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Autonomy tutorials
6 tutorials tagged Autonomy.
Intermediate · 30 min
GPS Waypoint Navigation for an Outdoor Robot
A GPS fix is late, noisy and has no heading. Here is what to do about each of those.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 30 min
Pure Pursuit: Following a Path With One Knob
Aim at a point ahead on the path and drive the arc that reaches it. That is the whole algorithm.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 30 min
Coverage Path Planning: Sweep a Whole Floor
Why a robot with no map needs seven times the distance to finish the same room.
Read tutorial →Intermediate · 21 min read
A* Path Planning on an Occupancy Grid
Build and validate an A* grid planner with safe heuristics, obstacle inflation, and route reconstruction.
Read tutorial →Beginner · 17 min read
Finite-State Machines for Robot Behavior
Replace tangled robot conditionals with explicit states, events, transitions, timeouts, and recovery.
Read tutorial →Beginner · 19 min read
ROS 2 Nodes, Topics, Services, and Actions
Choose the right ROS 2 communication pattern and inspect how nodes exchange robot data and commands.
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