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A robot needs to know how to: Localize itself Plan its paths Control itself Robots are built to do three kinds of jobs: Dirty Dangerous Dull Robots generally rely on three technologies: Sensors - for perceiving their environment Actuators - for locomotion and movement Algorithms - to guide their decision making Robots may face these three challenges: Efficiently managing energy - energy efficiency Adapting to new environments - environment adaptability Interacting with humans and other living organisms - human interaction Three general types of robots: ...

Training machine learning models is one thing, using them is another. When models are trained for real-time inference, you need a runtime that can deliver results with milliseconds accuracy. If you trained your model on a PyTorch pre-trained model, your inference time will not be optimal if you simply use the torch state dictionary during inference. Converting your Pytorch model into a faster runtime like ONNX is a faster alternative. In this blog post, you will learn how to convert a Pytorch state-dictionary model into ONNX format for faster inference. ...

When running virtual machines in Azure, you sometimes need to add additional IP addresses to your VM’s network interface. While Azure typically manages IP assignments through its network interface configuration, there are situations where you might need to configure IP addresses directly on the VM level. Introduction Azure VMs come with a primary IP address assigned through DHCP. This IP is managed by Azure and configured automatically when your VM boots up. However, there are scenarios where you might need to add secondary IP addresses: ...

Okay so you want a faster and better way to go through your huge user and customer data and thought to use Elasticsearch on your Linux machine. You configured it all right and it works, but you then realize that some things are not quite right and would be happy if you could debug queries, so you thought to install Kibana. Unfortunately, you’ve forgotten the admin credentials you created for elasticsearch and not quite sure how to achieve the whole set up, so you ended up here. Worry not, for this blog post will guide you on the right way to install + configure elasticsearch and kibana on a Linux machine, specifically, Ubuntu (22.04). ...

There are several tools on Linux that just feel heavenly. Like God bless the developers that coded them. Some of these tools like top and htop handle monitoring, while others like ncdu and df tell you about your disk usage. Find below a list of these tools and how you can make use of them. ncdu ncdu falls under the disk usage category. It is an external tool so it doesn’t come with the basic linux binaries. It gives a visual output of the files present in your directories with the ability to go deeper into the tree using your arrow keys. The snippet below shows it indexing a basic node.js setup. Node.js is notorious for having large node_modules directories and this example lives up to that name. ...

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The ESP32 is a versatile chip that comes packaged with the standard GPIOs, a WiFi, and a Bluetooth module. It’s like Arduino but with communication superpowers. It intwgrates right into the Arduino ecosystem, allowing you to use your existing Arduino IDE. This post goes over the set up of this board and how you can run a webhook ping program using it’s on-board Wifi. Purchasing the Board You can purchase the board from a maker store like Adafruit or from Amazon. There are typically two forms of the board available in the market: ...

Python is a versatile programming language known for its simplicity and flexibility. Writing Python feels like writing english. Some would even call Python “executable pseudocode”. Python’s simplicity does not in any way limit its ability to tackle complex problems. As with any other thing in life, solving a problem using a tool is a reflection of the wielder’s skill level and not the tool itself. So you can solve advanced problems with Python is you are patient enough to learn its internals and not-so-popular side. In this article, you will learn some advanced Python concepts like decorators (add others later, lol). ...

Nginx is a web server and reverse proxy that serves over 33% of publicly known websites on the internet. You can run Nginx as a regular application, as a Docker container. This article is an overview of setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy for backend applications on debian-based Linux machines. We’ll skip the installation and go straight to set up tips. Installing Nginx You can install Nginx from the default package repositories of your debian system or better still from Nginx’s official packages from nginx.org. This gives you Nginx configuration in the way that Nginx intends. ...

Azure CLI is a component of CI/CD or automation in the Azure ecosystem. You can use the Azure CLI to perform CRUD operations on resources on your Azure subscription. It is cross-platform, and this allows it to be used from any system that can run bash shell commands. It is also available on the Azure Cloud Shell. This tutorial is a basic guide on how you can use the Azure CLI to create a storage account, upload a blob to this storage account, and then view the content via the public URL of this blob. To follow along, you need to have the Azure CLI and an active Azure subscription. ...