Re:BlueRobotics – T100 Underwater Thruster
by krschultz on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @02:25PM
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For software - OpenCV, ROS (robot operating system) are good places to start. Unfortunately most robot research in universities suffer from a very bad 'not invented here' syndrome, so a lot of wheels are reinvented over and over. It has been about 5 years since I seriously payed attention to the software ecosystem so this might be out of date.
For embedded hardware, I'm a big fan of the BeagleBone Black. People talk a lot about the Raspberry Pi, but the BeagleBone makes a bit more sense. Look at the OpenROV project as a good example of that.
Lower level, there is a lot of stuff related to feedback controlled (closed loop) motor controllers that is key.
Higher level, pathfinding AI is interesting. Even things like inverse kinematics, thought that is largely a solved problem.
Some of my favorite books are Probabilistic Robotics for the theoretical stuff, and Robot Builders Bonanza for the really practical hobbyist stuff.
Re:BlueRobotics – T100 Underwater Thruster
by davtbaum on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @02:37PM
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Another great hardware platform, the Jetson TK1. Much more capable than the Pi (I can't speak on the BeagleBone), and even though it's new it has great software support (OpenGL, OpenCV, CUDA).
For embedded hardware, I'm a big fan of the BeagleBone Black. People talk a lot about the Raspberry Pi, but the BeagleBone makes a bit more sense. Look at the OpenROV project as a good example of that.
Lower level, there is a lot of stuff related to feedback controlled (closed loop) motor controllers that is key.
Higher level, pathfinding AI is interesting. Even things like inverse kinematics, thought that is largely a solved problem.
Some of my favorite books are Probabilistic Robotics for the theoretical stuff, and Robot Builders Bonanza for the really practical hobbyist stuff.