I was asked by an interviewer from Microsoft (internship interview) to write code to determine the minimum steps/shortest path on a grid from some start to some goal, since this …
Quick Paneer Tikka Recipe
Ingredients: 1. Paneer: 250 gm 2. Chicken Tikka Masala 3. Salt 4. Pepper 5. 2 cloves of garlic 6. Shredded Ginger (one thumb) 7. Yoghurt: Half Cup 8. 1 Lime …
How to use irobot create in gazebo with ROS hydro?
I’ve not been able to find any clear examples on how to achieve a simple simulation which involves moving a virtual model of an iRobot Create/Roomba in Gazebo using ROS …
Grad School Application Guide for Engineering Students (suited mainly for Indians)
This was written by me and a few friends just after graduating in 2010. It was written with IITians as the target audience but it more less applies to any …
Roboticists need to learn to sell (rather all engineers do!)
After attending my first international conference on robotics (ICRA 2014), my first take away is that so many of the talks were insanely boring! It’s not that the work was …
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014 Hong Kong
Just got back from the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Hong Kong. I presented our group’s work on the application of FIRM to physical mobile robots (ICRA-2014-pdf). FIRM …