Controlling Robots like NASA

It started with a product listing for a four-wheeled device that looked like a fun weekend project. But: projects like this are never really that simple.

Before long, upgrades made our robot aware of its environment and much more fun to control.

In this talk, attendees can expect to learn the abbreviated version of everything we learned not to do when it comes to building and controlling remotely operated vehicles. We'll dive into the hardware side of things, talk about protocol-driven development, why memory and garbage collection are crucial and how we made all parts work together, reliably.

Whether you're a hardware or software engineer, this talk has something for everyone: entertaining anecdotes combined with real-world learnings.