The ROS Developers Podcast

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers out there who are thinking and worrying about the future of ROS. If you are worried about whether ROS will become irrelevant in the future or if all the companies building humanoid robots will replace ROS, then this episode is dedicated to you!Before […] The post 130. The Open Source Robotics Alliance appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS Developers who believe that ChatGPT or Compiler won't take our jobs but rather help us become more efficient and create better, faster, and more intelligent programs. If you share this perspective, this episode is dedicated to you! In this episode, we will dive into Generative […] The post 129. ros2ai appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who want to use large-scale realistic robotic simulations. If you are thinking of working in that direction, this podcast episode is dedicated to you! Today we are going to talk a lot about simulation and how to do it with open-source code. But […] The post 128. O3DE Robotics Simulator appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to the people who are still working on autonomous driving. We believe that it will be the technology of the future, with many interesting and exciting job opportunities. We want to promote and support those who are actively involved in this field. So, if that describes you, this […] The post 127. Autonomous Driving research with Open Source appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are considering professional robots and applications design, beginning with simulations. Starting with simulations is crucial, even if your preference is to work with real robots, to avoid errors and save time. If this is what you think when you are developing robots, […] The post 126. Isaac Sim and ROS appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who are thinking about using ROS for their Drones or may be trying to apply their path planning to drones. If you are thinking about using your favorite robot framework for drones, then this episode is dedicated to you! Today, we will talk […] The post 124. ROS for Drones appeared first on The Construct.

Points to touch: Is AI so dangerous? Will robots take our jobs? Can robots take the world? Can they save us from ourselves? Intro Terminator, the Matrix, I Robot, Ex Machina, all those movies indicate the danger that we may suffer in the future if we build robots with AI. But is the future going […] The post Robotics Insider EP3: What Will the Robots of the Future Look Like appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who have already switched to ROS2 to control their robots.  Today we are going to talk about the ros2_control with one of the main developers and maintainers of the packages.   But before going into the meat, let me tell you about the […] The post 123. ROS2 Control Round 2 appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers that are considering building their own robotics startup.   Today we are going to talk about this subject, how to build your robotics startup with a person that has already built two of them: one about hardware and another about software, and both […] The post 122. How to Build Robotics Startups appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers in Asia that are struggling to get their industrial robots with ROS. Do not be desperate. Keep pushing your ROS learning and application. There are a lot of people working hard to help you with that, for instance, the guys from ROS Industrial […] The post 121. Developing robotics in Singapore appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are building and programming the robots that will go to space in the next missions.   Today we are going to talk about the version of ROS that is aimed to go to space.   But before going into the meat, let me […] The post 120. Space ROS appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are struggling to set up complex networks of ROS2 devices.   Today we are going to talk about the communications between different robots and systems over a large network and even over the internet.   But before going into the meat, let me […] The post 119. Zenoh for ROS2 appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers.   Today we are going to learn how to develop the program with ROS in a better way, in an easier way, and in a fast way!   But before going into the meat, let me tell you that in case you need […] The post 118. MOV.AI Flow: A graphical interface to program in ROS appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on building small robots for practice while studying ROS. There are very few ROS-based robots for students that are reliable.   Today we are going for the second round about using hardware acceleration to improve our robots with ROS2.   But before […] The post 117: Hardware Acceleration with ROS2 Round 2 appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to the people that use ROS to develop autonomous robots that (will) move around us in our streets, together with us, humans, doing some useful tasks.Today we're going to learn about such an amazing company that has succeeded worldwide using robots in different situations. We are going […] The post 116. Delivery Robots appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are working to make robots more understandable by humans. People want people to interact seamlessly with robots. That robots understand us and that we understand robots.   Today we are going to learn what is HRI and a project that tries to achieve that […] The post 115. ROS for Human Robot Interaction appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on making efficient warehouse robots using ROS ( ROS-based warehouse robot). If you are in that field, if you are trying to make the picking system easier for all the warehouses around the world, then this episode is dedicated to you.   […] The post 114. Assisted Picking AMRS with ROS appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to the people that use other robotics frameworks different from ROS… and succeed. You know, ROS already provides you with a fully working robotics framework as well as many software for main robotics tasks. If you go outside ROS, the robotics world is cold, difficult, and hostile. […] The post 113. Awesome robotics company with no ROS appeared first on The Construct.

