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Re:Getting into Robotics as a Software Engineer by m00x on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:12PM (#39339272)
You'll be better served with a more capable platform. You can either 3d print it, or you can pick up something like the WaveRover from Waveshare. It's a solid metal frame with geared motors and differential drive. For ~$100 you won't get much better.

You just need to pop in 3x18650 batteries in the chassis and connect a Jetson nano to the UART pins. It has an ESP32 inside, so you can also program that, but it comes programmed out of the box.

You can control it with this python library https://github.com/msanterre/wave_rover_serial

Isaac SIM is a terrific simulator, you won't get much better.

Re:Getting into Robotics as a Software Engineer by ih on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:28PM (#39339405)
Cool, thanks for the advice!