Introducing the TurtleBot 4

Sense Think Act Podcast

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tony Baltovski and Adrian Popielas, from Clearpath Robotics, on the TurtleBot 4. The TurtleBot 4 is an open source robotics platform for education and research.
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EPISODE LINKS:
– TurtleBot 4 on Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/turtlebot–4/}
– TurtleBot 4 on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4}
– TurtleBot 4 Simulation on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4_simulator}
– Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/}
– Tony Baltovski’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybaltovski/}
– Adrian Popielas’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianpopielas/}
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OUTLINE:
– (0:00:00) Start
– (0:01:31) Introducing Adrian, Tony, and TurtleBot 4
– (0:12:17) Evolution of Turtlebot Platforms
– (0:18:03) Adding a screen to the Turtlebot 4
– (0:21:43) Picking hardware and budgeting features
– (0:27:57) How the software is organized
– (0:29:38) Designing for manufacturing
– (0:38:13) Simulation
– (0:44:40) Making examples
– (0:46:45) Using ROS 2
– (0:50:15) Choosing to use a Create 3
– (0:51:46) Other challenges and testing
– (1:03:26) Putting an arm on the TurtleBot 4
– (1:04:49) Marker 7
– (1:07:47) Hopes for the TurtleBot 4
– (1:09:52) Advice
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