I’m finally back after quite a long, but well deserved hiatus from my side projects. Last time, before this long break, I finished up the mechanical parts of the robot, by adding a wireless charging module and by finishing the 3D model of the robot in Fusion 360. Now only...
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Wireless charging module update
Design and assembly
A few weeks ago, I designed a wireless charging module in Fusion 360 to implement the DFRobot 12V/3A wireless charging module on my robot. Over the last two weeks, I finally got to manufacture these parts. This period have been the most I’ve visited my workplace in almost a year....
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2021 - a year in review
And upcoming plans for 2022
2021 has been a personal highlight for me as I stuck with one side-project throughout the year instead of scuttling between multiple projects. Unlike in 2020, where I was just experimenting with rapid prototyping tools and ROS packages, 2021 started with a plan - to build an autonomous ROS robot...
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Final update of 2021
Odom Fix + Wireless charging + E-stop
Happy new year! The last week of 2021 was supposed to be a week off in Italy, but it ended up being cancelled, so I decided to spend some time working on the robot. Before I began, I found out the root cause behind the odometry publisher issue. For context,...
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AKROS holiday updates
New parts, OAK-D IMU, and ROS1-2 Bridge
A few weeks ago, I designed a new enclosure for the bottom half of the robot. I designed it for a CNC machine, since I was supposed to attend a CNC workshop in December. Of course, this was cancelled because of the pandemic, so I decided to 3D print it...
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