Introducing the TurtleBot 4

02/09/2022 1h 10min

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In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tony Baltovski and Adrian Popielas, from Clearpath Robotics, on the TurtleBot 4. The TurtleBot 4 is an open source robotics platform for education and research.If you’re enjoying the podcast, please consider donating to help us keep it going:https://donorbox.org/sense–think–act–podcastEPISODE LINKS:– TurtleBot 4 on Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/turtlebot–4/}– TurtleBot 4 on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4}– TurtleBot 4 Simulation on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4_simulator}– Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/}– Tony Baltovski’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybaltovski/}– Adrian Popielas’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianpopielas/}PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com}– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036}– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d}– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml}– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast}– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg}OUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:31) Introducing Adrian, Tony, and TurtleBot 4– (0:12:17) Evolution of Turtlebot Platforms– (0:18:03) Adding a screen to the Turtlebot 4– (0:21:43) Picking hardware and budgeting features– (0:27:57) How the software is organized– (0:29:38) Designing for manufacturing– (0:38:13) Simulation– (0:44:40) Making examples– (0:46:45) Using ROS 2– (0:50:15) Choosing to use a Create 3– (0:51:46) Other challenges and testing– (1:03:26) Putting an arm on the TurtleBot 4– (1:04:49) Marker 7– (1:07:47) Hopes for the TurtleBot 4– (1:09:52) AdviceSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act}– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71}

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