ROS Developers Podcast

Shownotes here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/82-available-ros2-hardware

Get a list of available robots and sensors that already work with ROS2.

This episode is dedicated to all those people that are thinking about creating their own robotics company. May be you are a ROS Developer who have enough of working for others and want to make the step to lead your destiny.

Today we are going to talk about things to take into account when thinking about building your own robotics startup

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:

* 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)

Now let me introduce you Nicholas Fragale. Nicholas is co-founder of Rover Robotics a startup that builds wheeled robots for startups, educators and system integrators. He is going to tell us about his robots and his experience building a startup based on robots that run ROS2.

Welcome to the podcast Nick!

Related Links

* Follow Nick Fragale on LinkedIn

* Nick’s company Rover Robotics

* Nick’s speech at ROSCON 2019 about his experience migrating to ROS2

Subscribe to the podcast using any of the following methods

* ROS Developers Podcast on iTunes

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Show 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

Today we are going to talk about the security features included in ROS2 and how we can make use of the SROS2 package to make our robot based on ROS2 more secure.

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:

* 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)

And now let’s go with the guest of today. Mikael Arguedas, 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.

Welcome to the podcast Mikael!

Related links

* Follow Mikael on Linkedin* Neofarm company* The SROS2 security packages for ROS2* Other developers of the SROS2 package:* Follow Rufus on Github* Follow Kyle on Linkedin

Subscribe to the podcast using any of the following methods

* ROS Developers Podcast on iTunes* ROS Developers Podcast on Stitcher*

Show 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

Show 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.

Find 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.

This episode is dedicated to all those people that like to build robotics projects, to test new ideas for robots, to experiment with robotics solutions, and build robots that work.

Today we are going to talk about how to make a living doing what we love the most: building robotics projects one after another without having to care if it is going to be a successful business or not. Just do the projects that we want because we want!…. ooohhh that is the dream of every roboticist!

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!

Now let me introduce you James Burton. James 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!

Related links:

* Follow James Bruton on LinkedIn* Tune James Youtube channel with almos 1 million subscribers* Check James company website where he posts more details about his designs* Consider support James on Patreon (we do!!!)* Git repo of James* The Open Dog quadruped robot design series of videos

* CHAMP libraries for quadrupeds walking algorithms by Luis Jimeno* James series of videos showing how to build a ROS robot for mapping and navigation*

Get 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!

This episode is dedicated to all those people that are thinking to move their robots to ROS2. 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.

Today we are going to talk about the ROS2 navigation stack which allows ROS2 robots to navigate autonomously.

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!

Now let me introduce you Steve Macenski. Steve works for Samsung Research America. There he is the open source robotics engineering lead of the company. He is a member of the board of the ROS2 Technical Steering Committee, and maintainer and developer of many important ROS2 packages related to the navigation system in ROS2.

This is the second time Steve comes to the podcast. Actually Steve was the winner of the ROS Award 2020 as the best ROS Developer of the world.

Congratulations and welcome to the podcast Steve!

Related links:

* Follow Steve Macenski on LinkedIn* Previous interview to Steve on the ROS Developers Podcast about SLAM Toolbox* ROS Developer Awards 2020* The ROS2 Navigation Stack* The ROS2 Marathon paper Steve presented at IROS2020* SLAM Toolbox* Behavior Trees implementation in ROS*