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This section will contain a curation of the news in the area of robotics as seen by the Génération Robots’ experts. personal and professionnal robots but also long term research projects. A lot of fun !
The following article reports on an experiment conducted by the Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest INRIA Research Centre, a long-time partner of Génération Robots. In the experiment described below, INRIA researchers used a collaborative robot arm to assist carpenters when milling wood with the aim of reducing (or even eliminating) the risk of accidents. This article won[…]
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Here, Fraunhofer Italia reports on one of the projects headed by the Fraunhofer Italia Innovation Engineering Center, aimed at advancing integration of robotics technologies in the construction industry. Fraunhofer is a German institute for applied scientific research. The Fraunhofer Italia Innovation Engineering Center is the Italian branch of their laboratory network. Photo credit © LIVE-STYLE[…]
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NVIDIA® Jetson™ Systems: Deploy powerful AI in your robotic projects Compact, able to run powerful real-time calculations, while being energy efficient, NVIDIA Jetson nanocomputers adapt perfectly to the constraints of embedded systems. NVIDIA® Jetson™ nanocomputers are used to deploy deep learning applications, manage multiple neural networks in parallel, or process high-resolution data from multiple sensors[…]
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Génération Robots signs a partnership with Happy Coders Academy, a major player in digital education in Morocco and French-speaking Africa. Happy Coders Academy, an energetic start-up launched in Casablanca in 2015, has for several years now established itself as one of the key players in the training of the young African generation in digital tools.[…]
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Robotis OP3: a highly versatile medium-sized humanoid robot Robotis OP3 is a reasonably priced, ROS-compatible humanoid robot equipped with a more powerful computer than many of its competitors. Presentation of Robotis OP3 The Robotis OP3 humanoid robot, with its embedded Intel NUC PC, is the most recent addition to the DARwIn series of humanoid robots[…]
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Robot arms that Génération Robots distribute are aimed at laboratories, R&D units, universities. We are providing in this post a comparison table between our four large size, ROS compatible, robot arms (6 and 7 DoF). Which applications for robot arms in the research field? In a laboratory or in a R&D unit, robot arms are[…]
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A few days ago, we wrote a blogpost about the RoboCup preparations in Sydney. Today, we learn a bit more about the different challenges that the teams will have to face during this one week contest! Presentations of the different RoboCup leagues If you think about the RoboCup, you will probably have in mind humanoid[…]
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Welcome to Sydney After 1 year in the making, the long-awaited moment is finally here! Today starts the 2019 edition of the RoboCup event. It will last until the 8th of July and this year, it takes place in Sydney, Australia. Génération Robots, as a member of both the FFROB (French Federation of Robotics Football)[…]
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In 2018, the French Higher Committee on Curricula (CSP) decided to make Python the official computer language for programming classes in secondary schools. The Ministry of Education has provided more information about these new programmes on the CSP publications page of its website (in French). Python will be used for lessons in digital science and[…]
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Easy start-up with the Poppy Humanoid robot! Assembling the robot Start by checking that you received all parts (list for Poppy Humanoid and Poppy Torso). The boxes with only one Dynamixel servomotor contain a 20cm cable and a horn (HN07-N101 for MX-28 and HN05-N102 for MX-64), so what you received should match with the official[…]
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