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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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Is there a way to build and run an Android Studio app on a phone remotely?

I am developing an app for Android that controls a robot using the FTC SDK, and I need to be able to make small changes to motor values in the code and re-install it to test the new code. My problem is that I need to do this a lot of times, and the…
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API for controlling the OWI-535 robot arm

For fun I've been fiddling with the OWI-535 robot arm, and I came across this blog post about controlling the arm in Linux(or OSX). Has anyone done an API for it in .Net? Once again, a case of trying to not reinvent the wheel... I did find this…
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Best 3D library to model robotic motion

A short while I asked for suggestions on choosing a Python-compatible 3D graphics library for robotic motion modelling (using inverse kinematics in Python). After doing a bit of research and redefining my objectives I hope I can ask once again for a…
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How to create a Line With Gaps Follower? [Robotc] [LegoMindstorm][EV3]

Trying to create an algorithm/code in order to get my robot to follow a track which it currently can do, using a color sensor and following the inside edge. So I'm wondering how to transition to the track with broken parts the track has gaps with a…
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Which is a good way to send robot states between different ROS nodes?

I am implementing a robotic system based on ROS. I have different nodes which send data multiple times per second. However, I don't need that. I want to send the robot state only when it is at a new location. What technique of ROS do you suggest to…
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TypeError: object array may be self-referencing Python3

TypeError: object array may be self-referencing I tried to read this question but I didn't get much out of it. TypeError: object array may be self-referencing python Thanks in advance
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How to combine Python 32bit and 64bit modules

For one my Robotics projects, I am trying to grab an image from Nao Robot's camera and use Tensorflow for object recognition. The problem is that the Robot's NaoQi API is built on Python2.7 32bit.…
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Double pid loop

I am working on a robotic project, that involves controlling the position of a large robotic arm. The suggestion was to use a double PID loop, and I am wondering what is involved in this. As it was described to me, the first PID loop should deal…
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Robot Pepper Not able to run Android application on Real Pepper

I have developed an app for pepper using android studio. the app run fine on emulator, but cannot run it on real pepper robot. I have connected real pepper robot through IP, but when I run through android studio cannot find the real pepper robot…
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Can I get Erlang OTP behaviors in C Nodes?

For example, right now I have a C Node (call it CN) which connects to an erlang node (call it EN) and uses a RPC to use OTP behaviors. Hence, to send an event from CN to an event manager on EN I connect CN to EN and do args = erl_format("[data_man,…
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ICP in the PCL package

I have installed Point Cloud Library(PCL) package for using Iterative closest point (icp) my question is: this package could be used for 2D data or not ?I want to align two TSNE data which are 2D.Link of the icp method
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OpenAI Gym and Gazebo to test RL algorithm for robotics?

If I want to investigate an RL algorithm for robotics, how should I be using Gazebo and OpenAI Gym to test, train and benchmark the algorithm? Should I start with OpenAI Gym and take algorithms with good scores into the Gazebo environment for…
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Are there any UAV simulation environments?

I'd like to play around with computer vision and AI techniques without having to spend money on hardware right away. If there aren't any robotics simulation environments that model flight physics, could someone recommend the fastest/easiest way to…
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(Eucledian Shortest Path) Detecting corners of obstacles in plane

Problem History/ Origin Lately I stumbled over channels on Twitch.TV from players that perform speedruns of classic games. One of them played The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past. I saw many inefficient movements and I started to wonder if -…
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Accounting for misalignment of wheels in diff drive odometry

I have a differential drive robot, using odometery to infer its position. I am using the standard equations: WheelBase = 35.5cm; WheelRadius = 5cm; WheelCircumference = (WheelRadius * 2 * Math.PI); WheelCircumferencePerEncoderClick =…
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