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ROS Developers Podcast129. ros2aiI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS Developers who believe that ChatGPT or Compiler won't take our jobs but rather help us become more efficient and create better, faster, and more intelligent programs. If you share this perspective, this episode is dedicated to you! In this episode, we will dive into Generative AI tools for robotics! Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Tomoya Fujita. We had Tomoya already on the podcast talking about Kubernetes for ROS. But tod...
2024-01-291h 01
ROS Developers Podcast129. ros2aiI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS Developers who believe that ChatGPT or Compiler won’t take our jobs but rather help us become more efficient and create better, faster, and more intelligent programs. If you share this perspective, this episode is dedicated to you! In this episode, we will dive into Generative […]
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2024-01-2900 minROS Developers Podcast128. O3DE Robotics SimulatorI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who want to use large-scale realistic robotic simulations. If you are thinking of working in that direction, this podcast episode is dedicated to you! Today we are going to talk a lot about simulation and how to do it with open-source code. But […]
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2023-11-2000 min
ROS Developers Podcast128. O3DE Robotics SimulatorI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who want to use large-scale realistic robotic simulations. If you are thinking of working in that direction, this podcast episode is dedicated to you! Today we are going to talk a lot about simulation and how to do it with open-source code. Now let me introduce you, Adam Dabrowski. Adam is the VP of Robotics and Simulation at Robotec.ai where he and his team have developed the robotics part of Open 3D Engine, an alternative to do realistic large-scale simulations in ROS
2023-11-171h 09
ROS Developers Podcast127. Autonomous Driving research with Open SourceI would like to dedicate this episode to the people who are still working on autonomous driving. We believe that it will be the technology of the future, with many interesting and exciting job opportunities. We want to promote and support those who are actively involved in this field. So, if that describes you, this episode is dedicated to you! Today we are going to learn about autonomous driving! Let me introduce you to Santiago Montiel Marín. Santiago is a Ph.D. student and researcher at the Universidad de Alcalá, His research focuses on radar perception fo...
2023-11-131h 16ROS Developers Podcast127. Autonomous Driving research with Open SourceI would like to dedicate this episode to the people who are still working on autonomous driving. We believe that it will be the technology of the future, with many interesting and exciting job opportunities. We want to promote and support those who are actively involved in this field. So, if that describes you, this […]
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2023-11-1300 minROS Developers Podcast126. Isaac Sim and ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are considering professional robots and applications design, beginning with simulations. Starting with simulations is crucial, even if your preference is to work with real robots, to avoid errors and save time. If this is what you think when you are developing robots, […]
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2023-11-0600 min
ROS Developers Podcast126. Isaac Sim and ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are considering professional robots and applications design, beginning with simulations. Starting with simulations is crucial, even if your preference is to work with real robots, to avoid errors and save time. If this is what you think when you are developing robots, then this episode is dedicated to you! Today, we are going to talk about simulations! Let me introduce you to Buck Babich, a senior Robotics R&D manager at Nvidia. Buck is currently working on manipulation, planning control...
2023-11-0358 min
ROS Developers Podcast124. ROS for DronesI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are thinking about using ROS for their Drones or may be trying to apply their path planning to drones. If you are thinking about using your favorite robot framework for drones, then this episode is dedicated to you! Today, we will talk about Drones and ROS, delving into everything related to the world of drones with an expert. You can gain valuable insights for programming your drones. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce yo...
2023-09-111h 05ROS Developers Podcast124. ROS for DronesI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are thinking about using ROS for their Drones or may be trying to apply their path planning to drones. If you are thinking about using your favorite robot framework for drones, then this episode is dedicated to you! Today, we will talk […]
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2023-09-1100 minROS Developers PodcastRobotics Insider EP3: What Will the Robots of the Future Look LikePoints to touch: Is AI so dangerous? Will robots take our jobs? Can robots take the world? Can they save us from ourselves? Intro Terminator, the Matrix, I Robot, Ex Machina, all those movies indicate the danger that we may suffer in the future if we build robots with AI. But is the future going […]
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2023-09-0100 minROS Developers Podcast123. ROS2 Control Round 2I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who have already switched to ROS2 to control their robots. Today we are going to talk about the ros2_control with one of the main developers and maintainers of the packages. But before going into the meat, let me tell you about the […]
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2023-08-1400 min
ROS Developers Podcast123. ROS2 Control Round 2I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who have already switched to ROS2 to control their robots. Today we are going to talk about the ros2_control with one of the main developers and maintainers of the packages. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Dr. Denis Stogl. Denis is the CEO and founder of Stogl Robotics a company for consulting about robotics. He is also one of the main maintainers of ros2_control.
2023-08-101h 15
ROS Developers Podcast122. How to Build a Robotics StartupsI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers that are considering building their own robotics startup. Today we are going to talk about this subject, how to build your robotics startup with a person that has already built two of them: one about hardware and another about software, and both of them are up and running. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you, Dominik Nowak. Dominik is the CEO and Co-founder of Husarion and also the CTO and Co-founder of Husarnet. Welcome to the podcast Dominik!
