Research Intern at the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI)- contribute to the RoboCup@Home Team- work with the Human Support Robot (HSR) from Toyota

The Knowledge Based Systems Group at the Computer Science institute bought 5 new robots and additional sensor hardware for research and teaching purposes. We were tasked with the Hardware and Software Setup. Hardware Setup- robots came pre-assembeld (frame + wheels) but were completely empty inside- figuring out where do put all the components (Laserscanner, voltage converter, IMU, camera and computer)- drilling and sawing the metal rods so that we can secure the parts to the robot frameSoftware Setup- figuring out which drivers were needed - making sure all drivers are working as intended on the given hardware- writing the launch files and making it easier to connect to the robots remotely- creating URDF models for visualisation in ROS https://github.com/uos/ceres_robot