Tag Archives: robotics

Ein Reise nach Deutchland.

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rick

So last week, I was in Karlsruhe, Germany for the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), one of the Big Two in terms of robotics conferences. (The other one is IROS.) I was a coauthor on a paper, and … Continue reading →

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Moving a Robot Part 3: Two wheels, moving differently

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Rick

So in our previous episodes, we talked about some of the issues and ways we can make a robot move. How does this even apply to a real robot? In many small robot applications, we like to use robots with … Continue reading →

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Moving a Robot, Part 2: Heading Issues

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Rick

So in our previous episode, we discussed how to move a two wheeled robot. However, we mentioned that there’s a problem with computing the angle delta: The problem is angle wraparound. There are two primary ways of representing a heading:  … Continue reading →

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Moving a robot, part 1

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Rick

So you decide that you want to move a wheeled robot around because you happen to have a wheeled robot that needs programming.  That’s great!  Let’s talk about that a little. Preliminaries Let’s assume that your robot can obtain a … Continue reading →

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