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This is so much better! (Patreon)

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2020-11-16 10:44:52
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Here's next week's video, early for Patrons. I really like this solution, it'll make my life a lot easier going forward.

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PREVIEW VERSION: Building a Dedicated Robotics Workstation

It's time to make my Robotics development life easier with this dedicated workstation designed to be portable. It runs Ubuntu 18.04, although I can boot from multiple disks if I wish. This allows the ROS navigation stack and other development tools to run on dedicated hardware rather than a VM. You can support me on Patreon or buy my Merchandise: *************************** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xrobots Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/james-bruton *************************** Affiliate links - I will get some money of you use them to sign up or buy something: *************************** Matterhackers 3D printing supplies: http://www.matterhackers.com?aff=7500 Music for your YouTube videos: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xrobots *************************** Other socials: *************************** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xrobotsuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xrobotsuk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xrobotsuk *************************** CAD and Code for my projects: https://github.com/XRobots Huge thanks to my Patrons, without whom my standard of living would drastically decline. Like, inside out-Farm Foods bag decline. Plus a very special shoutout to Lulzbot, Inc who keep me in LulzBot 3D printers and support me via Patreon. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE Below you can also find a lot of the typical tools, equipment and supplies used in my projects: Filament from: https://www.3dfuel.com/ Lulzbot 3D Printers: http://bit.ly/2Sj6nil Lincoln Electric Welder: https://bit.ly/2Rqhqos CNC Router: https://bit.ly/2QdsNjt Ryobi Tools: http://bit.ly/2RhArcD Axminster Micro Lathe: http://bit.ly/2Sj6eeN 3D Printer Filament: http://bit.ly/2PdcdUu Soldering Iron: http://bit.ly/2DrNWDR Vectric CNC Software: http://bit.ly/2zxpZqv Why not join my community, who are mostly made up of actual geniuses. There’s a Facebook group and everything: https://www.facebook.com/groups/287089964833488/ XROBOTS Former toy designer, current YouTube maker and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer, I’m a fan of doing it yourself and innovation by trial and error. My channel is where I share some of my useful and not-so-useful inventions, designs and maker advice. Iron Man is my go-to cosplay, and 3D printing can solve most issues - broken bolts, missing parts, world hunger, you name it. XRobots is the community around my content where you can get in touch, share tips and advice, and more build FAQs, schematics and designs are also available.

Comments

Anonymous

Nice build James. Probably could do with a protective cover for the screen if you're out and about with it though.

XRobots
>>47807942

I was thinking about how to make it fold away, but it may just be a cage that bolts on the front for transit.

Darius Zaerin

i'd probably have gone about it completely differently, but it sounds like it serves its purpose very well and it does actually look pretty cool! also good that you're putting your older hardware to use. i'm not sure how its done in ubuntu, but i'd try to configure the power button to not put the PC to sleep or power off when you hit it again, i think it'd be quite easy to hit it by accident with it being so large. (looks awesome though!) i'm not sure how ubuntu behaves, but it would be extremely frustrating if it shuts off without saving your work and configuration parameters. all that said, isn't there an ubuntu image for the nano or xavier? you could probably run them off a battery for a while and make the whole thing even more portable and compact.

XRobots
>>47810766

Yes the power switch prompts to shutdown if you press it again, but you can disable it all together. The Jetson range run Ubuntu 18.04, but it's the arm version - there are some thing that are x86 only I'd like to run on this.

Darius Zaerin
>>47810766

ah ok fair enough :-) yeah, i'd be careful with that button. my laptop doesn't hold a charge and touching the power cord has the same dire results. it can be pretty heartbreaking, i tell you.

Anonymous

That power button is funny

Anonymous

If you feel like making this more portable HDPlex makes a battery compatible ATX power supply

Anonymous

Hello why can’t we operate the bot from mobile app and also we can view the 3d maps in mobile rather than PC ?

XRobots
>>48311018

There's a mobile app that replaces the keyboard-teleop program for manual driving. You could also use a 3D scanner to make a 3D map. I don't know if any that exist, but ROS is opensource, so you could write a mobile app I guess.