An introduction to simulation with AWS RoboMaker and open source tools like Gazebo, RViz, RQT, and ROS. In this chalk talk, we cover AWS RoboMaker's features like different types of simulation modes, pre-integrated tools, pre-built simulation worlds, monitoring and logging. We will then demonstrate how to get started with a simple simulation from scratch.

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Introduction to Simulation with AWS
RoboMaker
Andrew Lafranchise
Sr. SDE
AWS RoboMaker
R O B 3 0 4

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Agenda
Specifics—covered/not-covered
Overview of AWS RoboMaker
Walkthrough AWS RoboMaker features
Questions

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Robotic development is
difficult and time-consuming
Hundreds of hours
spent building extensions
Many
prototyping iterations
Days spent setting
up and configuring
Months to building a realistic simulation
environment
Duplicated efforts integrating an
application management system

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AWS RoboMaker capabilities
Development
Environment
SimulationCloud Extensions
for ROS
Fleet
Management

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Develop
AWS RoboMaker
architecture
Robot/Sim
applications
Simulation
Log Files
Developers Deploy
Robot fleet
Rviz
Gazebo
Rqt
Simulate

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Development environment
sim_ws
robot_ws
Develop Build Bundle Simulate
ROS AWS
extensions
S3 bucket
Robot
application
Simulation
application

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Simulation
Job log files
S3 bucket
Rosbag Simulation
logs
Rviz
Gazebo
Rqt
Terminal
S3 bucket
Simulation
application
Robot
application
Simulation
instance
Customer VPC
ENI
NAT
gateway AWS services
Browser

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Simulation application vs. robot application
• World
• Models
• Physics
• Geography
• Simulated Robot
• Model and joints
• Motors
• Sensors
• Interact with simulated “world”
• Node, topics, messages
• Goal or operation
• Interacts with “world” (real or
simulation)
Simulation Robot

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18. Thank you!
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Andrew Lafranchise
lafranch@amazon.com

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