Q&A for professional robotic engineers, hobbyists, researchers and students
79 Why are Mars rovers so slow? 2012-12-14T11:34:34.700
71 What are good strategies for tuning PID loops? 2012-10-26T19:11:31.040
64 Why do I need a Kalman filter? 2012-11-05T23:18:26.770
57 Why are capacitors added to motors (in parallel); what is their purpose? 2012-11-03T16:58:44.830
42 How to choose the right propeller/motor combination for a quadcopter? 2012-10-23T20:34:39.070
42 Programming Robots with JavaScript 2012-11-07T19:29:50.063
40 What is the difference between Kinect for Windows and Kinect for XBox? 2012-12-11T09:58:33.730
38 Preventing leaks in motor shafts for underwater bots 2012-10-26T07:23:58.103
36 What is stall current and free current of motors? 2012-12-01T20:32:27.490
35 Quadcopter liPo battery weight/capacity trade off 2012-11-28T03:38:24.880
30 What is a suitable model for two-wheeled robots? 2012-10-24T15:53:23.727
30 Why are Servo Motors so noisy? 2012-12-20T20:49:33.020
29 Which type of actuator will be suitable for a very strong robot arm? 2012-11-07T13:46:20.493
28 Can ROS run on a Raspberry Pi? 2012-10-30T14:09:21.773
28 How to fuse linear and angular data from sensors? 2012-11-13T10:51:35.660
25 What algorithm should I use for balancing a two wheeled robot using a gyroscope? 2012-10-23T21:22:09.763
25 How can I integrate a smart phone with my robotics project? 2012-10-29T05:30:30.627
25 Particle filters: How to do resampling? 2012-11-21T15:36:22.960
25 What algorithm should I implement to program a room cleaning robot? 2012-12-05T18:40:54.230
24 What useful gaits exist for a six legged robot, and what are their pros and cons? 2012-10-23T19:43:37.690
24 Is it possible to run a neural network on a microcontroller 2012-11-28T23:14:15.997
23 How should emergency stops be wired? 2012-10-24T22:08:20.767
23 Absolute positioning without GPS 2012-10-27T05:11:23.017
22 Visualizing and debugging an EKF 2013-05-22T21:22:13.977
21 Is it better to have batteries distributed at the rotors or the center of the multicopter? 2012-10-30T15:29:36.713
21 Why are quadcopters more common in robotics than other configurations? 2012-11-27T18:01:18.020
21 How to select cameras for a stereo vision system? 2013-02-09T21:53:47.387
20 How mature is real-time programming in robotics? 2012-10-25T09:49:05.213
20 What frequency does my quadcopter output-sense-calculate-output update loop need to stay stable? 2012-10-30T15:01:28.793
20 How can I use the Arduino PID library to drive a robot in a straight line? 2013-04-10T17:53:49.733
19 What good robotics software platforms / operating systems are available? 2012-10-23T19:48:55.993
19 What's the most effective type of rechargeable battery when taking into account size / weight / Ah? 2012-10-23T21:31:31.177
19 How can the inverse kinematics problem be solved? 2012-11-08T00:59:40.857
19 Computing the Jacobian matrix for Inverse Kinematics 2012-11-26T08:00:05.007
19 How To Determine Heading Without Compass 2012-11-27T23:04:05.027
19 Why do quadcopters use brushless motors? 2013-07-18T21:37:55.480
19 Robot never goes straight 2016-01-26T17:56:10.027
18 What is the difference between path planning and motion planning? 2015-10-20T21:28:21.337
17 What are good methods for tuning the process noise on Kalman filters? 2012-10-23T20:18:45.580
17 Quadcopter Localization Beacon 2012-11-02T00:19:32.710
17 What is the best way to power a large number (27) servos at 5 V? 2012-11-14T21:36:19.967
17 Why do Mars rovers designers prefer wheels over tracks? 2012-11-28T13:46:12.110
17 Single camera vision and mapping system 2013-05-29T22:11:39.623
17 How do robotics startups work? 2013-12-31T07:15:35.533
16 How to choose a good IMU for a wheeled robot? 2012-10-26T09:58:11.633
16 How does a six-axis force/torque sensor work? 2012-10-31T22:24:11.043
16 EKF-SLAM Update step, Kalman Gain becomes singular 2012-11-26T04:29:40.547
16 Wheels vs Continuous Tracks (Tank Treads) 2012-11-27T17:10:01.437
16 Will connecting two servo motors double the torque? 2013-02-17T21:09:19.683
16 How to detect when a stepper motor has stalled? 2013-05-07T21:49:46.780