Tag ROS 2

$15 LiDAR sensor is now supported!

A brief development update – Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors. This is a big deal for me because you can purchase LDS02RR off AliExpress for just $15~$17, including shipping. Compare that,…

Arduino ESP32 ROS2 robot platform firmware available

Developer log update – I have combined various Kaia.ai-compatible firmware including Maker’s Pet Loki, Fido and Snoopy into a single “platform” firmware repository and revised the single firmware to be configurable using a web browser. If you operate a Kaia.ai…

Demo: robot maps, navigates a living room in VR sim

Here are reels demonstrating a Kaia.ai home robot self-driving around the living room, creating a map of the room and navigating the room – all automatically. I have sped up the videos 4x. Demo: Snoopy self-drives, maps a living room…

Tutorial: build Micro-ROS Arduino library

Kaia.ai makes use of Micro-ROS for Arduino. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to (re)build the Micro-ROS Arduino library. I don’t normally expect anyone to be rebuilding this library, so these instructions are, essentially, a documentation for myself. In…

Snoopy plays ball, hides, self-drives in VR sim

Watch Snoopy-the-pet-robot self-drive around a simulated living room, hide under the table (as in hide-and-seek), play ball and “prompt” humans to play.I sped up the videos 4x. This is fraction of what your robot will be able to do. The…

Tutorial: Windows PC setup

Here are instructions on setting up your local Windos PC. Prerequisites and Hardware Minimums Your Windows PC must be running Windows 10 or newer (to support WSL2). Your Windows PC must have 4Gb RAM minimum (to run Docker), 8Gb or…