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Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. Robotics is related to the sciences of electronics, engineering, mechanics, and software. You may also consider asking your question on *robotics* Stack Exchange: https://robotics.stackexchange.com/.

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots and computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.

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python and ctypes cdll, not getting expected return from function

I'm in the process of working on interfacing a haptic robot and eye tracker. So, both come with their own programming requirements, namely that the eye tracker software is based in python and is the main language in which I'm programming. Our haptic…
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iPad Camera Connection Kit to Talk to Non-Storage USB Devices?

I am doing some experimenting with robotics and have a USB servo controller that I would like to connect to my iPad. Does anyone know if it's possible to access USB devices such as this on the iPad? And if so, what mechanisms can I use to talk to…
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Compute the maximum-coverage path in an Occupancy Grid

I am implementing a basic robot which uses a SLAM algorithm to produce an occupancy grid of it's environment. It is very simple with no probabilistic aspect, simply an enum to represent Empty, Occupied, Unexplored, Unreachable etc. I was wondering…
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Fastest .Net and SQL data types

I hope this question isn’t too “right field” and I'll be upfront in saying I'm a newb compared to many people on stackflow... I want to compare object representations of images, audio and text for an AI project I am working on. I'd like to convert…
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Associate file format with my program (Java)

I am making Scouting Software (in Java) for my FRC robotics team. Scouting is like collecting data on other teams' robots during competition. It is absolutely critical that my program makes that process as simple and easy as possible. My program can…
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How to write multi threaded testcases in robotium

How can I implement the Multithreading in test cases so that no test case will wait for a particular time in a test suit and can complete the test execution fast?
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I am designing a Java Robot?

I am using a robot programmed with Java with a distance and touch sensor (but no gps or compass) to navigate a 1.0 by 2.5 metre obstacle course. The robot only knows its position by dead reckoning (like the number if turns of its wheels). When it…
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Robotics Club Programming Portion

My school has entered into a Robotics Tournament that competes several schools against each other(this is my school's first year). The objective of the robot is to shoot a ball into a hoop. I am a member of the Programming team. Our job as the…
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Panda3d Robotics

The title makes it obvious, is this a good idea? I've been looking for a robotics simulator in languages i know (i know ruby best, then c++, then python -- want to strengthen here--, forget about javascript, but i know it). i found something…
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Monte Carlo Localization example

I want to implement Monte Carlo Localization in a project I'm doing. The first thing I did is I tried to implement it in a virtual robot navigating a 2D world. Right now the program is really slow, doesn't work, and I'm making little progress. So…
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Wavefront algorithm for area coverage

I am wondering whether the Wavefront algorithm (or any other navigation algorithm), can be modified from trying to reach a a specific goal location to navigate to all reachable locations. Any other advice on different types of WaveFront algorithm…
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note: format string is defined here (ROS2 C++)

Hi I get an error when I build this ros2 services cpp file what is wrong? Is it about %d which is prints the value of the int variable. EDİT: I have changed %d to %ld but then I got different error like: > Starting >>> my_cpp_pkg > --- stderr:…
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Docker Image with cuda and ROS2 on Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying desperately to setup a Docker image based on nvidia/cudagl image and add ROS2 humble distro on it. The reason is theat I need this ENV for future Gazebo simulations with the NVIDIA GPU Capabilities. The problem is that the official…
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How do I reliably classify colours as red, yellow, or "other" colours in OpenCV?

I have an input image from which I extracted the circles for a robotics project, and then got the average colour within those circles. The circles can either have a red or yellow colour as that is how I painted them on wood. I extracted the average…
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DiagramBuilder: Cannot operate on ports of System plant until it has been registered using AddSystem

I have an issue working with DiagramBuilder and ManipulationStation classes. It appears to me, that c++ API and the python bindings work differently in my case. C++ API behaves as expected, while the python bindings result in the runtime…
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