2023-07-1255 minROS Developers Podcast122. How to Build Robotics StartupsI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers that are considering building their own robotics startup. Today we are going to talk about this subject, how to build your robotics startup with a person that has already built two of them: one about hardware and another about software, and both […]
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2023-07-1100 min
ROS Developers Podcast121. Developing robotics in SingaporeI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers in Asia that are struggling to get their industrial robots with ROS. Do not be desperate. Keep pushing your ROS learning and application. There are a lot of people working hard to help you with that, for instance, the guys from ROS Industrial Asia-Pacific. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Maria Vergo. Maria is the consortium manager of the ROS-Industrial consortium Asia-Pacific. She is going to explain to us what the ROS-Industrial consortium is about and what is...
2023-05-0240 minROS Developers Podcast121. Developing robotics in SingaporeI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers in Asia that are struggling to get their industrial robots with ROS. Do not be desperate. Keep pushing your ROS learning and application. There are a lot of people working hard to help you with that, for instance, the guys from ROS Industrial […]
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2023-05-0200 min
ROS Developers Podcast120. Space ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are building and programming the robots that will go to space in the next missions. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Will Chambers. Will was the principal technologist in AI and robotics at Blue Origin, where he cooperated to found the Space Robot Operation System, together with NASA and with Open Robotics. At present, Will works at Peraton as a Senior Director, Algorithmic Operations, AI, and Autonomy, and is a member of the Space Robot Operating System Technical St...
2023-03-131h 09ROS Developers Podcast120. Space ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are building and programming the robots that will go to space in the next missions. Today we are going to talk about the version of ROS that is aimed to go to space. But before going into the meat, let me […]
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2023-03-0200 min
ROS Developers Podcast119. Zenoh for ROS2I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are struggling to set up complex networks of ROS2 devices. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Julien Enoch. Julien is Senior Solutions Architect at ZettaScale Technology as well as Eclipse Zenoh committer. Today he is going to talk about what is Zenoh and why we should use it with our ROS2 robots. Welcome to the podcast Julien!
2023-02-271h 32
ROS Developers Podcast118. A graphical interface to program in ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Limor Schweitzer. Limor is the CTO and founder of MOV.AI a company with the goal of infrastructure software for modern automation. His company has recently released the community edition of MOV. AI flow. Welcome to the podcast Limor!
2023-02-151h 13
ROS Developers Podcast117: Hardware Acceleration with ROS2 Round 2I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on building small robots for practice while studying ROS. There are very few ROS-based robots for students that are reliable. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you . Victor has a large career in building ROS-based companies. He was the founder of Erle Robotics the first company to deliver drones based on ROS, Alias Robotics, a company concentrated on providing security to ROS robots and now Acceleration Robotics which is a company concentrated on… let’s see what it is about. Welcome...
2023-02-1356 min
ROS Developers Podcast116. Delivery RobotsI would like to dedicate this episode to the people that use ROS to develop autonomous robots that (will) move around us in our streets, together with us, humans, doing some useful tasks. Now let me introduce you Tomohiko Furutani. Tomohiko-san is the manager of the AI Robot development section of Softbank. Welcome to the podcast Tomohiko-san!
2023-02-0657 min
ROS Developers Podcast115. ROS for Human Robot InteractionI would like to dedicate this episode to people that are working to make robots more understandable by humans. People want people to interact seamlessly with robots. That robots understand us and that we understand robots. Now let me introduce you Severin Lemaignan. Severin is a senior scientist in social robotics at Pal Robotics. There he works to develop ways to make communication between humans and robots easier. Today he is going to explain everything about HRI and his project about how to get a general framework of HRI for ROS robots. Welcome to the podcast Severin!
2023-01-3047 min
ROS Developers Podcast114. Assisted Picking AMRS with ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on making efficient warehouse robots using ROS ( ROS-based warehouse robot). If you are in that field, if you are trying to make the picking system easier for all the warehouses around the world, then this episode is dedicated to you. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Gajamohan Mohanarajah. Gajan is the founder of Rapyuta robotics a company created in 2014 as an ETH spinoff focusing on cloud robotics. Welcome to the podcast Gaja!
2023-01-2351 min
ROS Developers Podcast113. Awesome robotics company with no ROSI would like to dedicate this episode to the people that use other robotics frameworks different from ROS… and succeed. You know, ROS already provides you with a fully working robotics framework as well as many software for main robotics tasks. If you go outside ROS, the robotics world is cold, difficult, and hostile. If a company is able to succeed in such conditions, then that indicates strength and mastery. Good for you! If your company is in such a situation, then this episode is dedicated to you. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me intro...
2023-01-1657 min
ROS Developers Podcast112. Autonomous Cars with Open Source CodeI would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on using ROS for autonomous cars, then this episode is dedicated to you. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Dr. Shimpei Kato. Shimpei is the founder of Tier IV as well as Chairman of the board of directors of the Autoware Foundation. Additionally, he is an associate professor of the University of Tokyo. Welcome to the podcast Shimpei!
2023-01-091h 04
ROS Developers Podcast111. Hardware Acceleration in ROS2I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROSDevelopers out there that have started or are already progressed doing progressing in programming robots by using FPGA and accelerating hardware of any kind. So if you are any of those engineers or ROSDevelopers using accelerate hardware for your robot, then this episode is dedicated to you! Now let me introduce you Giulio Corradi who is the principal architect industrial vision healthcare at AMD. Giulio, welcome to the Podcast!
