The SoftBank Robotics Europe blog is built for robot enthusiasts and for those that wish to learn more about our robots and how the power of robotics is changing the world. However, there is also a developer blog that has been running for longer than our blog, and it has tons of resources for those who already own our robots. We, however, would like to encourage those that wish to learn what goes in the backend with our robots and also understand a little deeper some of the programming parts. If you are into these technical aspects, it is definitely the blog for you. We are also taking our time to also highlight the hard work our developers put into their craft. The developer blog is rich in content so every 3 months we will be taking out time to highlight some of the newest articles for this trimester!
This article goes in-depth about the Lottie Animation Tool, a mobile library designed by the Airbnb Inc. Company. This tool is becoming a standard in the web animation industry and it allows creators and web animators to efficiently and easily create animations and implement them on different platforms! The article is very in-depth about the usage and provides useful analysis on how to make the best of the program, specifically on our robots. If you are interested in this novel tool, highly recommend you check it out!
This is a simple tutorial that goes over how to use JitPack to install libraries in your android enabled device! Step by step instructions anyone can follow. If you’re interested in understanding the JitPack tool, please take a look at this article!
For those using Ubuntu and running Pepper Emulator on the Android Studio, this article explains how to troubleshoot your issue. If you are having an issue, it is recommended you check out the solutions provided here!
This article discusses the education tool Open Roberta, which is a tool that enables young children from the age of 8 to program robots like NAO easily without any prior knowledge. It explains the advantages and how easy it is to use, and what children can learn with this application. The article also has an easy to understand tutorial on how to implement Open Roberta on your NAO robots if you have any. The application is extremely interesting and opens a whole new world of possibilities for young minds to develop in our technological world!
CARESSES is a program launched in Europe to better understand and future proof robots in caretaking, and the upcoming older generations will be extremely diverse culturally. This article explains the conception of the program and discusses the collaborative study conducted funded by the European Commission and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication in Japan. SBRE along with several partners across Europe and Japan tackled a project that analyzed the future of robotics in caregiving and the implementation of culturally sensitive and aware AI in robots. It is technical in a few places but it is definitely something simple to understand and an article that the general public can understand. High recommendation!
We sincerely hope you do go out and check the amazing content our developers are putting out on the Developer Blog! They typically update content in bulk so we will be doing more of these types of articles to highlight the stuff they have added. As mentioned before, these articles tend to be on the more technical side of things but if you have an interest in robotics already, why not check it out? Who knows, you might even develop your own interests in programming robots!
