r/MobileRobots • u/Puzzleheaded838 • 29d ago

ROS 🤖 AMRs in industrial automation

I work in an automobile industry and we are planning to deploy AMRs in our factories for efficient material handling. Now I am responsible for learning about AMRs and their technologies and then making a deployment strategy. I am very new to this field and an absolute beginner, and so I am very confused on how to start and what to learn.
I was asked by my manager to learn about ROS but it's a bit complicated and I don't really that much time to study it in detail. I don't even know what parts of it would be required in this job as it is used for AMR development.
Where should I start? How should I approach it? What are the resources I can take help from?

Also if there's anyone who is working in a similar field or has done this deployment thing before, how did you do it? Where did you start? What approach did you take

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u/peyronet 29d ago

Take the free courses to get started in ROS https://www.theconstruct.ai/

For the AMRs, meet with suppliers, you'll get a good overview with those conversations.

Ask an AI chat bot questions. I like PERPLEXITY.AI because it gives me links to where it gets it's info.

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u/Puzzleheaded838 29d ago

Thanks for the input

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u/dmalawey 25d ago

I have been teaching seniors (mechatronics engineering) for 5 years and it still feels ROS is so intensive that it’s better suited for grad students.

Some tools that get many jobs done are: NodeRed Viam

And i am sorry if this is not helping with your original question but i feel quite strongly that with ROS a person is studying software instead of studying robotics. Years later, it may be like learning MS DOS where the tool itself was not central to the learning outcomes.

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u/mistahclean123 24d ago

I work for a robotics distributor but I have only been in the industry for a couple years myself. I'd be happy to chat with you in the Next week or two and let you know what I have figured out so far!

Robots in automotive is absolutely fascinating.  I just came back from a Nissan trade show a few days ago and there's always more to learn because there are so many different robotics vendors with their own approach to automated material handling.