2023-01-0351 min
ROS Developers Podcast110. Robotics at NASAI would like to dedicate this episode to the people that are developing space systems for the colonization of space, using ROS-based robots. If you are involved in this progress of humanity, this episode is dedicated to you. Now let me introduce you Alex Sowell and Misha Savchenko. Alex and Misha work on the Dexterous Robotics Team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Alex is is Technical Lead for Robotics at CACI International, and Misha is Software Lead at METECS. They both work together to build the next generation of robots for NASA.
2022-12-271h 01
ROS Developers Podcast109: ROS Based Cleaning RobotsI would like to dedicate this episode to the people that are working to create ROS-based robots to do all the most tedious tasks like ironing, cleaning… or refilling the paper at the WC when finished. Now let me introduce you Dylan Terntzer the CEO and co-founder of Lionsbot. Welcome to the Podcast Dylan!
2022-12-191h 00
ROS Developers Podcast110. AMDI would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROSDevelopers out there that have started or are already progressed doing progressing in programming robots by using FPGA and accelerating hardware of any kind. So if you are any of those engineers or ROSDevelopers using accelerate hardware for your robot, then this episode is dedicated to you! Now let me introduce you Giulio Corradi who is the principal architect industrial vision healthcare at AMD. Giulio, welcome to the Podcast!
2022-12-1551 min
ROS Developers Podcast107. Open Robotics SingaporeI would like to dedicate this episode to the people that build and maintain the core of ROS, that is the people of Open Robotics. But specifically, this episode is dedicated to the Open Robotics team in Singapore that is heavily working on the development of Open-RMF, the new kid in town. Thank you very much to Matthew, Yadu, Aaron, and Luca. Thanks for the time together at Singapore, especially during the quiz night where we almost hit 100% on the killing round. Now let me introduce you Matthew Festo, who is the general manager of Open Robotics...
2022-11-211h 06
ROS Developers Podcast106. ROS on Kubernetes with Tomoya FujitaI would like to dedicate this episode to people that are attending the ROS CON. Now let me introduce you to Tomoya Fujita, Tomoya is a senior researcher of ROS and Cloud meeting software researcher at the SONY US Lab, where he works to develop ROS systems. Today he is going to explain everything about his project and his research development at the SONY US Lab. Welcome to the Podcast, Tomoya!
2022-11-151h 00
ROS Developers Podcast105: Managing fleets of robots with Open-RMF with Yadunund VijayIn this episode, you are going to learn how to make multiple robots navigate in a ROS2 environment, and how to use the Open-RMF to manage different fleets. Now let me introduce you to Yadunund Vijay. Yadunund is one of the main developers of the Open-RMF at Open Robotics in Singapore. He is also the technical leader of several other software projects using ROS2. What is the Open-RMF? Why do we need it? How does it work? Those are some of the questions that Yadunund will explain to us during this interview.
2022-08-0855 min
ROS Developers Podcast104: Webots - An Awesome Open Source Simulator for ROS2 with, Olivier MichelIn this episode, we are going to talk about Webots - a mature Open Source Simulator for ROS2. Now let me introduce to you, Olivier Michael. Olivier is the founder and CEO of Cyberbotics - the company that develops Webots Simulator. He is been developing Webots for more than 20 years. So now it is a very mature product.
2022-07-181h 07
ROS Developers Podcast103. Vulcanexus the all-in-one ROS2 toolset, with Jaime Martin LosaIn this episode we are going to learn about how to develop ROS2 programs with less effort, in a more efficient way, by using a set of ROS2 tools encapsulated in a distribution. Now let me introduce to you Jaime Martin. Jaime is the CEO of eProsima the company developing Fast DDS, the default middleware for the upcoming release of ROS2 Humble. He is an expert in middlewares, and as such, he leads also the eProsima membership at the OMG and the Technical Steering committee of ROS2 and he is the responsible of eProsima contribution to the...
2022-07-1139 min
ROS Developers Podcast102. VSCode and ROS, with Lou AmadioIn this episode, we are going to learn about how ROS can help in achieving the dreamed goal of building autonomous robots. Now let me introduce you Lou Amadio. Lou is the principal software development lead for Azure Edge Robotics at Microsoft. His team works on ROS for Windows but he also leads other adjacent projects related to ROS and Microsoft services
2022-05-161h 12
ROS Developers Podcast101. Carla Autonomous Cars simulator, with Patrick MusauIn this episode we are going to learn about how ROS can help in achieving the dreamed goal of building autonomous robots. Now let me introduce you Antonio Manuel Lopez, who is an ICREA Academia professor in the computer science department of the universitat autonoma de Barceloa and principal investigator in autonomous driving at the computer vision center in Spain. He is one the responsible of the open source Carla projectat computer vision center.
2022-01-2444 min
ROS Developers Podcast100. Towards Assured Robot Autonomy with ROS, with Patrick MusauIn this episode we are going to learn about how ROS can help in achieving the dreamed goal of building autonomous robots. Now let me introduce you Patrick Musau, who is a graduated research assistant at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems of Vanderbilt University at the USA. He recently delivered an interesting presentation at the ROS World 2021 entitled Towards Assured Autonomy with ROS. Let's learn how ROS and Gazebo can help us to build the autonomous robots of the future!
