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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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808

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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569

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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142

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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2.860

How to Tune a PID Controller

By ShawnHymel

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

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5.252

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 9: Launch Files

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we’ll explore how ROS 2 launch files simplify node orchestration.

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Intro to ROS Part 7: Custom Interfaces

By ShawnHymel

In this episode, we’ll go one step further by creating and using custom interfaces in both Python and C++. You’ll learn how to define your own message and service types and use them in publisher/subscriber and client/server architectures. Let’s dive in!

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Intro to ROS Part 6: Services, Requests, and Responses with C++

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we will see how services work by creating a custom server and client in C++ ROS nodes.

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Intro to ROS Part 5: Services, Requests, and Responses with Python

By ShawnHymel

In this tutorial, we will see how services work by creating a custom server and client in Python ROS nodes.

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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.