan-s
30 August 2019


Kyle Fazzari
28 August 2019

Canonical joins the ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee

Article Internet of Things

We at Canonical care deeply about robotics. We firmly believe that robots based on Linux are cheaper to develop, more flexible, more secure, and faster to market. One of the contributing factors to this being the case is the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS is by far the most popular middleware for creating...

Kyle Fazzari
28 August 2019


Jeremie Deray
27 August 2019

Components vs. Plugins in ROS 2

Article Robotics

After our series of post about ROS 2 CLI tools (1, 2), we continue exploring the ROS 2 realm taking a look at ROS 2 components and more specifically, how they compare to plugins. spoiler alert: Long story short, components are plugins. Short story long? Is that a thing? Well plugins and components are indeed

Jeremie Deray
27 August 2019


Ted Kern
21 August 2019

How to add a linter to ROS 2

Article Internet of Things

A well configured linter can catch common errors before code is even run or compiled. ROS 2 makes it easy to add linters of your choice and make them part of your package’s testing pipeline. We’ll step through the process, from start to finish, of adding a linter to ament so it can be used

Ted Kern
21 August 2019