2022-01-1445 min
ROS Developers Podcast99. 2021 ROS RecapIn this episode, we are reviewing how was the year for ROS. Was any good? Let's figure out! Show notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/99-2021-ros-recap/
2021-12-3012 min
ROS Developers Podcast98. Awesome projects with ROS with Francisco MirandaToday we are talking to Francisco Miranda. Francisco is the founder of DSI Metric Solutions, where he develops amazing projects based on ROS for companies like Blue Origin, Disney Research, Marvel, etc.
2021-12-1041 min
ROS Developers Podcast98. Chima's AI Plan 2030We will review the plan of China on AI for the next years, what are the reasons behind it, what it involves and what is its current state. Shownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/98-chinas-ai-plan-for-2030
2021-11-1224 min
ROS Developers Podcast97. Visualization and debugging tools for ROS robotsLet me introduce you Adrian Macneil who is a former director of infrastructure at Cruise and currently the CEO and co-founder of Foxglove, a company in the mission to create better robotics visualization tools. Today we are going to talk to him about the tools they are developing to simplify our debugging needs.
2021-10-251h 16
ROS Developers PodcastHow Robotnik built a world leader ROS based company, with Roberto GuzmanRoberto is the founder and CEO of Robotnik company, a ROS based robotics company that produces many types of service robots. He is a ROS expert and has many years experience launching service robots to the market.
2021-06-2356 min
ROS Developers Podcast95. Teaching ROS at the US Air Forces by Steve BeyerShow notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/95-teaching-ros-at-the-us-air-forces-with-steve-beyer/ Now let me introduce you Steve Beyer. Steve is an embedded systems engineer and roboticist that is a member of the United States Air Force developing the US Air Force's digital communications infrastructure in the Middle East. More recently, he changed his role to senior instructor of embedded systems and robotics at the United States Air Force Academy. Let's talk with him about the teaching of robotics in the US Air Force.
2021-05-281h 09
ROS Developers Podcast94. How to build a robotics startup: getting some money to startIn this episode we will learn how to get some money for our new startup. Which options do we have and how should we proceed.
2021-05-1448 min
ROS Developers Podcast93. Using Unity with ROS, with Sarah GibsonShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/93-using-unity-with-ros,-with-sarah-gibson Today we are going to learn how we can use amazing Unity powered simulations with ROS controllers. Let me introduce you Sarah Gibson, Senior Engineering Manager, Robotics | Unity Technologies. She is going to talk with me about using Unity in robotics development, and specially in using ROS and Unity to build ROS based robot simulations.
2021-04-2940 min
ROS Developers Podcast92. ROS in Space with Allison ThackstonShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/92-ros-in-space-with-allison-thackston/ Let me introduce you Allison Thackston one of the engineers developing some parts of Robonaut. Her ROS code was running out on space! Today she is here to talk about her experience shipping code to Space.
2021-04-2156 min
ROS Developers PodcastHow to build a robotics startup: getting the team rightThis episode is about understanding why you can't build your startup alone, and some criteria to properly select your co-founders.
2021-04-0542 min
ROS Developers Podcast90. Sina Interviews Ricardo about Basic ROS conceptsShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/90-sina-interviews-ricardo-about-basic-concepts-of-ros In this episode, Ricardo is the one interviewed. Sina Pourghodrat is a Surgical Robotics Software Engineer who on his spare time runs a Youtube channel about Robotics and how to become a roboticists. He wanted to interview Ricardo in order to introduce ROS to his audience, and let them know of the importance of it when building robots.
2021-03-0146 min
ROS Developers Podcast89. How to Create a Robotics Startup: The Product IdeaIn this podcast series we are going to explain how to create a robotics startup step by step. Get full details at the show notes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/89-how-to-build-a-robotics-startup:-the-product-idea
2021-02-2251 min
ROS Developers Podcast88. It takes a village to build a ROS robotShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/88-it-takes-a-village-to-build-a-ros-robot-with-sophia-kolak Let me introduce you Sophia Kolak. Sophia is a software researcher at Carnegie Mellon university. In 2019 she presented a talk at the ROSCON 2019 entitled: It Takes a Village to Build a Robot: An Empirical Study of The ROS Ecosystem Today she is here to talk about her paper and why it matters for all ROS Developers.
2021-01-1939 min
ROS Developers Podcast87. Optimized embedded Linux for ROS with Raul MunozShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/87-optimized-embedded-linux-for-ros-with-raul-munoz Today we are going to learn how we can optimize the Linux distribution for embedded computers and how we can use that with ROS.
2020-12-2848 min
ROS Developers Podcast86. Reproducing Robotic Simulations for Reinforcement Learning with Gym-IgnitionShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/86-reproducing-robotic-simulations-for-reinforcement-learning-with-gym-ignition/ Today we are going to learn how we can speed our development of such algorithms for ROS robots by using Gym-Ignition.
