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Category Archives: Robotics
How Do Robot Manipulators Move?
This article describes all the components needed to build a motion planning stack for a robot manipulator. You will learn the basics of inverse kinematics, motion planning, and trajectory generation, as well as model representations and common software packages you should know about.
2022 in Review: The Year of ROS 2
Welcome to my 2022 recap. This year was quite busy — a little too busy, actually — and as such went by extremely quickly. I had the privilege of being featured in two video series this past year. First was the Learn Robotics and AI podcast episode hosted by Chandandeep Singh, which was recorded atContinue reading “2022 in Review: The Year of ROS 2”
Integrated Task and Motion Planning in Robotics
Learn the fundamentals of integrated task and motion planning (TAMP), and explore examples using PDDLStream, which combines symbolic task planning and sampling-based motion planning.
Task Planning in Robotics
Learn the fundamentals of task planning for robotics applications, with a focus on Planning Domain Definition Language (PDDL).
Building a Python Toolbox for Robot Behavior
Find out about the initial development of pyrobosim: A ROS2 enabled 2D mobile robot simulator for behavior prototyping.
2021 In Review, Part 2: A Career Stretch
Sebastian discusses the career path that led him to work on the Stretch robot at Boston Dynamics, and highlights the differences between this job and his previous roles.
2021 in Review, Part 1: Research Projects at MIT CSAIL
Sebastian discusses 3 of his major collaborative projects at MIT CSAIL, which focus on learning and planning under uncertainty.
Introduction to Behavior Trees
This post introduces behavior trees for designing and managing the execution of complex behaviors in autonomous systems. This includes robotics examples, software library recommendations, and comparisons to finite-state machines.
2020 in Review: Home Service Robotics at MIT CSAIL
Learn about Sebastian’s major project of 2020 at MIT CSAIL. This consists of a task and motion planning framework for a mobile manipulation platform for home service robotics.