A review of master studies after mechatronics
I ended up studying embedded systems, after comparing diverse options.
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Pages
How I market myself online
Read this if you studied UCT’s Bsc Eng Mechanical and Mechatronics and you’re finding it difficult to market yourself.
A fun analysis of my performance at work
Techniques for working.
Car Behaviour Planning with ROS and Gazebo
A custom wheeled robot in Gazebo’s postoffice world.
Crazyflie Framework
An overview of the Crazyflie Framework.
Drone PID Control Project
An introduction to drone control algorithms.
Drone Hardware
An overview of drone hardware.
Car Polynomial Trajectory Planner
A project where I optimise trajectory planning algorithms.
RPG Drone Racing
An overview of the RPG drone racing simulator.
Wheeled bot control
Analysing how to control a wheeled bot.
Open Source Functionality for Wheeled Bots with ROS
Open source functionality for wheeled bots with ROS.
Xarm control
An overview of the Xarm API and how to control it.
How to work together as a drone racing team
Lessons learned from experience and technical knowledge of the field.
Crazyflie HITL with ROS and Gazebo
A crazyflie drone flies to a waypoint in Gazebo’s postoffice world.
Drone programming: Hello World
The Crazyflie 2.1 drone flies a predefined trajectory.
Using X-display
An overview of the remote display framework - and its pitfalls.
Optitrack Motion Capture: basic setup
An overview of the Optitrack Capture Setup and how to calibrate it.
Planning Unity3D Bot trajectories
How to plan simple trajectories for videogame bots.
Crazyswarm: basic setup
An overview of the Crazyswarm library.
Posts
Visualising ROS Data (/3)
Data manipulation of ROS using Jupyter Notebook.
Gazebo-ROS Validation Tests
How to create validation tests with simulator before developer merges changes.
Creating applications with ROS
How to set up the ROS Action Server for various demo applications.
Linux and ROS Background
An overview of skills to become a better drone developer.
Flying the Snapdragon Flight Pro
Information about this drone and its framework.
Remapping real drone into simulators (/3)
How to transfer inputs and outputs between a real drone and simulators.
Optitrack Motion Capture (/3)
From first use to extended captures with Optitrack.
Crazyflie drone architecture
Information about this drone and its framework.
Changelog: drone maintenance
Updates on the drones at the lab.
DIY Drone Guide (/3)
Research overview into drone equipment.
Software tools for robotic development
Tools to set up a simple network for the drones
Arena Maintenance
Tips for usage and caretaking of the drone arena.
Accessing the Simulator GPU remotely
How to make use of the Simulator GPU from your own PC.
Trajectory Generation (/3)
Developing trajectories for robots to follow.
Introduction to Autonomous Drones
A brief introduction to the field of autonomous drones.
Drone Control Architecture (/3)
Developing a control architecture for drones.
Drone Bot Design
Designing drone and wheeled bots for adverserial drone development.
Robot Behaviour Planning
Developing robot behaviours with an event-based planner.
contact
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portfolio
Robot Behaviour Planning
Developing robot behaviours with an event-based planner.
projects
Flying the Crazyflie
Project: flying the drone in different flight scenarios.
Flying the Crazyswarm
Project: flying the drone within the Crazyswarm control loop.
Gazebo-ROS Obstacle Approach Project
Project: coding bot behaviours based on what the bot observes.