Ian McMahon

Roboticist, Tinkerer, & Open Source Advocate

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

MoveIt and ros_control demo’d on a SCARA robot in sim - @rosorg @PickNikRobotics & @waffle

[みっちー @Dream_Drive]

gazeboでスカラロボットを動かしてみる。
ROSってpub/subの通信の部分だけ取っても非常に強力なツールですが、ros_controlのレイヤーがまた面白いですね。
#setoros

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Interesting to see Handle and Otto robots collaborating on warehouse fulfillment. @rosorg is likely present in half of these robots

[OTTO by Rockwell Automation @OTTOMotors]

OTTO Motors has partnered with @BostonDynamics to coordinate #mobilerobots in the warehouse!

In this demo, Boston Dynamics’s logistics robot, Handle, can be seen picking boxes and building pallets on top of OTTO AMRs in a distribution center testbed: https://t.co/3YwpyIxZkJ

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@devemin Well that’s fantastic! Thanks for the repo link. I need to build one for myself now

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Woah. Appears this giant Gundam is simulated in @GazeboSim / @OpenRoboticsOrg

https://t.co/ctS3N1785z

[IEEE Spectrum @IEEESpectrum]

Japan is constructing an 18-meter-tall, 25-ton Gundam robot powered by a combination of electric and hydraulic actuators. https://t.co/AFlw8LbtJ7

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@facontidavide 500th complete 🎉 The star is well earned here, it’s quite the useful tool

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

I’m really touched to read folks’ thoughts on the Baxter & Sawyer research robots. It was a great pleasure to serve the academic robotics community these last four years

[WIRED @WIRED]

“Everyone in robotics research today either has a Baxter or has a friend with a Baxter.”
RIP to a robotics legend.
https://t.co/TJrDOpiG7x

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@arita_dias In depth Expanded Universe conversation partners are few and far between! ‘Twas really fun. My brief Europe adventure has already come to an end. Lemme know next time you’re in Boston & we can discuss more JavaScript/Robots/Star Wars

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Seems collaborative robotics just got a theme song @RethinkRobotics https://t.co/h4uvySoFmJ

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

🤖 Dance your way to a better understanding of collaborative robots, aka #cobots: https://t.co/lPPjtkXl6D

[MassRobotics @MassRobotics]

Another terrific BOS/ROS User Group Workshop - thanks for organizing Chirs @OSRFoundation and Ian @RethinkRobotics

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@ctwy @GRASPlab Ah unfortunately I don’t know. Hopefully it was!

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Katherine Kuchenbecker gives *incredible* talks. She was my professor, so I’ve heard my fair share, and learned a ton in the process. Wish I could have been there for this one. Well done Katherine! @GRASPlab #maxplanck https://t.co/xDcundZYJb

[IEEE Virtual Reality @IEEEVR]

Great Keynote "Tactile Reality" from Katherine J Kuchenbecker at IEEEVR2018 this afternoon! #IEEEVR2018 #IEEEVR #VR #VirttualReality #VirtualEmbodiment @IEEEVR

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

For further proof of Kathrine’s public speaking prowess check out her TEDEd talk https://t.co/xiUsOXAAh6

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

These aliases have definitely earned a spot in my .bashrc. Thanks @probablydavid https://t.co/MlDPKkRTRA

[David Lu!! @probablydavid]

Nine ROS Aliases I Find Useful: A Thread! @rosorg @OSRFoundation

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Just open sourced Sawyer in Gazebo. Enjoy! @RethinkRobotics @GazeboSim @rosorg https://t.co/CBNPZ2yTjR

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@chapulinaBR @GazeboSim Just yesterday I was looking for a method or mechanism to toggle a light source in Gazebo - Sawyer’s hand camera has an optional flash which I would love to model. Thanks for this!

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@TomPJacobs @RethinkRobotics For sure! Sawyer Simulator brings up its own ROS master (along with Gazebo), so you will not need to be connected to the real robot to test your algorithms 🤖 I’ll post an announcement once its out of Beta next month and Open Sourced

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@tinkernick @RethinkRobotics That’s due to the Sawyer Simulator repo being private at the moment during the beta period. Expect a full open source release of the repo (and announcement) sometime next month.

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

Pretty nifty visualization via RViz @rosorg https://t.co/K6jLXCCibg

[Dan Pollock @Astroshots]

ORB_SLAM2 GPU fully functional now. Publishing to ROS even with uncalibrated camera :)

[Ian McMahon @IanTheEngineer]

@meloneewise Looks a lot like the OUR-1 arm from Smokie Robotics (now Aubo Robotics?) crossed with a PR2. Interesting! https://t.co/esoE4dr853