2020-12-221h 11
ROS Developers Podcast85. ROS2 Control with Bence MagyarShow notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/85-ros2-control-with-bence-magyar Today we are going to learn about the current status of ROS2 Control, you know, the packages that allow us to control joints using ROS topics. let me introduce you Bence Magyar. Bence and I we worked together at Pal Robotics. Now he works as Lead software engineer for FiveAI. But the main reason he is here with us today is because he is the main maintainer of the ROS control packages.
2020-12-0258 min
ROS Developers Podcast85. Hybrid ROS1 ROS2 Industrial applicationsShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/84-hybrid-ros1-ros2-industrial-applications Today we are going to talk with some guys from SWRI and ROS-Industrial consortium that have just done that: built hybrid applications with ROS1 and ROS2 on industrial robots
2020-11-2356 min
ROS Developers PodcastReal Time in ROS with Luca MarchionniShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/83-real-time-control-on-ros2-with-luca-marchionni/ Now let me introduce you Luca Marchionni. What can I say about Luca? Luca and I we have worked together for 5 years at Pal Robotics designing navigation algorithms for the humanoid robots. Then Luca worked on problems of control of closed loop systems, whole body control, walking, motion planning and control for the human size humanoid robots built at Pal Robotics. For that he had to develop algorithms with real time control using ROS. Now Luca is the CTO of Pal Robotics and he is in charge of the technical...
2020-11-201h 03
ROS Developers PodcastAvailable ROS2 hardwareShownotes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/82-available-ros2-hardware Get a list of available robots and sensors that already work with ROS2.
2020-11-1126 min
ROS Developers Podcast81. Building a ROS2 robotics company with Nick FragaleShow notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/81-building-a-ros2-robotics-startup-with-nick-fragale Today we are going to talk about things to take into account when thinking about building your own robotics startup, with the help of Nick Fragale from Rover Robotics
2020-11-041h 03
ROS Developers Podcast80. Making ROS2 secure with SROS2 with Mikael ArgedasShow notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/80-making-ros2-secure-with-sros2-with-mikael-argedas Today we are talking to Mikael Argedas about how to make ROS2 systems secure. He has been for more than 3 years a ROS Developer at Open Robotics. He is one of the guys who makes ROS!!! Specially he was in charge of developing ROS2 mainly everything concerned about making ROS2 more secure. At present he is working as Robotic Software Lead at Neofarm, a company devoted to produce better results in agriculture
2020-10-2645 min
ROS Developers Podcast79. The Future of Robot DevelopmentShow notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/79-the-future-of-robot-development This episode describes my personal vision about how is going to be the future of robot developers, those are, the people that create the programs the run inside the robot. Those people are the key to build actual intelligent robots.
2020-10-201h 19
ROS Developers Podcast78. Everything About MoveIt With Dave ColemanFind the show notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/78-everything-about-moveit-with-dave-coleman/ This episode about everything you need to know about the MoveIt project, and how you can use it for your robotic manipulator. Dave Coleman is the CEO of PickNik company, the company behind the development of MoveIt. He has been one of the main developers of MoveIt since the very beginning. He is also one of the developers of ROS Control. He is also an open source robotics advocate.
2020-10-131h 02
ROS Developers Podcast77. Building Robotics Projects on Youtube with James BrutonGet the show notes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/?p=22096 James Burton is an electrical and mechanical engineer who dedicates to build robot projects and post the whole process online on his Youtube channel. He has built amazing electromechanical projects like the BB-8 robot, the batman skateboard or the OpenDog. He is the real Youtube Maker for robotics projects!
2020-10-0854 min
ROS Developers Podcast76. The ROS2 Navigation Stack With Steve MacenskiShow notes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/76-ros2-navigation-stack-with-steve-macenski One of the problems to move to ROS2 was the lack of a stable navigation system for ROS2 robots. But as you will learn today, this problem has been solved. So if you want to move to ROS2 and want to try to make a robot navigate, then this episode is dedicated to you.
2020-08-181h 02
ROS Developers PodcastDRACO: A ROS based liquid cooled bipedal platform with Luis SentisShownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/?p=20895 Luis Sentis is an associated professor in aerospace engineering at University of Austin in Texas and a holds a PhD from Stanford about humanoid robots. He is also founder of Apptronik Systems and member of the board. Apptronik a company developing actuators and controllers for robots with high power and high efficiency. They are about to launch their latest product, the DRACO bipedal platform, which relies on their actuators and controllers and works with ROS.
2020-08-0348 min
ROS Developers Podcast074 The new generation of State Machines for ROS with Brett AldrichShownotes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/the-new-generation-of-state-machines-for-ros-with-brett-aldrich Today we are going to about evolving state machines from the original SMACH Brett is the CEO of REEL ROBOTix, a company that is in the process of putting to the market some hardware for robots (secret yet!). However, within that company, Brett found the necessity to give a different approach to State Machines inside ROS. For that he developed SMACC. Today, Brett is going to explain us what is all about this SMACC and how we can use it for our robotics projects.
2020-07-2857 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP073 - Which ROS Robot to Buy for EducationIn case you are thinking about buying some robots for your class on robotics, here you are going to find a list of some of the most interesting ones, based on my own experience as teacher of robotics at University of LaSalle Barcelona. The list contains a series of robots that you as a teacher can consider buying for making your students practice with real robots using ROS. Shownotes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/which-ros-robot-to-buy-for-education?
