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Blog posts tagged
"robotics"

Rhys Davies
10 January 2020

The State of Robotics – Robotics Over the Holidays

Robotics Article

Canonical closes for the holidays, but robots just get more festive. Roboticists seem to feel the festive spirit, and it turns their projects into festive robots. The Ubuntu robotics team isn’t quite ready to let go of the festive cheer. So we’d like to share with you some of our favourite projects that we saw ...

Rhys Davies
7 January 2020

Keep enterprise ROS robots up-to-date with snaps

Robotics Article

When a robot is not up-to-date, it becomes about as useful as an expensive paperweight, or companies have to burn money to get them back online. Yet when mobile apps need updating, it only takes a few clicks and a minute or two before it’s back up and running. This blog discusses how ROS robots ...

Rhys Davies
20 December 2019

ROS-Industrial – Canonical

Robotics Article

ROS-Industrial was way better than I expected it to be. As a first time ROS-Industrial attendee and only a second-time ROS-anything. I’m not sure what my expectations were. But it was really good. A great event, some great speakers, new friends and cool robots. What more could you want? This blog will not cover every ...

Ted Kern
14 December 2019

How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps

Internet of Things Article

The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem, packaging with snaps is as easy as always. Let’s go through a quick example! Prerequisites You’ll need two tools: “snapcraft,” the program that builds snaps, and “multipass,” the ...

Rhys Davies
6 December 2019

The State of Robotics – November 2019

Internet of Things Article

November, for robotics, was a good month. We’re seeing new things develop, current projects finish and more cute animals in our future. So who can complain? The news we’re covering here are things that have crossed our path and that we’ve found interesting. If you have suggestions for next months post or your own projects ...

Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

ROSCon 2019 – Canonical

Robotics Article

What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more ...

Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

The State of Robotics – October 2019

Internet of Things Article

October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that ...

Kyle Fazzari
28 October 2019

PSA for ROS users: Some things to know as Python 2 approaches EOL

Robotics Article

We recently got an interesting question from a customer, and I think the answer might be helpful to a wider audience. Python 2 will reach end of life in two months. This shouldn’t be news to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock, and plans are in place to use Python 3 in Noetic ...

Rhys Davies
24 October 2019

Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019

Internet of Things Article

Hey everyone, listen up, ROSCon 2019 is days away, and the Ubuntu team is going to be there. If you’re coming to Macau be sure to come and say hi at booth 22. Mention reading this blog and get a free high five? It’s going to be an event to remember. If you were at ...

Rhys Davies
8 October 2019

The State of Robotics – September 2019

Internet of Things Article

The Ubuntu robotics team presents, The State of Robotics. A monthly blog series that will round up exciting news in robotics, discuss projects using ROS, and showcase developments made by the Ubuntu robotics team and community. Every day, people make contributions to the world of robotics. And every day, work goes unnoticed that could cha ...

Kyle Fazzari
4 October 2019

Robotics security: What is SROS 2?

Robotics Article

We at Canonical have been hard at work on the security features of version 2 of the Robot Operating System (ROS 2). However, if we lift our collective heads up out of the weeds it’s easy to see folks completely misunderstanding how security works today in ROS 2. We’ve written some design articles to help ...

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