Robotics

Whether you're starting in the lab or already in production,
Canonical can help manage the complexity of the open source software
underpinning your robot's brains and personality.

Learn more about robotics from Canonical ›

Maarten Ectors
30 October 2015

#InternetOfToys – let the toy battles begin

Article Internet of Things

Wouldn’t it be great to play with toys and get paid for it? If this sounds like music to your ears, then this blog post is for you. If you are a business person who thinks toys are just child’s play, then you should read on as well! It’s true that Industrial IoT will generate

Maarten Ectors
30 October 2015

Maarten Ectors
9 July 2015

Flying mobile base stations

Article Internet of Things

Lime Microsystems builds open source hardware chips to enable any type of wireless communication, called software defined radio. Elre-robotics makes app-enabled open source drones with Snappy Ubuntu Core. Are you able to create flying mobile base stations? That is exactly what Lime did with an Erlecopter. Imagine...

Maarten Ectors
9 July 2015

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere

Article Internet of Things

IoT World was an eye opener for many. The same open source operating system that everybody loves from the cloud now powered the first smart fridge with apps from GE, the first Ubuntu Core drone with apps from Erle-Robotics, industrial gateways with apps, Pengiun Computing professional top of the rack switches with apps,...

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Autopilot Apps & Boards for Drones

Article Internet of Things

Drones are getting Snappy Autopilot Apps. On Indiegogo you can contribute to the PixHawk Fire (PXF). The PixHawk Fire (PXF) is an open hardware cape (daughter board) for the BeagleBone Black that allows you to create Snappy autopilot apps for drones. Behind the cape there is Erle Robotics, a startup based in Spain and led

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Karl Williams
12 February 2015

Erlerobot

Article Cloud and server

Erle Robotics is building the next generation of open Linux-based personal drones that will educate, teach and inspire about robotics; their “Erle-Copter” is the first multicopter powered by the Ubuntu Core! We are delighted to reveal the Erle-Copter as the world’s first Ubuntu Core powered drone that will stay secure...

Karl Williams
12 February 2015

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

Ubuntu is Airborne

Article Internet of Things

Thanks to Erle Robotics Snappy Ubuntu Core is now airborne. See the first Ubuntu Core powered drone fly. Erle Robotics said the experience so far was amazing and Snappy Ubuntu is super lightweight.

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

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