2020-07-1725 min
ROS Developers PodcastROBOAds: using robots to market your services with Faysal ElChamaToday we are going to chat with one of those professionals that have started a very interesting business on top of ROS. He provides robots to really market products. He will clearly describe the reasoning behind the creation of that business and why it is completely different from current robot based marketing efforts like Pepper and the like. Shownotes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/?p=20017
2020-07-0638 min
ROS Developers Podcast071: The Autoware Foundation (self-driving cars) with Joshua WhitleyToday we are going to talk about the Autoware foundation and how it is pushing forward the creation of self-driving cars powered by ROS. Check here the show notes: https://www.theconstructsim.com/the-autoware-foundation-self-driving-cars-with-joshua-whitley
2020-06-0531 min
ROS Developers Podcast70: The Hub of Robots With Brandon DeHartToday we are going to chat with the person behind the hub of robots. Did you heard of Git Hub? No I meant a hub of robots! What is that? You are going to learn it in a minute. Shownotes: http://www.theconstructsim.com/the-hub-of-robots-with-brandon-dehart
2020-04-2151 min
ROS Developers Podcast69. The ROS Basics Knwoledge MapIn this episode we are going to review a Knowledge Map that contains all the basic concepts that any ROS Developer has to master. We provide a pdf that includes the map with direct links to the wiki pages where to find the full description. Check the shownotes for the pdf with direct links to the ROS Basics concepts: https://wp.me/p9Rthq-4eW
2020-04-0117 min
ROS Developers Podcast68. Ignition Gazebo ROS simulator with Louise PoubelSee the shownotes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/68-ignition-gazebo-ros-simulator-with-louise-poubel Today we are going to talk with the lead developer of Gazebo simulator and she is going to tell us about the next generation of Gazebo which is a complete rewriting of the simulator based on a new set of libraries, the Ignition libraries. Well, those are the questions that we are going to have answered today. So now, it is my pleasure to introduce you to Louise Poubel. This is the second time I interview her in the podcast about her work on Gazebo simulator. Louise...
2020-01-2749 min
ROS Developers Podcast66. Onboard deep learning with NVIDIA Jetson Nano and ROS with Miguel Angel RodriguezShow notes: http://www.theconstructsim.com/onboard-deep-learning-with-nvidia-jetson-nano-and-ros-with-miguel-angel-rodriguez Today we are going to talk with a ROS Developer that has built a ROS robot based on Nvidia Jetson nano in order to do deep learning experiments with ROS robots. Miguel Angel is the CTO of The Construct . There he builds robots, develops ROS code and creates online courses for learning ROS. He is also the host of Morpheus Chair, a Youtube show where he shows how to interact with ROS and real hardware. He is here today to explain us about his latest robot built...
2020-01-2033 min
ROS Developers Podcast67. ROS2 DDS Fast RTPS with Jaime Martin LosaToday we are going to talk with one of the persons behind Fast-RTPS, you know the default DDS mechanism that Open Robotics ships with ROS2. What is Fast-RTPS? Why is it shipped by default on ROS2? How can we take the most of it? Well, those are the questions that we are going to have answered today
2020-01-131h 05
ROS Developers PodcastThe ROS Developers Podcast 2019 Yearly ReviewThat is why today, I would like to dedicate the episode to all the listeners of this podcast. It is thanks to you that are listening, that we can keep doing this podcast. Thanks to your support, to your comments, to your shares in the social networks, that our podcast has a reason of being.
2020-01-0926 min
ROS Developers Podcast62. Attending to the ROSCON with Drashti PatelToday, I would like to dedicate the episode to all those ROS developers that attended the ROSCON 2019 a couple of months ago. I can tell you that it was the best ROSCON ever. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did, and that you learned as much as I did. I mean, you can learn so much in such conference that at the end of the day you can feel how your brain cannot handle anymore. Amazing! Today we are going to talk with one ROS student that attended to the last ROSCON thanks...
2019-12-3034 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP064. ROS in micro controllers using u-ROS with Borja OutereloShow notes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/ros-in-micro-controllers-using-u-ros-with-borja-outerelo Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to all those ROS developers that are figuring out new ways to use ROS. We know ROS is used in a robot with a computer that runs Linux Ubuntu and we program in C++ or Python. That’s it. But then, there are a lot of people thinking about how to use ROS in Windows machines, or ROS in a micro controller, or ROS on a fridge!!! Well, that episode is dedicated to you (call me if you are putting ROS on...
2019-12-2339 min
ROS Developers Podcast63. Eclipse DDS Cyclone for ROS 2 with Joe SpeedToday we are going to talk with Joe Speed from ADLink, one of the companies that are pushing ROS 2 forward with their DDS implementation: Cyclone DDS.
2019-12-0950 min
ROS Developers Podcast61. Using ROS in Windows With Lou AmadioToday we are going to talk with the person behind the development of ROS for Windows, Lou Amadio. Lou is Principal Development Lead in the core operating system group at Microsoft focusing on robotics and autonomous systems. I presume that that role is the one that leads him to get interested in ROS, but we are going to know about it in this interview.
