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Guide: Video Tutorials on Microcontrollers and ROS on WSL
The following video tutorials are available on YouTube:
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Towards Easier ROS Setup & Collaboration – VSCode, Docker, and WSL2
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…
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Summer Recap – The Remote Edition!
So, this summer, we were unable to finish the hardware our team had spent so much time designing last fall and early this spring. But nonetheless, there was a lot of progress made after the last recap, so here’s some pictures. Daniel and Eric F. made a lot of progress Read more…
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Running ROS with GUI in Docker using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)
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…
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RoboBoat 2019 Drone Retrospective
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…