ROS Developers Podcast

ROS Developers Podcast

By Ricardo Tellez, CEO of The ConstructTechnologyEducationHow To
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ROS Developers Podcast episodes

  • 93. Using Unity with ROS, with Sarah Gibson





    I would like to dedicate this episode to people that test their code in simulation prior to go to the real robot. That is the way guys. If you don’t test first on the simulation, you can break the robot or harm somebody with your untested code. So the procedure is always, test on simulation until it works there. Then test on the real robot. I know, we all want to test directly on the robot because is cooler, but, we don’t neither like to do unit tests but we do them, right?!?!? So…



    Today we are going to learn how we can use amazing Unity powered simulations with ROS controllers.



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    Now 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.



    Welcome to the podcast Sarah!



    Related links



    * Follow Sarah on LinkedIn* Unity * Unity software for download* Unity asset store with many worlds and elements already made* Unity-ROS packages* How to use Unity with ROS* URDF Importer of the robot model from ROS model to Unity model* Learn about Unity



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  • 93. Using Unity with ROS

    Shownotes: 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.

    41 min
  • 92. ROS in Space with Allison Thackston

    Shownotes: 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.

    57 min
  • 91. How to build a robotics startup: getting the team right





    This episode is about understanding why you can’t build your startup alone, and some criteria to properly select your co-founders.



    In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain how to create a robotics startup step by step.



    We are going to learn how to select your co-founders, your team, how to look for investors, how to test your ideas, how to get customers, how to reach your market, how to build your product… Starting from zero, how to build a successful robotics startup.



    I’m Ricardo Tellez, CEO and co-founder of The Construct startup, a robotics startup at which we deliver the best learning experience to become a ROS Developer, that  is, to learn how to program robots with ROS.



    Our company is already 5 years long, we are a team of 10 people  working  around the world. We have more than 100.000 students, and tens of Universities around the world use our online academy to provide the teaching environment to their students. 



    We have bootstrapped our startup, but we also (unsuccessfully) tried getting investors. We have done a few pivots and finally ended at the point that we are right now. 



    With all this experience, I’m going to teach you how to build your own startup. And we are going to go through the process by creating ourselves another startup, so you can see in the path how to  create your own. So you are going to witness the creation of such robotics startup.



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  • 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 roboticist.



    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.



    Related links



    * Follow Sina on LinkedIn* Sina’s Youtube channel: Robotix with Sina



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  • 90. Sina Interviews Ricardo about Basic ROS concepts

    Shownotes: 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.

    47 min
  • 89. How to build a robotics startup: the product idea





    In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain how to create a robotics startup step by step.



    We are going to learn how to select your co-founders, your team, how to look for investors, how to test your ideas, how to get customers, how to reach your market, how to build your product… Starting from zero, how to build a successful robotics startup.



    I’m Ricardo Tellez, CEO and co-founder of The Construct startup, a robotics startup at which we deliver the best learning experience to become a ROS Developer, that  is, to learn how to program robots with ROS.



    Our company is already 5 years long, we are a team of 10 people  working  around the world. We have more than 100.000 students, and tens of Universities around the world use our online academy to provide the teaching environment to their students. 



    We have bootstrapped our startup, but we also (unsuccessfully) tried getting investors. We have done a few pivots and finally ended at the point that we are right now. 



    With all this experience, I’m going to teach you how to build your own startup. And we are going to go through the process by creating ourselves another startup, so you can see in the path how to  create your own. So you are going to witness the creation of such robotics startup.



    This episode is about deciding the product your startup will produce.



    Related links



    * Why robotics startups fail, document made by Fresh* Jibo robot* Cozmo robot* Baxter robot



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  • 88. It takes a village to build a ROS robot with Sophia Kolak





    I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS Developers that are helping to build ROS a better framework. Not only the ones that are using ROS but the ones that are developing new packages, maintaining existing ones and adding new drivers and dependencies for new robots. If you are one of the ones that contributes to ROS, not only uses it, then this episode is dedicated to you.



    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 beginners. The path is composed by:



    * Linux for Robotics* Python for Robotics* ROS Basic Concepts* Understanding TF* URDF for modeling robots* ROS Control* Build your own robot and ROSify it… and become a ROS Developer!



    Some other robotics theory courses included are:



    * Using OpenAI algorithms with ROS* Mobile robots kinematics* Arm robot kinematics* Robot dynamics and control* Kalman Filters for robotics



    Of course all our courses are based on practice with simulated robots! (theory+practice)



    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 EcosystemToday she is here to talk about her paper and why it matters for all ROS Developers.



    Welcome to the podcast Sophia!



    Related links



    * Follow Sophia on Linkedin* Sophia’s paper* Sophia’s talk at ROSCON 2019







    ROSCon 2019 Macau: It Takes a Village: Collaboration in ROS from Open Robotics on Vimeo.



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Become an expert in robot programming with ROS by listening to the experts. Every week, we interview an expert in robot programming with ROS who will give us tips and tricks based on his experience.…