The Autonomous Deep Learning Robot is a TurtleBot 2 compatible robot which uses a NVIDIA Jetson TK1 Development Kit for its processor. The company Autonomous recently began delivery of the product, and uses the Jetsons TK1 GPU for deep learning acceleration.
Simon Birrell over at Artificial Human Companions recently wrote a review of the device which includes extra information about how to configure the robot from someone who has just unpacked one. Birrell writes
It’s a great deal – but the instructions are sparse to non-existent
As with other TurtleBot 2 machines, a Kobuki base from Yujin Robot is used, along with an ASUS Xtion Pro Live and a large bluetooth speaker. The robot is shipped as a kit, with three platforms and standoffs for the user to assemble. The robot is similar to the JetsonBot series that we ran last year with a Kobuki replacing the JetsonBot iCreate base. A big plus for the Deep Learning Robot is that all the parts come together in one big box, ready to assemble. Assembly should be straightforward with the additional information in the review article.
Lots of application software comes installed on the Deep Learning Robot, including ROS, Caffe, Torch, and Theano. In his article, Birrell discusses the first logon into the Jetson, along with setting up the network. Also discussed is the first startup of ROS and using teleoperation to move the robot around.
In the last part of the article, Caffe is tested for some simple image recognition tasks including the obligatory cute kitten test.
The Artificial Human Companions article is worth looking at if you’re curious about the Autonomous Deep Learning Robot. I noticed that there have been a few articles about the robot on that site, so go check it out.
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I wonder how hard it would be to switch out the TK1 for a TX1?
I would think that it’s pretty straight forward, the only real issue is getting the software setup. For the robot part, the TurtleBot package should work without much effort.
I just got an Autonomous deep learning robot. The jetson board will power up and boot to the ubuntu login screen, but then it will not accept the password. I had them send me a second board and am seeing same issue. They are working with me but it seems the tech people are all in Asia.
@boulder – i went through something similar too. the default password is not “ubuntu”, as stated, but “autonomous”. give it a try.
Thanks, they eventually told me same thing about 3 weeks later. Let me know if you want to stay in touch. I plan to develop this robot while I am taking another class, so my work will be off and on. I was able to test video and 3D with ROS. Have not ran any SLAM yet or any visual recognition code.
By any chance are you still working with the Autonomous DL robot? In particular, have you upgraded it from the Ubuntu 14/Indigo that it came with?
Hi all;
Do you want to power your TX1 with kobuki battery ???
Here is what i did :
buy a : DROK LTC187 DC Boost Converter 3.5-30V 100W output Régulator, with 5-12V input voltage / with voltmeter (nearly 15 dollars on ebay)
This is a small and nice piece with low price. You can boost power to what you want.
TX1 boots with single press, with 13.5v.
I took power on my kobuki 12V 5A, passed it on the small board, and output it on 13.5V on TX1.
Worke like a charm.
See U all.
Best,
Vincent
Thanks Vincent! Just what I was looking for. Hope its still working well!
Hello..
Always working…
Never had problems..
Enjoy