Practical Robotics Blog

Lloyd Brombach

Robot Path Planning: A Guide to the ROS GetPlan Service in C++ and Python

Sometimes we want the ROS navigation stack to plan a path to a goal without moving the robot to it. In this short article, I’ll show you...

Lloyd Brombach

Accurate Compass Headings: Magnetometer Calibration in C++, Python, and MATLAB

In my last article: Navigating with Magnetometers: Electronic Compass Headings in C++, Python, and MATLAB, we learned how to calculate...

Lloyd Brombach

Navigating with Magnetometers: Electronic Compass Headings in C++, Python, and MATLAB

Compass headings can be essential for many autonomous mobile robots, and magnetometers such as those included in the popular LSM303,...

Lloyd Brombach

Welcome to Practical Robotics: Your Source for Learning to Build and Program Autonomous Robots

Welcome to my Practical Robotics blog, your source for hard-to-find tips and tutorials on building and programming robots. If you're...