If you are wondering what such an internship could entail, here is a brief description of what an intern did at ABB this summer.
Topic: Mobile robotics, including navigation, localization and mapping, as well as system integration of an ABB YuMi robot and a Clearpath Ridgeback mobile platform.
Overview of work done:
- Software integration:
- move_base for interaction with the Ridgeback platform.
- ros_pkg_gen for generating ROS nodes (ROS package developed by ROSIN partner Tecnalia).
- abb_librws for interaction with the YuMi robot (ROS package developed by ROSIN partner ABB).
- Hardware integration:
- Connecting different subsystems via WiFi and Ethernet to make sure they can communicate.
Purpose: Investigate, and evaluate, the combination of ABB robot systems and open-source capabilities found in ROS-based systems.
And here is an image of the mobile platform:
