Test of the integration of Ultrasonic Bumper with ROS framework

Ultrasonic Bumper Board - ROS test

In the following video you can see one of the first test of the integration of the Ultrasonic Bumper with the ROS framework. The test verifies the response time of two sensors mounted on the front panel of MyzharBot-v4. The ros_ultrasonic_bumper node acquires the ranges from the two sensors and publishes…

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Ultrasonic Bumper Board based on ST Nucleo32

Sonar Board prototype

The optical spatial sensors mounted on MyzharBot v3 and MyzharBot v4 have a intrinsic limitation that make it unable to perceive obstacle that are too near along its forward motion direction. Asus Xtion Pro Live does not see obstacles nearest than 50cm, Stereolabs ZED does not see obstacles nearest than…

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New ROS package to verify the status of the DCDC-USB power converter

DCDC-USB

A new ROS package is available to verify the status of the DCDC-USB power converter by Mini-box.com and integrate the information with the ROS diagnostic system.

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Nvidia Jetson TX1 devKit is here… and it’s a monster!

Nvidia_JetsonTX1_module

Tonight (Italy time) Nvidia unveiled its new Tegra embedded supercomputer, the Nvidia Jetson TX1. Jetson TX1 is a computer module based on the Tegra X1 SoC, the evolution at 64 bit of the Tegra K1. The available CUDA cores are now 256, the CPU has 8 ARM A5 cores (4x A57…

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