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USING SLAM WISELY

USING SLAM WISELY – BOTH THE TERM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION Mobile robots should know where they are. Majority of the autonomous operation relies on constantly estimating the location and the orientation of the robot, that

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THE LONG ROAD TOWARDS ROS2

PLAYING THE LONG GAME IN THE OPEN-SOURCE FRAMEWORK/MIDDLEWARE LEAGUE Originally published as FIMA blog post 28.11.2022 (fima.fi) Introducing a full-blooded Field & Service robot is not for the faint-hearted. The machine consists of a big

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ARABLE FARMING WITH ROBOTIZED MACHINES

NOT ONLY THE LOW HANGING FRUITS Field and service robots have been introduced to various fields in both indoor and outdoor environments already for decades, either by developing special robots or retrofitting existing working machines

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GIMLOGISTICS

ROBOTICS R&D CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR We have all seen loads of projects and publications showing mobile robots performing various logistical operations, i.e., transporting goods or passengers from one location to another. Most often

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FUTURE TRAIN

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT OR LOCOMOTIVE WITH EXTRA EYES? By Dr. Seppo Heikkilä, Lead Robotics Engineer, Squad Lead, Project Manager Climate change hampered future needs some drastic actions to turn the tide. One way is to

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CALIBRATION

THE ART OF SENSOR CALIBRATION AND INTEGRATION By  M.Sc.(Tech.) Henri Varjotie and M.Sc.(Tech.) Janne Paanajärvi How do autonomous machines see the world around them? How do their different sensor systems work together to create the

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MIDDLEWARE

THE GLUE THAT KEEPS COMPLEX SYSTEMS TOGETHER By TOMMI TIKKANEN, M.Sc.(Eng.), Lead Robotics Engineer, Project Manager, Team Leader, Developer Not even many engineers know what middleware is. There’s a simple reason for that — usually,

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LOCALISATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING

MOBILE ROBOTS – WHERE ARE THEY? By Juhana Ahtiainen, D.Sc.(Tech.), Lead Robotics Engineer, Team Leader, Positioning and Mapping We at GIM Robotics are specialized in developing mobile robots. A mobile robot can be any moving

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USING SLAM WISELY

USING SLAM WISELY – BOTH THE TERM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION Mobile robots should know where they are. Majority of the autonomous operation relies on constantly

Read More

THE LONG ROAD TOWARDS ROS2

PLAYING THE LONG GAME IN THE OPEN-SOURCE FRAMEWORK/MIDDLEWARE LEAGUE Originally published as FIMA blog post 28.11.2022 (fima.fi) Introducing a full-blooded Field & Service robot is

Read More

GIMLOGISTICS

ROBOTICS R&D CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR We have all seen loads of projects and publications showing mobile robots performing various logistical operations, i.e., transporting

Read More

FUTURE TRAIN

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT OR LOCOMOTIVE WITH EXTRA EYES? By Dr. Seppo Heikkilä, Lead Robotics Engineer, Squad Lead, Project Manager Climate change hampered future needs some

Read More

CALIBRATION

THE ART OF SENSOR CALIBRATION AND INTEGRATION By  M.Sc.(Tech.) Henri Varjotie and M.Sc.(Tech.) Janne Paanajärvi How do autonomous machines see the world around them? How

Read More

MIDDLEWARE

THE GLUE THAT KEEPS COMPLEX SYSTEMS TOGETHER By TOMMI TIKKANEN, M.Sc.(Eng.), Lead Robotics Engineer, Project Manager, Team Leader, Developer Not even many engineers know what

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