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Introduction to ROS Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRmjBqlURE&t=773sAt the start of semester we ran a number of seminars on different skills that we use at BLUEsat. In the first of these videos, former Rover Software Team...

Electrical Engineering in Just Two Hours

One of the most surprising things about our experience at the European Rover Challenge last year was how incredibly close to total failure we came. Two days before the...

Streaming Video to a GUI with ROS and QML Part 2

OwrROSCOmponents class creation dialouge

In our last article, as part of our investigation into different Graphical User Interface (GUI) options for the next European Rover Challenge (ERC) we looked at a proof of...

Streaming Video to a GUI with ROS and QML Part 1

The BLUEsat Off World Robotics Software team is rebuilding our user interface, in an effort to address maintenance and learning curve problems we have with our existing glut/opengl based gui....

BLUEtongue 2.0: Embedded Programming: ADCs on a PIC

The internal circuitry of the BLUEtongue Rover. Left: Custom PCB Board; Right: USB Hub; Centre: Motor Controllers and DC-DC Converters; Rear: Intel Nuc

Embedded Programming Wrapping up the BLUEtongue 2.0 Rover's Drive System series, following articles by Chris about the mechanical re-design of the system and Harry about the high-level software implementation, this article...

Bluetounge 2.0: Steering and Joint Control Software

The BLUEtounge 2.0 Rover has four wheel's, with the front two being able to steer independently

Welcome back to the second article in our three part series on the BLUEtounge 2.0 Rover's suspension and drive system. In our last post Chris wrote about the mechanical re-design...

BLUEtongue 2.0: Rover Suspension Re-Design

CAD Render of the BLUEtounge 2.0 with new Suspension

This is the first part in a small three-part series about the re-design of the rover suspension. We'll touch on aspects across several parts of the team, but for...

BLUEsat presents the BLUEtongue 2.0 Rover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtyRLhCdc-Y&&align=center&w=720&rel=0BLUEsat is proud to present the BLUEtongue 2.0 Rover for the European Rover Challenge 2016! We have made a lot of improvements this year, and there is still more to...

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