24. Introducing the TurtleBot 4, with Tony Baltovski and Adrian Popielas
2022-09-02 · 1:10:45
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.
Links
- Download the episode
- TurtleBot 4 on Clearpath Robotics' website
- TurtleBot 4 on Github
- TurtleBot 4 Simulation on Github
- Clearpath Robotics' website
- Tony Baltovski's LinkedIn
- Adrian Popielas' LinkedIn
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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 - Advice