2019-11-2552 min
ROS Developers Podcast60. ROS and Ubuntu, two big friends with Canonical TeamToday, we are continuing with the series of podcast interviews that we did at ROSCON. Also I would like to dedicate the episode to those ROS developers that do not use ROS on Ubuntu. Today we are going to talk with the A team of people that work a Canonical, you know, the company behind the development of Ubuntu. But before going into that, let me remind you about our ROS online academy. Yes, at the Construct we have created an online academy named The Robot Ignite Academy which contains a ROS learning path for b...
2019-11-1939 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 059: AWS RoboMaker with Roger BargaToday we are going to talk with the person behind RoboMaker, the cloud robotics solution from Amazon. It is my pleasure to introduce you Roger Barga. Roger is an expert in computing clouds. First working as Group Program Manager for Microsoft Azure, and now as the General Manager of Amazon Web Services for robotics and autonomous services. He is the leader of AWS RoboMaker, the robotics cloud solution created by Amazon to speed up ROS development. Check the show notes here: : http://www.theconstructsim.com/aws-robomaker-with-roger-barga
2019-11-1245 min
ROS Developers PodcastROS robots for researchers, educators and developers With Michael FergusonCheck the show notes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/ros-robots-for-researchers-educators-and-developers-with-michael-ferguson My pleasure to introduce you Michael Ferguson. Michael is the CTO and president of Botnuvo, a young robotics company that has just launched its first product. Michael started into work with ROS in 2010 as a software engineer at Willow Garage, From there, he co-founded Unbounded Robotics, the precursor of Fetch robotics. Then he moved to Fetch Robotics as CTO, and only recently he founded Botnuvo, a new company that builds robots for researchers educators and developers.
2019-11-0547 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 056: ROS SLAM Toolbox by Steve MacenskiCheck the shownotes here. It is my pleasure to introduce you Steve Macenski. Steve is open source robotics engineer lead at Samsung Research America. Before leading the open source robotics group at Samsung Research, he led the robotics team at Simbe Robotics building fully-autonomous store-auditing robot solutions. At present, He is the primary maintainer and developer of several ROS2 packages like Navigation2, Robot localisation and today’s subject of the podcast, Slam Toolbox. He is also a member of the ROS2 Technical Steering Committee. He is going to talk today about his Slam Toolbox package among other th...
2019-10-2837 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP057: Using NVIDIA Jetson TX2 with ROS with Raffaello BonghiShownotes with all the links here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/using-nvidia-jetson-tx2-with-ros-with-raffaello-bonghi Today we are going to talk with a ROS Developer that is using Nvidia Jetson board to control a 9Kg outdoors robot. It is my pleasure to introduce you Raffaello Bonghi a ROS developer using Nvidia Jetson board to build the Panther robot, a ROS project that you can build using the full information that Raffaello has released. His project has been recently featured into the Nvidia Jetson projects page.
2019-10-0753 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 055: Using Webots Robot Simulator With ROS With Olivier MichelGet the shownotes at: http://www.theconstructsim.com/webots-robot-simulator-ros-olivier-michel Today, I would like to dedicate the episode to those ROS developers that use simulations as a key element in their ROS development. I mean, you use the simulation to test your programs until they work properly in it and then, and only then, you move to the real robot testing. For the professional ROS developers, this podcast is dedicated to you! And today, it is my pleasure to introduce you Olivier Michel CEO of Cyberbotics, the company that develops Webots simulator. Olivier is going...
2019-09-2347 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 054: The DogBot Quadruped for AI research wiht Greg EppsGet the shownotes at http://www.theconstructsim.com/the-dogbot-quadruped-for-ai-research-with-greg-epps Today, it is my pleasure to introduce you Gregory Epps from React Robotics. Greg is the CEO of React Robotics a company based in London dedicated to the development of low-latency, torque-controlled, super-light robots with the aim to provide those robots to researchers so they can concentrate on testing the best artificial intelligence algorithms in physical robots.
2019-09-1833 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 053: A History Of ROSCheck the show notes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/a-history-of-ros ROS (Robot Operating System) is now very popular among roboticists. Researchers, hobbyists, and even robotics companies are using it, promoting it and supporting it. However, it was not always like that. Do you know ROS history? In the early days, ROS was an unknown only used by a bunch of robotics freaks. How did ROS reach its current state as a robotics standard? Let’s see in this podcast how ROS got to its current superior status. A brief history of ROS up to 2019
2019-09-1130 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 052: ROS student Simon Steinmann Shares His ROS Learning ExperienceCheck the show notes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/ros-student-simon-steinmann-shares-his-ros-learning-experience It is my pleasure to introduce you Simon Steinmann. Simon is a student at University of British Columbia in Canada. There he works on his master thesis on robotics and machine learning. Since he needed to learn ROS for his thesis, Simon enrolled our Robot Ignite Academy to boost his ROS learning, and that is how I met him. Today, Simon is going to tell us more details about his ROS experiences.
