Hands-on training with MoveIt 2 and the Stretch mobile manipulator
[Cross-posted from the MoveIt Blog]
PickNik and Hello Robot organized a 4-hour virtual workshop recently on Mobile Manipulation with MoveIt 2 and Hello Robot as part of ROS World 2021. We had about 50 people participate. The workshop alternated between presentations and breakout sessions where participants practiced in small groups with MoveIt 2, with facilitators providing assistance where needed. We had created a Docker container for this workshop that contained everything participants would need. There was also a hardware demonstration from the Hello Robot team. The PickNik team has been working closely with the Hello Robot team to make sure that the Stretch mobile manipulator is well-supported within ROS 2 and MoveIt 2.
Below are some videos demos of the code that the participants played around with. For more details (including all the slides from the presentations and all the code that was used) see the workshop page.
