17:33

In a previous blog post, I described the modeling and left off with a high-level discussion on how you would implement controllers once you had a model built.
In this post, Carlos Santacruz-Rosero and I will dig down into the details of control. We will describe the different ways that humanoid… read more >>

19:33

Connell D’Souza is back guest-blogging and tells us about object detection in MATLAB.
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A few weeks ago, I visited Florida Atlantic University’s Team Owltonomous, who compete in RoboNation student competitions like RoboBoat, RobotX and from 2019 onwards RoboSub as well! Our discussions spanned a range of topics including designing object detection… read more >>

Connell D’Souza our co-blogger has worked with a team that develops robotic boats. The outcome is clearly impressive.
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For today’s post, I would like to introduce you to Alejandro Gonzalez. Alex is a member of the RoboBoat team – VantTec of Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. I met Alex at… read more >>

4:26

Hi everyone — Sebastian here. I’ve been doing a few presentations at schools and robotics events, so I wanted to convert these talks into a comprehensive blog post for everyone else. I hope you enjoy this material!
Many people know MATLAB (and maybe Simulink) as the “calculator” they had to use… read more >>

I would like to start by wishing all of you a Happy New Year! In the spirit of the New Year and trying out new things we want to introduce you to our latest series of student competition tutorials on code generation. Connell, our regular guest blogger (… we should… read more >>

Today’s guest post is by Maximilian Mühlbauer. Maximilian was head of autonomous driving at TUfast Eco for the last season and will share their autonomous journey for the 2018 Shell Eco-marathon Autonomous UrbanConcept challenge.
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Back in 2016, we started developing a speed controller to assist the driver in our efficiency challenges which… read more >>

So, we hear you are competing in a boat competition in Hawaii? Really cool location for a competition! But wow, that’s a hard environment to replicate! Waves, ocean winds, transporting a 16-foot-long boat, not a great situation to be in! As a result, most teams have a hard time doing… read more >>

Today’s guest post is by Veer Alakshendra. Veer will be sharing a Simscape – Simulink modeling and controls workflow for pneumatic actuators throwing a ball at a target.
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For last few years, I have been following RoboCon very closely. Fortunately, this year I got a chance to watch the live… read more >>

In the previous post, I gave an overview of World Robot Summit (WRS) 2018 and how we were involved.
Today, we’re getting technical and diving into our booth demonstrations! If this is good news for you, then please keep reading.
Partnering with Robot Hardware Vendors is Key!
Previously, we mentioned all the interesting… read more >>

I recently had the fortune to travel to Tokyo, Japan for the World Robot Summit 2018. In this post, I want to talk about what we saw at the event, why we attended, and why it was such a great time.
Introduction to World Robot Summit
World Robot Summit (WRS) is a… read more >>