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Adding Object Detection Vision to the XRP Robot

By ShawnHymel

This guide demonstrates how to add a custom object detection machine learning model to the XRP robot.

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Intro to the Google Coral Dev Board Micro: Custom Object Detection

By ShawnHymel

This tutorial demonstrates how to train and deploy a custom object detection model for the Google Coral Dev Board Micro.

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Tiny Reinforcement Learning (TinyRL) for Robotics

By ShawnHymel

This project demonstrates using reinforcement learning to solve the swing-up problem on an inverted pendulum

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Hyperparameter Optimization with Meta Ax

By ShawnHymel

This tutorial demonstrates hyperparameter tuning using Meta's Ax framework for a common reinforcement learning problem

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2,554

How to Tune a PID Controller

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to manually tune a PID controller.

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Introduction to PID Controllers

By ShawnHymel

In this post, we cover the basic theory behind PID controllers. PID stands for “Proportional, Integral, Derivative," and they are commonly used in industrial settings to control various processes.

Blogs

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Digit: A Wearable Companion Bot with AI Voice Interaction

By ShawnHymel

Digit's AI-powered brain enables local real-time voice conversations using Hopper Chat and Llama 3. Learn how to set it up with NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano.

Tutorials See All

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Intro to ROS Part 4: Nodes, Topics, Publishers, and Subscribers (C++)

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to write ROS 2 nodes in C++ that communicate using the publish/subscribe model.

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Intro to ROS Part 3: Nodes, Topics, Publishers, and Subscribers (Python)

By ShawnHymel

This tutorial will walk you through creating a publisher and subscriber from scratch using ROS 2’s Python client library, rclpy.

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Intro to ROS Part 2: Getting Started with ROS 2 Using the Command Line

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we’ll dive into one of the most essential parts of working with ROS 2: the command-line interface (CLI). Before writing any code, it’s important to understand the basic tools that ROS 2 provides for exploring, debugging, and interacting with nodes, topics, and services.

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Intro to ROS Part 1: What is the Robot Operating System (ROS)?

By ShawnHymel

In this post, we’ll introduce ROS. We’ll focus specifically on ROS 2, which is the current and actively developed version of the framework. Whether you're new to robotics or looking to understand the tools powering today’s most advanced robots, this is the place to start.

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Introduction to Zephyr Part 12: How to Create a Custom Board Definition

By ShawnHymel

Want to run Zephyr on custom hardware? Learn how to create a custom board definition, configure peripherals, and build a sample application.

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Introduction to Zephyr Part 11: WiFi and IoT

By ShawnHymel

This tutorial provides a practical example of using Zephyr’s networking APIs for WiFi and HTTP operations with an ESP32-S3.