Mini PR2 Runs ROS
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 5 of August , 2010 at 12:56 am
We keep going on about how ROS is all free and open source and platform independent and distributable and adaptable and anything can run it and so on, but this little project from ModLab at UPenn illustrates the whole idea brilliantly. They took a bunch of ckBot modules (which, incidentally, can reassemble themselves after being kicked to pieces) and made some 6 DoF arms with grippers plus a movable base, essentially duplicating all of the basic capabilities of the Willow Garage PR2. As you can see from the vid, the mini PR2 can run programs straight off of the PR2 simulation environment, and even duplicate the actions of the full-size robot, all thanks to ROS.
A bit more on ROS, after the jump.
ROS, incidentally, has just reached its second distribution release. I bring this up because some of you might be interested in the bug fixes and improvements, but mostly because it gives me an excuse to post the accompanying artwork, by Josh Ellingson:
10 awesome points to whomever can name every robot in that picture.
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Comment by Arkapravo
Made Friday, 6 of August , 2010 at 4:52 am
The Robots in the picture : (1) PR2 (2) Robotino (3) Quadrotors/ Penn-Quadrotors (4) STAIR (5) ERA-MOBI/ ERRATIC (6) Autonomous Boat (7) TUM-Rosie (8) Marvin (9) Care-O-bot 3 (10) Bosch RTC’s Robot
Comment by kwc
Made Sunday, 8 of August , 2010 at 12:21 pm
@Arkapravo: very close. (10) isn’t Bosch’s robot, though it is nearby. Also, bonus points if you can figure out whose autonomous boat.
Comment by Arkapravo
Made Sunday, 8 of August , 2010 at 11:39 pm
Lets see !
(*) Segway-RMP Robot used by Bosch-RTC
(*) I doubt I can take a fluke at the boat – enlighten me ! :)
Comment by kwc
Made Monday, 9 of August , 2010 at 10:25 am
The 10th robot (second from the left) is WG’s Texai. The boat is USC’s.
Comment by Arkapravo
Made Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 3:03 am
Thanks – any details/ presentations/ publications/ pictures on the Autonomous Boat from USC ?
Comment by Mining Camps
Made Thursday, 10 of November , 2011 at 5:06 pm
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