I am a recent graduate student in Mechanical Engineering from California State University Los Angeles, with a strong focus on software robotics throughout my studies. Ever since my initial course in robotics two years ago, I have been deeply intrigued by the field. To further enhance my skills, I enrolled in The Construct’s Robotics Developer Master Class, where I acquired expertise in programming robots using ROS. The concepts I learned directly influenced my thesis and played a pivotal role in securing an internship with Karelics.
One critical aspect of robotics is navigating and interacting with the environment effectively. To achieve this, robotic systems use costmaps, representing the cost or difficulty