Extremely useful package for creating pretty tables for display and publication. Just look at the examples!

I agree with the high level argument. The open source situation does need a solution. But in general, we need to find ways to pay software developers more for the work they put into writing software. Wait! What do I mean? We have trained the world to expect to pay $0 for software that took huge…

Very helpful cheat sheet of all the options around python f-strings

Teachers, like me, might think it’s a good idea to suggest that students do a quick open source contribution. This article explains why that might be doing harm to the project’s.

Excellent introduction and overview of one of the most used python packages: Pydantic.

An excellent review and investigation of the new hotness in cloud deployment, Kamal. Alternative to K8S and k3s, supposedly much simpler.

Another web app stack written in pure python. Claim to fame seems to be that it compiles pure python into a react front and and a FastAPI back end. Programmer does not need to know JavaScript, html, css etc. Which is nice. But for me personally it’s not the kind of structure I would want. But…

I have seen this demoed. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks great. In summary (I think) it is an RVIZ++ but that runs in a web browser. So, you can for example access it from an iPad or a non-Linux computer. Looks very useful.

I just came across this set of tutorials and ROS1 and 2 tutorials. From a sample of a few I can say that they are really excellent!

A super extensive resource for robotics, software, hardware, algorithms, theory and practice

A resource for Robotics Education.

Another online Robotics Development Enviorment for your collection!

Another online robotics development environment.

A really cool (another one) open source robot "framework". Supports several different steering algorithms. Looks kind of cute too. It is said that the parts can be bought for $250.

And yet another open source ROS robot kit from another university. It seems that everyone is designing a new robot model for their purposes. I wonder whether it's worth our while to be doing our own as well at Brandeis.

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Another educational robot encountered at this conference. Amazingly inexpensive. Apparently is Arduino based and not too hard to program. I will believe it when I see it!

Amusing kit for kids to play and learn logic, electronics, electricity. Design your own controller with everyday materials like playdough or graphite pencils.
Control your favorite Scratch game while you learn to code.

Another robot used in education. Quite popular for teaching non-robotics kids,. It combines the latest robotic technology with the science of learning to create an exciting and dynamic educational tool that can help your students understand complex ideas across a wide range of age groups and subjects.

A large collection of hibbyist and educational robotics products. Sort of an Adafruit product line.