Become A Roboticist In 1 Month - July 2024
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Week 0: Setup Your Computer For Creative Robotics

What to expect over the next 4 weeks
Windows 11 : Setting Up Your Computer with Docker, WSL and VS Code
Mac OSX: Docker and VS Code
Ubuntu 22.04: Setting up your computer with Docker and VS Code
GitHub, FreeCAD and Blender
Why Using Docker Will Save You Hours Of Debugging
The Best Way To Save Complex Robotic Projects: Git, GitHub and VCSTool
How To Look Like A Hacker With No Effort: Quickly Using The Linux Command Line
3 Tips To Rapidly Build Models In FreeCAD
How To Publish Your Robotics Work On Social Media Such As LinkedIN or X
Windows 11: Backup Path
Ready To Create Robots Checklist
Week 0 Live Session
Become A Roboticist - Troubleshooting Guide.pdf
Week 1: Getting To Know ROS 2 And KRYTN Robot

Delayed 7 days

How To Drive A Robot: Teleoperation Of KRYTN
Is The Robotic Operating System Actually Just Like A Discord Group? Peering Under The Hood
Using The SOLn Framework To Setup Your Robot
Giving Your Robot Eyes: How To Simulate Sensors For KRYTN
Giving Your Robot Memory: Setting Up Mapping With KRYTN robot
Self Driving Robot?!? How To Setup Autonomous Navigation For KRYTN Robot
Designing Your First Robot Link: Using FreeCAD To Sketch Over An Image
Make Your Meshes Shine! How To Use Blender To Colour Your Meshes
How To Add Stuff To Your Robot: Adding A Coffee Tray To KRYTN
My Robot Is Broken! 5 Tips For Debugging ROS
Day 1 Task: Teleoperating A Robot
Day 2 Task: Peering Under The Hood
Day 3 Task: Adding Eyes
Day 4 Task: Making A Map
Day 5 Task: Creating A Tray
Day 6 Task: Adding Tray To Robot
Day 7 Task: Publish Your Work
Week 1 Live Session
Week 2: Robot Arms, The MACI Robot

Delayed 14 days

How To Move Your Robot Arm: Using the MoveIT Package
How To Deal With Robot Complexity: Cleaning the Workspace For MACI
Using Other Peoples Code For Robot Models (URDF, XACRO and spawning in launch files))
Giving You Robot Hands: Designing A Simple Gripper In FreeCAD
Giving Your Robot Hands - Bug Fix
Installing The Gripper On MACI And Configuring It Using MoveIT2
Programming Your Robot: Writing A Simple Python Script To Open And Close Your Gripper
How To Use Other Peoples Work To Move Your Robot: Using pymoveit2 To Script Your Robot
Adding Something For MACI To Pick UP: Using Gazebo To Create An Environment
Cloning From GitHub
Day 8 Task: Using MoveIT
Day 9 Task: Create A Gripper
Day 10 Task: Attach Gripper
Day 11 Task: Control Gripper
Day 12 Task: Using pymoveit2
Day 13 Task: Adding Something To Pick Up
Day 14 Task: Publish Your Work
Week 2 Live Session
Week 3 & 4: Find a Robot And Simulate It

Delayed 21 days

How To Sketch A Robot In FreeCAD For ROS: The 4S Method
Don't Start From Scratch Again: How To Use KRYTN and MACI Projects As Templates
Fantastic Robots And Where To Find Them: How To Pick A Robot To Simulate
How To Create Interesting Environments? Use Your Phone To Scan The World And Load It Into Gazebo
3 Example Robot Simulations Created From Images Of Real Robots
Gazebo Is Boring Without Plugins: Configuring Gazebo Plugins To Let Your Robot Move And See
3 Tips For Your Robot Build
From Simulation To Real World: What You'll Need To Change To Use These Templates On A Physical Robot
Building On The Shoulders Of Giants: Using Python To Control Krytn
Using Web Technology To Build Robot Interfaces
Day 15 Task: 4S Method
Day 16 Task: Using Projects As Templates
Day 17 Task: Picking A Robot
Day 18 Task: Scanning Your Environment
Day 19 Task: Setup Gazebo Plugins
Day 20 Task: Example Robot Simulations
Day 21 Task: Publish Robot So Far
Day 22 Task: Spawn a known robot
Day 23 Task: Spawn your robot
Day 24 Task: Configure Sensors
Day 25 Task: Robot Teleoperation
Day 26 Task: Environment Mapping
Day 27 Task: Autonomous Operation
Day 28 Task: Celebrate and Publish Your Robot
Live Session Replay Week 3
Live Session Replay Week 4
Live Session Replay Week 5

Week 1: Getting To Know ROS 2 And KRYTN Robot

This week we will dive into how the Robotics Operating System (ROS 2) works, as well as simulate our first robot, the Krytn coffee delivery robot.

18 Lessons