Visual Studio Code is a very powerful tool. Over the past year, our team has utilized the LiveShare plugin to collaborate virtually. It’s like Google Docs for code. Combined with screen sharing, we were able to make a lot of progress together on the same project. But that’s not all. Read more…
With Virtual RobotX utilizing Docker, it seems like a good time to investigate how Docker can be utilized in improving onboarding. Windows is a very popular OS, and Linux dual booting can be a barrier to entry. Over several days, I researched how to get ROS and Gazebo functional on Read more…
General Update VRX submission time is almost here! Development Updates Perception: Ali and Justin worked on generating the world and data collection. The classifier has been trained. GNC: Coline is trying out improvements for various tasks and finding bugs. There is still a decision to make between A* and DAMN Read more…
Today, GTMR went out to the lake! Robert, Matt, Eric, Daniel, Ali, and I were there. Game day made transportation logistics a little bit difficult, but we all made it in the end. The GPS was confirmed to be working, and Robert successfully ran Rahul’s dynamic model data collection program Read more…
The Frankendrone from RoboBoat 2019 had a rough start and was not able to fly in competition. Eric was able to finally get it steady in the air before the end of the week of competition. Hardware must work before software can work properly. Takeaways: Software ArduPilot and PX4 flight Read more…