  I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on using ROS for autonomous cars, then this episode is dedicated to you.   Today we are going to learn about how we can use open-source ROS2 code to control autonomous cars. How we can test it in simulations and how we […] The post 112. Autonomous Cars with Open Source Code appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROSDevelopers out there that have started or are already progressed doing progressing in programming robots by using FPGA and accelerating hardware of any kind. So if you are any of those engineers or ROSDevelopers using accelerate hardware for your robot, then this episode is dedicated […] The post 111. Hardware Acceleration in ROS2 appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to the people that are developing space systems for the colonization of space, using ROS-based robots. If you are involved in this progress of humanity, this episode is dedicated to you.   But before going into that, let me tell you about the ‘Managing fleets of robots with […] The post 110. Robotics at NASA appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are thinking is time to switch ROS1 from ROS2 In this episode we are going to talk about Webots – a mature Open Source Simulator for ROS2. Now let me introduce to you Olivier Michael. Olivier is the founder and CEO of Cyberbotics – the […] The post 104: Webots – An Awesome Open Source Simulator for ROS2 with Olivier Michel appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to the people that build and maintain the core of ROS, that is the people of Open Robotics. But specifically, this episode is dedicated to the Open Robotics team in Singapore that is heavily working on the development of Open-RMF, the new kid in town. Thank you very […] The post 107. Open Robotics Singapore appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to the people that are working to create ROS-based robots to do all the most tedious tasks like ironing, cleaning… or refilling the paper at the WC when finished. Today we are going to learn about an amazing Singaporean company that is a leader worldwide in the field […] The post 109. ROS Based Cleaning Robots appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are attending the ROS CON 2022. Now let me introduce you to Tomoya Fujita, Tomoya is a senior researcher of ROS and Cloud robotics software researcher at the SONY US Lab, where he works to develop ROS systems. Today he is going to explain everything […] The post 106. ROS on Kubernetes with Tomoya Fujita appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are thinking about building fleets of heterogeneous robots for automating whole businesses like pizzerias, hotels, or hospitals, this episode is dedicated to you. In this episode, you are going to learn how to make multiple robots navigate in a ROS2 environment, and how to use […] The post 105. Managing fleets of robots with Open-RMF with Yadunund Vijay appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are thinking is time to switch ROS1 from ROS2 In this episode we are going to talk about Webots – a mature Open Source Simulator for ROS2. Now let me introduce to you Olivier Michael. Olivier is the founder and CEO of Cyberbotics – the […] The post 104: Webots – An Awesome Open Source Simulator for ROS2 with Olivier Michel appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are struggling with ROS2, but are not giving up. In this episode we are going to learn about how to develop ROS2 programs with less effort, in a more efficient way, by using a set of ROS2 tools encapsulated in a distribution. Now let me […] The post 103. Vulcanexus the all-in-one ROS2 toolset, with Jaime Martin Losa appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are working on developing the autonomous cars of the future. If you are thinking on using lidars, cameras then this episode is dedicated to you. In this episode we are going to learn about how ROS can help in achieving the dreamed goal of building […] The post 102. VSCode and ROS, with Lou Amadio appeared first on The Construct.

Now let me introduce you Antonio Manuel Lopez, who is an ICREA Academia professor in the computer science department of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and principal investigator in autonomous driving at the computer vision center in Spain. He is one the responsible of the open source Carla project at computer vision center. Welcome to […] The post 101. Carla Open Source Autonomous Cars simulator, with Antonio Lopez appeared first on The Construct.

Now let me introduce you Patrick Musau, who is a graduated research assistant at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems of Vanderbilt University at the USA. He recently delivered an interesting presentation at the ROS World 2021 entitled Towards Assured Autonomy with ROS. Let's learn how ROS and Gazebo can help us to build the […] The post 100. Towards Assured Robot Autonomy with ROS, with Patrick Musau appeared first on The Construct.

Hello ROS Developers! The 2021 is about to finish. Another year in pandemic mode! I thought that the last week of the year would be a good moment to review how has it been the year for our favorite robotics framework. In this video we are going to evaluate the year for ROS in terms […] The post 99. 2021 ROS Recap appeared first on The Construct.

 I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are thinking about new ways to apply ROS and robots in order to provide new solutions to difficult problems. Now let me introduce you Francisco Miranda who is the founder of DSI Metric Solutions. With his company, Francisco is applying ROS to many different […] The post 98. Awesome projects with ROS with Francisco Miranda appeared first on The Construct.

A couple of months ago, Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, was talking to the US congress. He indicated that, in terms of AI, China may be only 1 year behind the USA. Schmidt was worried that the USA may lose in the next years to China the leading position in AI that they are […] The post 98. China's AI Plan for 2030 appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are starting to debug programs. You may have learnt how to build code for ROS robots, but when you move from the lessons provided by the courses, for instance the ones that we provide at The Construct academy, now is when it starts to get […] The post 97. Visualization and debugging tools for ROS robots appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that are thinking about building their own robotics startup. Yes the world needs you. Somebody has to build the robots that we saw in the movies. Those robots that help humans in dangerous environments like the Moon or Mars. Those robots that take the hard jobs […] The post 96. How Robotnik built a world leader robotics company based on ROS appeared first on The Construct.

I'm Ricardo, from The Construct. I would like to dedicate this episode to people that teaches robotics and ROS around the world. Today we are going to learn how the US military Air Force learn to program robots with ROS. Want to learn from the best ROS Developers of the world? Then you cannot miss […] The post 95. Teaching ROS at the US Air Forces with Steve Beyer appeared first on The Construct.

This episode is about learning the options you have to get some money to start your startup and what is expected you achieve with that money In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain how to create a robotics startup step by step. We are going to learn how to select your […] The post 94. How to build a robotics startup: getting some money to start appeared first on The Construct.

I would like to dedicate this episode to people that test their code in simulation prior to go to the real robot. That is the way guys. If you don't test first on the simulation, you can break the robot or harm somebody with your untested code. So the procedure is always, test on simulation […] The post 93. Using Unity with ROS, with Sarah Gibson appeared first on The Construct.