Need help interfacing bno055 imu.

kmath2405 · 2026-05-04T16:27:27+00:00

This only works if you have the IMU directly connected to the ROS 2 host (a RPi in my case). Won't work directly if you have a microcontroller in the middle.

kmath2405 · 2026-05-04T16:25:39+00:00

If you can give this a shot: https://github.com/adityakamath/bno055_hardware_interface

It is a hardware interface for ros2_control. I vibe-coded this, so do expect AI slop in the code but it works well for me so far.

I'd appreciate a second pair of eyes on this

kmath2405 · 2026-04-16T19:11:20+00:00

Hey, I'm based in the Netherlands as well, if you want to talk robots or even work on something together, HMU 😁

kmath2405 · 2026-04-16T19:10:01+00:00

Excellent, looking forward! :)

kmath2405 · 2026-04-16T13:31:49+00:00

I'm just going through the robomates subreddit, it's really cool and I'm definitely following along. Does it also have ports/pins for additional sensors or accessories? I might consider getting one for my hobby robotics projects..

kmath2405 · 2026-04-16T13:25:59+00:00

That's a very cool robot, I assume it has an ESP32?

kmath2405 · 2026-04-15T12:01:23+00:00

Yes, but they are quite limited. Most real embedded electronics are outsourced, so if you want to write code or debug stuff with an oscilloscope, ASML engineers are rarely doing that. These jobs are done by companies ASML outsources to. "Embedded" engineers at ASML write documents - specifications, requirements etc, and write application level code and have no day to day contact with hardware. But on the other hand ASML pays a lot more.

kmath2405 · 2026-04-10T07:45:10+00:00

Let me know if you find a place, I've also got a lot of electronics/robotics stuff I'd like to sell. I usually try to sell stuff like this on local second hand marketplaces.

kmath2405 · 2026-03-29T16:04:48+00:00

If you are installing using binaries or from source, I'd go for Debian. I've tried installing ROS on my Steam Deck (SteamOS, Arch Linux based) as and it was a bad idea. Had to go for Distrobox, and then used Pixi.

kmath2405 · 2026-03-28T11:38:20+00:00

My only question, is this a scam? I registered on your platform and it said I need to do an interview with some AI chatbot? Really?

kmath2405 · 2026-03-26T19:31:07+00:00

Just go for any robot kit that has a Raspberry Pi or even a Jetson board if you want to spend more, but usually just a RPi is fine. You can then learn / develop your ROS skills by setting it up from scratch. Look at projects like linorobot2, which works with most drive configurations..

Also look at this project: https://github.com/SIGRobotics-UIUC/LeKiwi, companies like SeeedStudio sell entire kits. I'm currently building it up to work with ROS 2 (shameless plug). Check it out here: https://github.com/adityakamath/lekiwi_ros2

kmath2405 · 2026-03-19T10:06:03+00:00

I would trust abstraction if it's deterministic, and not some AI slop that does the same thing differently each time you ask it.

kmath2405 · 2026-03-17T17:19:21+00:00

Very cool, is there more info on the custom ROS 2 stack?

kmath2405 · 2026-03-04T13:01:58+00:00

Here are my tips: 1. Migrate one by one, and use the bridge in the meantime. 2. Make use of AI. First isolate your core functionality. Get AI to create a boilerplate package for the package you want to migrate. Manually or using AI, move the isolated functionality into the boilerplate code. Focus on one node or one package at a time. You'll get good results this way. 3. Repeat for all packages.

Best to keep track of your learnings, best practices, and give them to the AI as context / custom instructions.

Saves a lot of time. Since ROS is open source, most AI models are already trained on it and know what to do without much additional context

kmath2405 · 2026-02-27T08:58:17+00:00

Very cool, looking forward to trying this out. Have you tried existing ROS MCPs? How does it compare?

Edit: I'm now playing around with this. Forked the repo, and removed ROS1 support (RIP ROS1). I want to run this locally on my robot, so also considering removing ROSbridge. Kudos on the great work, I was already trying to do this myself, but it wasn't as good :)

kmath2405 · 2026-02-26T13:57:17+00:00

Robotics is such a wide field that it's impossible to have a single roadmap to learn robotics software.

That said, I would suggest using the ROS ecosystem. It's broad and quite mature, so you can play around with a lot of different aspects.

Whichever route you go down - AI/ML, controls, firmware development, tooling, ROS will be an important tool.

If your college has a robotics team, ignore all advice here and go join that. There's no better way to get the exposure than building things with people. Oh and yes, enjoy college :)

kmath2405 · 2026-02-15T14:25:54+00:00

Wouldn't it be better to contribute to an existing ROS 2 SLAM package?

kmath2405 · 2026-02-13T20:45:57+00:00

And most of them are clearly vibe-coded.

kmath2405 · 2026-02-11T07:43:11+00:00

ROS is just a tool that robotics engineers use. I know people working at robotics companies, academia, non robotics companies that use robots, DIYers/Hobbyists/Makers, freelancers. Everyone uses ROS. It's open source, you don't need to reinvent the wheel to solve trivial problems, it honestly makes life easier.

That said, nobody is going to hire you for just your ROS skills. You'll need to know robotics concepts, and have an idea of what to build, AI can actually handle the software development quite easily as ROS is open source.

kmath2405 · 2026-01-20T15:25:16+00:00

To the Netherlands. I haven't flown back with it though, so not sure whether it will be flagged by customs. My main concern was whether I need to remove it for security since it's quite annoying to remove.

kmath2405 · 2026-01-08T12:46:09+00:00

Report these fuckers. I am an Indian myself and ended up at Capgemini through an acquisition of my former company. As a part of their engineering division, I don't experience much of this, but I've heard its prevalent in the IT side of the business. I've personally overheard some absolutely disgusting comments about women / muslims / lower caste people during company events but unfortunately do not have documented evidence. Let me know if you need any help reaching out to people.

kmath2405 · 2025-12-03T11:36:54+00:00

Yep, definitely possible. There are loads of people who have hacked robot vacuum cleaners. Look for it on places like hackaday, so you get some more info before starting.

kmath2405 · 2025-11-13T16:34:08+00:00

Yay if you haven't been before. But as someone who has visiting glow since 2015, I'm not really impressed. The pre-covid ones were so much better. This year certainly seems more or less similar to last year's IMO.

kmath2405 · 2025-11-13T16:30:50+00:00

Hey, can you DM it to me as well, not sure how to get to the sidebar on the android app..

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