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”
Tag Archives: Robotics
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.
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.
Anatomy of a Robotic System
Learn about all the types of skills that make up a capable robotic system.
The Best Programming Languages for Robotics
Learn about Sebastian’s top programming languages for robotics.