In-Person Robotics Workshops in Oct 2022

We are delighted to bring to you 4 fully hands-on practical workshops on Robotics software and hardware design and development using ROS2 in October 2022.

 

The instructor for these workshops is Edouard Renard, a Robotics start-up entrepreneur who has taught more than 25, 000 people online on how to program robots using ROS, ROS2, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other technologies/tools allowing fast prototyping.

 

The hands-on sessions of these workshops will enable you to build something from A to Z. The focus is on giving you practical knowledge that you can directly apply to your own projects right after the workshop. The knowledge can also be applied for research or educational work.

(For more details on the contents and registration of each workshop, please click on the respective workshop title below)

(a) 3 – 5 Oct 2022 (Mon to Wed)

3-Day Hands-on Workshop on Creating Robotics Applications Using ROS2 on Ubuntu (+Raspberry Pi)

  • At the end of day 2 of the workshop, you will be able to create a robotics application using ROS2 on Ubuntu.
  • At the end of day 3, you will be able to create a distributed ROS2 application with several computers and Raspberry Pi boards.
  • On the third day, the class be divided into groups of two or three participants for team project to build a distributed robotics application, using RaspberryPi which will be provided.

(b) 6 & 7 Oct 2022 (Thu & Fri)

2-Day Hands-on Workshop on ROS2 Navigation Stack for Mobile Robots (SLAM-Navigation)

  • Understand and use the ROS2 navigation stack.
  • Quickly and easily perform SLAM and mapping operations with a mobile robot, for production, research, or teaching purposes.
  • This is not a workshop for true ROS beginners. If you are a ROS2 beginner, there is another workshop focused on ROS2 basics, happening before this workshop on 3-5 Oct 2022: 3-Day Hands-on Workshop on Creating Robotics Applications Using ROS2 on Ubuntu (+ Raspberry Pi).

(c) 10 – 12 Oct 2022 (Mon to Wed)

3-Day Hands-on Workshop on ROS2 Industrial Stack: Creating a Custom ROS Software for a Robot (Robotic Arm, Mobile Robot)

  • At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to create a complete ROS stack – from 3D model to motor driver control – for a robotic arm and a mobile robot, using the ROS2 industrial stack (on ROS2 Foxy, can also be ported to ROS2 Humble).
  • You will build your own ROS stack, first with a robotic arm, then with a mobile robot. You will also experiment on existing robots (simulation) using the ROS stack.

(d) 13 & 14 Oct 2022 (Thu & Fri) – This workshop is cancelled.

2-Day Hands-on Workshop on Arduino and Fast Prototyping

  • At the end of the workshop, you will be able to understand and use fast prototyping platforms and tools (mainly with Arduino), in order to:
    • Prototype hardware products.
    • Create test environments.
  • Build educational materials for students.
  • Use and program an Arduino board with small hardware components
  • Create a hardware prototype with a hardware circuit, several Arduino boards and computers.

You will be provided with the Arduino hardware to create a prototype.