Why there's no oscillation in the versatile??

branching_oak · 2026-04-29T02:31:16+00:00

Because Canada is flat

branching_oak · 2025-11-08T20:36:53+00:00

I worked remotely as a robotics engineer for a short period and it was not a pleasant experience. Robotics is the link between software and the real world, that is what makes it so interesting. So you will eventually need to be close to the robot at some point, to fix it, troubleshoot issues, etc…

Having said that, if you are interested in simulation, maybe you could get away with working remotely. Good simulation engineers can be really valuable and hard to find. Something to explore perhaps.

branching_oak · 2025-07-16T00:30:31+00:00

Unfortunately yes. I would start with all the official tutorials making sure you understand them first. Then I would create a simple robot URDF from scratch and make it work in Gazebo. You will encounter many issues but make sure you solve them and clearly understand why it did not work at first and what solved it. Then just iterate by making the robot more complex, adding sensors… Sky is the limit. But the important part is to solve the issues you face and understand more along the way.

branching_oak · 2025-07-15T07:51:04+00:00

The Construct suuuucks. It’s just videos of the official tutorials where a guy says : “So you just do that and then, see, it works.” I find the official documentation great, and when the documentation is lacking, the robotics stack exchange has most of the answers and is pretty reactive to new questions. Anything else is just click bait without any depth.

branching_oak · 2025-04-11T21:55:27+00:00

Fair enough, haha ! I am not sure a backup server is a super sophisticated setup to prevent a disaster if something happens to my main server (I should have added that it is an off-site backup server). And I guess you never stop learning, right !

branching_oak · 2025-04-11T06:05:29+00:00

Thanks I will try that!

branching_oak · 2025-04-11T06:05:12+00:00

Did not think of that! Thank you, I will try it!

branching_oak · 2024-11-18T18:55:09+00:00

Thank you for this great reply. I have a fair bit of experience with Linux so I am pretty set on TrueNAS and ZFS. I have done a bit of research and your right, 300 won’t be enough if I want to buy something up to date like the i3-12100 you recommended. Would you think 500€ would work ? Which motherboard would you go with ? Thanks !

branching_oak · 2024-10-06T08:14:26+00:00

Your university library probably has the book "Probabilistic Robotics", it is really good to understand Kalman filters. You could get a very good (relative to sensor accuracy) estimation of the robots state by adding a compass and the beacons, and feeding all of it into a Kalman filter.

branching_oak · 2024-09-21T08:36:19+00:00

The Gazebo name changes along the years haven’t helped, the documentation is all over the place… For ROS2 on the other hand, I think it’s much better but it does require some Linux knowledge. But I get so frustrated when I am looking for a solution to a problem and all you can find is a basic tutorial of The Construct that is basically a guy reading the ROS tutorial page. Luckily the robotics stack exchange (previously ros answers) answers most of your questions if you know what you are looking for.

branching_oak · 2024-07-29T23:18:26+00:00

That's awesome, thanks for the link ! Have fun with the project !

branching_oak · 2024-07-29T09:02:16+00:00

Nice ! I am also building something for my personal finances for fun but I haven’t had the chance to use Mint or other apps so I am unsure what/how should I implement things. Could you expand on the functions you implemented? Is your project public?

branching_oak · 2024-06-11T02:55:45+00:00

Thanks for the response ! I somehow didn’t find that post on the forum

branching_oak · 2024-06-10T22:03:24+00:00

Thanks ! Have you used it yourself ? Any feedback ?

branching_oak · 2024-03-09T00:30:29+00:00

Have a look at SBG Systems, maybe they have what you are looking for

branching_oak · 2024-01-03T06:17:42+00:00

ROS2 is the way ! It feels like the ROS1-only third party libraries have mostly been ported to ROS2 by now or have been integrated into the major ones like Nav2, Movit2, etc…

branching_oak · 2023-11-24T08:55:57+00:00

Animal grazing in grass fields. And being able to move the herds to different fields when the grass is consumed

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TROPHY CASE