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"robotics"

Kyle Fazzari
11 July 2017

Ubuntu Core: Making a factory image with private snaps

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is a follow-up to the ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core series to answer a question I received: “What if I want to make an image for the factory, but don’t want to make my snaps public?” This question is of course not robotics-specific, and neither is its answer. In this post we’ll ...

Kyle Fazzari
31 May 2017

The Turtlebot 3 has launched

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

If you’re familiar with ROS (Robot Operating System), chances are you’re also familiar with the Turtlebot. The first version of the Turtlebot was created back in 2010 to serve as an inexpensive platform for learning ROS. This was followed in 2012 by the Turtlebot 2, which has since become the reference platform for learning ROS. ...

Kyle Fazzari
9 May 2017

ROS production: create Ubuntu Core image with snap preinstalled [5/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the fifth (and final) blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a gadget snap to allow confined access to the Turtlebot. In this post, we’re going to put all the pieces from this series together and create an Ubuntu Core image with our ROS snap preinstalled, ...

Kyle Fazzari
27 April 2017

ROS production: obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot [4/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the fourth blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a snap of our prototype, and released it into the store. In this post, we’re going to work toward an Ubuntu Core image by creating what’s called a gadget snap. A gadget snap contains information such as ...

Kyle Fazzari
21 April 2017

ROS production: our prototype as a snap [3/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the third blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we came up with a simple ROS prototype. In this post we’ll package that prototype as a snap. For justifications behind why we’re doing this, please see the first post in the series. We know from the previous post ...

Kyle Fazzari
13 April 2017

ROS production: our prototype [2/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the second blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we discussed why Ubuntu Core was a good fit for production robotics. In this post we’ll be on classic Ubuntu, creating the example ROS prototype that we’ll use throughout the rest of the series as we work toward using ...

Canonical
11 April 2017

RobotCheers uses Ubuntu to create hospitality robots

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Meet Spiro. Spiro greets you after a long day of travel, answers questions related to your stay and can give you a guided tour – in essence, all that a hotel concierge offers. Spiro was developed by RobotCheers to enhance the customer experience and is running in hotels across China. The service robot industry is ...

Kyle Fazzari
6 April 2017

From ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Please note that this blog post has outdated technical information that may no longer be correct. For latest updated documentation about robotics in Canonical please visit https://ubuntu.com/robotics/docs. My background is pretty heavily littered with robotics. A natural side effect of this is that I’ve published numerous posts discussing ...

Amrisha Prashar
27 January 2017

Award-winning drone technology with Ubuntu

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The market for drones is exploding as businesses and individuals embrace them. The global market for commercial applications of drone technology will balloon to as much as $127 billion by 2020 up from £2billion today (PWC.) Aerotenna is one of those innovators making this vision a reality. Aerotenna’s award-winning technology seeks to sol ...

April Wang
7 December 2016

Jamming with Ubuntu Core

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

We celebrated the launch of Ubuntu Core 16 hackathon, or shall we say Snapathon, that took place in Shenzhen between 26-27th November. The 30+ hour gathering and coding session was attended by developers, makers and anyone that was interested in the Internet of Things and the technology that powers them. Attendees were from different back ...

Amrisha Prashar
3 November 2016

Ubuntu IoT vertical pages

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu has long been used across various areas of IoT: robotics, digital signage and edge gateways. To celebrate this presence we’ve built dedicated pages showcasing how Ubuntu has been powering smart IoT. The pages bring to life our expertise in these fields through the deployments and stories of our partners, customer case studies and w ...

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