2019-08-2643 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 051: Why Do You Need To Learn ROS?Episode notes here: http://www.theconstructsim.com/why-do-we-need-to-learn-ros This episode is dedicated to the notion that you can make an impact in society by creating the intelligence of the robots of the future. I want to convert you into a robotics developer. In case you want to become a robotics developer, then you need to learn ROS. Wait a minute! Some questions arise here! First of all, why would I want to become a robotics developer? Second, in case I wanted, why should I learn ROS? Good questions! I’m R...
2019-08-2124 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP050: Affordable Mobile Manipulator TR2 With Zach AllenIn this episode Zach Allen, CEO of Slate Robotics will explain about his mobile manipulator TR2 robot. What is a mobile manipulator? It is a robot that is able to navigate around an environment and it is also able to grasp things. In order to work with human stuff, a mobile manipulator must be big enough to reach objects in tables, and capable enough to reach objects in the ground. Zach is going to tell us about their TR2 robot, what are its main features and how did they achieve to provide such nice robot for under $4.000. That is...
2019-08-1349 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP049: Darknet ROS 3D with Francisco MartinFrancisco is associate professor at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid, Spain) and member of Robotics Lab. He is a participant at the European Robotics League, at the Smart CIties RObotics Challenges. For that competition, Francisco has created a ROS package named darknet_ros_3D. He is going to tell us about this package and how they are using it at the competition. Get all the shownotes at the podcast webpage: http://www.theconstructsim.com/rdp-049-darknet-ros-3d-with-francisco-martin
2019-08-0834 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 048: Amazing ROS tools from SRWI with P.J.ReedToday, it is my pleasure to introduce you Phillip J. Reed from SWRI . P.J. works at SWRI as a developer. There he has developed a bunch of very useful tools for different situations on ROS that we are going to review today here. Find complete notes with links and data at the show-notes in this web page: http://www.theconstructsim.com/rdp-048-amazing-ros-tools-swri-p-j-reed
2019-07-1249 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 047: ROS Plan with Gerard Canal and Michael CashmoreToday, it is my pleasure to introduce you Michael Cashmore and Gerard Canal. They came here today to tell us more about how to design the behaviour of a ROS based robot using ROSplan. Check the shownotes in the following page: http://www.theconstructsim.com/rdp-047-ros-plan-michael-cashmore
2019-06-2653 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 046: ROS based Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Nils BoreThis is Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to the people who is already thinking about the summer holidays. Going to the beach, having sun, drinking something cold... and your robot playing in the water! And today, it is my pleasure to introduce you Nils Bore. Nils is postdoc at the DIVISION OF ROBOTICS, PERCEPTION AND LEARNING of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm where he is developing underwater vehicles within the SMaRC project. Nils is here today to tell us more about how to develop...
2019-06-111h 00
ROS Developers PodcastRDP044: How To Organise a Massive ROS Summer School with Xinyu ZhangHi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. This is Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to all those ROS developers that are planning to attend to ROS conferences during the summer. There are several ROS Summer Schools and conferences around, being the ROSDevCon the one that we organise at The Construct, but many others also available (I’ll put a link beneath of the podcast with all th...
2019-04-2953 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP043: How To Start Learning ROSHi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. This is Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, we are going to dedicate the program to all those developers that are giving their first steps in the ROS worlds. We know it is not easy. We dedicate the episode to you. Keep pushing guys, you can make it! And in this episode, I'm not going to interview anybody. Instead, I'm going to provide you some...
2019-04-2135 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 041: ROS DevOps with Victor LopezHi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. This is Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, I would like to dedicate the podcast to all those ROS developers that are in charge of the whole development structure that allows a ROS developer create, test and debug his ROS programs under a safe net. Those developers that create all the Q&A mechanisms to prevent us from breaking functionalities. You are the thougher! And...
2019-03-1838 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 034: How to use Docker with ROS using DockeROS with Christian HenkelHi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. I'm Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, we are at the ROS Industrial conference (Europe). I had the chance to meet Christian Henkel who presented at the conference the dockeROS library. DockeROS allows to dockerize ROS applications and sends them to remote robots. In this interview, Christian will explain to us how to do that, how to test the dockeROS and how do they differ from snaps.
2018-12-1719 min
ROS Developers PodcastRDP 033: Using Behavior Trees With ROSHi ROS Developers and welcome to the ROS Developers Podcast: the program, the podcast that gives you insights from the experts about how to program your robots with ROS. I'm Ricardo Tellez, from The Construct. Today, I would like to dedicate the program to all the ROS Developers that thought that a state machine would do the work, but once implemented, they do not work for a specific case, so we have to add a specific condition for that case, but then another special case appears, and we provide another special solution, in an endless loop.
2018-12-1029 minzetatestersZT 90 Disonancia cognitiva y autoengañoYa es tradición: cuando no está Marc Alier, hablamos sobre algún error de lógica. En esta ocasión nos centramos en la disonancia cognitiva, que da mucho de sí.
Tema: Disonancia cognitiva
Libro: Descafeínate: mejora la productividad sin cafeína de Daniel Amo.
Libro: Autocontrol: Cómo funciona la voluntad, por qué es tan importante y qué podemos hacer para mejorarla. de Kelly McGonigal (versión original: The Willpower Instinct).
Episodio: ZT 30 Creatividad y “Sapiens” de Yuval Noah Harari
Libro: Sapiens. De animales a dioses: Una breve...
2018-01-2300 min