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Sometimes you might need to get the robot’s actual position to compare your state estimation code. Copy paste the contents of this file (plugin_code) into your urdf description file. It…
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…
I primarily use a Mac for my work, but since a I do a lot of robotics I have to switch over to Ubuntu to use ROS. Having a linux…
Sometimes you just have to face the absolute horror of having to convert your beautiful latex documents into word. As an engineer your biggest worry is, oh crap, will my…
Surprisingly there is no clear cut instruction anywhere. My questions was, if I tracked an image feature from the Kinect, how would I know its 3D position? I wanted to…
I recently setup a Kinect with ROS for SLAM but the instructions are all spread out. So, in this tutorial we go through the steps required to setup a Microsoft…
Code::Blocks is a great light IDE for C++ but somehow has a tendency to crap out and hang after every minor operation in Ubuntu 14.04 (at least this is where…
Solutions to Munkres (2000) Topology, Second Edition. textbook can be found at http://dbfin.com/topology/munkres/ Useful for engineers since topology can be pretty heavy for engineers!