Over the years, the R community has experienced an increase in the number, diversity and domain background of users. However, incorporation of R in the field of Robotics is still not fully exploited even though the actuation of manipulators such as robotic arms is based on streams of input data gathered from sensors. With R constantly evolving and redefining how to turn data into actionable insights, any domain that produces data now has the potential to use R. What if this actionable insight means actuating a robotic arm? The aim of this talk is to connect two previously separated worlds: robotic application development and the data manipulation capabilities of R by demonstrating how to actuate a Robotic arm using R and Arduino.
Eric is an Early Career Researcher at the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) in the University of Leeds. His research interests span domains such as robotics, computer vision, and signal processing. Eric is a co-founder and co-organizer of DekutR data science club at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya. He plays the guitar (terribly but passionately).
I am a co-founder and co-organizer of DekutR data science club at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. Also, I am an early career researcher in the field of Internet of Things, Data Science and Electronics (Embedded System Design).
