A considerably difficult aspect of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is the problem of uncertainty constrained long term point-to-point navigation where global loop closures to eliminate estimation biases may not…
Category: Research
Somebody recently watched this video of my previous research and asked me: “I saw a YouTube video of a project you did, and I’m fascinated with making a drone autonomous. I…
This page contains answers to some common questions about the belief space planning library based on OMPL that I have developed in my research group based on my own work…
This page is a collection of tricks I use to get my latex publishing going. How to Shrink Your Paper / Thesis: When you’re submitting papers to conferences or journals,…
I interviewed for a Fall Co-op position at Qualcomm R&D San Diego with a Principal Engineer in their Deep Learning team. The interviewer was obviously a very smart and knowledgeable…
Following up from my previous post, I wanted to simulate an IRobot Create with a hokuyo laser mounted on it. I needed this to get my motion planning simulation up…
There’s no clear instructions for how to actually get your usb webcam image in ROS. Steps: 1. Install usb_cam ros package ($sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-usb-cam) 2. Create a launch file.…
This is an update to my previous post on setting up an iRobot Create/Roomba in Gazebo/ROS for the new ROS distro Indigo. Steps : 1. Follow the ROS instruction guidelines…