System76 Transmission Log Episode 13: An Interview with Trossen Robotics

11/20/24 • 24 min

Join Alex and Emma as they discuss the latest System76 community, hardware and software news. Also, listen to Shantanu, machine learning specialist at Trossen robotics, talk about the company's innovative machine learning robot kits and how they use System76.

00:36 Alex at All Things Open conference

02:13 Factory Tours and meetups

03:32 Thelio Astra at ATO

05:04 What's new in COSMIC

07:06 Begin interview with Shantanu from Trossen Robotics

07:30 Learning about Shantanu's job and main projects

10:49 What excites Shantanu about robotics industry today

11:27 Aloha Unleashed

15:02 Standout robotics projects

18:18 Using the Serval WS with Aloha Stationary V2

20:04 Meerkat and Trossen join forces

21:34 Experience with System76 products and support

22:39 Emma and Alex play a game

00:36 Alex at All Things Open conference

02:13 Factory Tours and meetups

03:32 Thelio Astra at ATO

05:04 What's new in COSMIC

07:06 Begin interview with Shantanu from Trossen Robotics

07:30 Learning about Shantanu's job and main projects

10:49 What excites Shantanu about robotics industry today

11:27 Aloha Unleashed

15:02 Standout robotics projects

18:18 Using the Serval WS with Aloha Stationary V2

20:04 Meerkat and Trossen join forces

21:34 Experience with System76 products and support

22:39 Emma and Alex play a game

Previous Episode

Transmission Log Episode 12: System76 New Computer, COSMIC DE and Halloween Sale

Listen to the latest System76 updates including Halloween sales on laptops and desktops, the release of the second alpha of Cosmic and the introduction of the Thelio Astra, an arm-based desktop catering to autonomous vehicle and software-defined vehicle developers. Interviews with Joe Speed from Ampere and System76's Mechanical Engineer Britain and Product Manager Tony explore the technical specifications, engineering excellence, and collaborative efforts behind the Thelio Astra.

03:15 Halloween sale

04:08 COSMIC Desktop update

05:40 New Thelio Astra arm-powered desktop

07:26 Interview with Joe Speed from Ampere

08:08 Joe Speed talks grassroots community

09:35 Working with arm and Ampere

11:48 Comparing Thelio Astra to other machines

16:25 Astra as a Pre built arm desktop solution

17:30 Tier IV using Ampere desktops

20:58 Value in native development

25:05 Running tests in parallel

28:35 Britain and Tony from System76 talk about Thelio Astra’s engineering

29:30 Energy efficiency of Thelio Astra

31:07 Britain discusses thermals

32:00 Multi-threaded tasks

34:50 Cooling Ampere CPUs

Next Episode

System76 Transmission Log Episode 14: System76 News, COSMIC DE Updates and Robot Talk!

Join Alex and Emma as they discuss the latest System76 hardware and software news. Also, listen to Andrew, Team Lead from 241E Robotics discuss their use of Pop!_OS for programming robots to compete!

01:30 Cool Demos at CES and COVESA

02:40 New Thelio Mira with AMD CPU

03:15 New Pangolin Laptop

03:35 Youtuber Emily Young shares her thoughts about Pangolin

05:00 COSMIC DE Alpha 5 News featuring Alt+Tab, variable refresh rate and new default media player

07:20 Interview with Andrew Captain and Lead Engineer from 241E Robotics

08:10 Vex Robotics Challenge

09:15 Using Linux and Pop!_OS to program robots

09:45 Software Programs for programming Robots, Onshape, FreeCAD, VSCode

10:40 How to get started with robotics

11:30 Materials to build the robots

12:10 The future of robotics