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Blog posts tagged
"thestateofrobotics"


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
14 June 2021

The State of Robotics – May 2021

Robotics Article

May was another fantastic month for robotics developments. In a continuously growing field, where the opportunities are many and the challenges require innovative solutions, researchers keep leading the way. Here at Canonical, we understand the value of open knowledge and collaboration. So this monthly blog brings some great research, ava ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
17 May 2021

The State of Robotics – April 2021

Robotics Article

Together we have reached the end. Two partners, two allies, two distributions that supported millions of innovators have reached their end-of-life (EOL). April will be remembered as the month where ROS Kinetic and Ubuntu Xenial reached EOL. ROS Kinetic is one of the most used, widely deployed and extensively contributed ROS distributions ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
9 April 2021

The State of Robotics – March 2021

Robotics Article

It’s never too late to learn. As any reinforcement learning agent, we get rewarded by the new knowledge that we acquire. Likewise, we learn by doing, by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. (Do you want a hands-on book on Reinforcement Learning? Here is my personal favourite) March has shown us great examples ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
18 March 2021

The State of Robotics – February 2021

Robotics Article

And that was February! A month where a rover showed what perseverance means and a small drone what ingenuity looks like. February will be remembered as the month where two robots landed on Mars, telling us all to “dare mighty things”.  Perseverance and Ingenuity  Do you want to know what Mars sounds like? Well, here ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
19 February 2021

The State of Robotics – January 2021

Robotics Article

A new start? 2020 came and went, and in the process, it left a mark in history and our lives that won’t be erased. Together, as a community, we all struggled, we all faced new challenges, we all united and did our best to help each other. We are grateful for the effort of our ...


sidfaber
6 November 2020

The State of Robotics – October 2020

Robotics Article

This post marks the one year anniversary of the Ubuntu Robotics newsletter: the place we showcase our work and discussing cool robotics happenings. ...


Kyle Fazzari
12 September 2020

The State of Robotics – August 2020

Robotics Article

So that’s the summer gone (hopefully, that heat was awful). Or winter if that’s where you are. Seasons change and so does the state of robotics. Fortunately, that’s what we’re here for. Before we get into it, as ever, If you’re working on any robotics projects that you’d like us to talk about, be sure ...


Adi Singh
7 August 2020

The State of Robotics – July 2020

Robotics Article

We know a lot of you are on vacation so we’ll keep this month’s State of Robotics edition short and sweet. Try out the Hello World of ROS Looking for an easy way to get familiar with ROS 2? We recently published a few helpers on how to simulate robots with turtlesim to help our ...


Adi Singh
8 July 2020

The State of Robotics – June 2020

Robotics Article

ROS, Ripple and reflections – In this month’s edition of The State of Robotics, we’ll tell you about the recently discovered Ripple vulnerability, the latest and greatest in robots reflecting nature, and a dash of news from the ROS universe. Foxy Fitzroy released ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy was released on June 5 for Ubuntu 20.04. ...


Adi Singh
5 June 2020

The State of Robotics – May 2020

Robotics Article

With several countries finally emerging from lockdowns and markets showing signs of economic recovery, we’ve seen the newscycle steadily shift its focus away from Covid-19. And that will be reflected in our robotics recap as well. Let’s get right to it. Final ROS 1 version release ROS Noetic Ninjemys was released this month on World ...


Rhys Davies
1 May 2020

The State of Robotics – April 2020

Robotics Article

*Information and resources around robotics during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found at the end of this article.* So, we’ve passed the first quarter of 2020. What have we learned? You don’t need us to tell you that, but robots are still cool As usual, this State of Robotics post discusses work the Ubuntu robotics ...


Rhys Davies
6 March 2020

The State of Robotics – February 2020

Internet of Things Article

In 2020 we are already seeing the world of robotics hit the ground running. So far this year new and exciting things have been cropping up in every industry. The mainstream media pick up ROS stories and big-name robotics companies are no longer just on the factory floors.  Here we talk about MoveIt for ROS ...