Robotics Engineer | M.Sc. Field Robotics @ ULaval 🇨🇦 🇧🇪 | Python, ROS {,2} Programmation, robotique, électronique Programming, robotics, electronics #KiCad #Python #ROS #FreeCad #Linux https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/abouthttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3met5hkwffk2tFunny how lots of #robotics companies are pushing for robotics in the _real world_. This is probably becoming a buzzword in the field. Now, we just need to determine what is _real world_ and what is _fake world_14 Feb 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3met5hkwffk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3m6xfrdxul22hThis November, I had the opportunity to attend #ROSConFR in Strasbourg. Here is a summary of the discussions that happened during these two enriching days https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/roscon-frde2025 https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/roscon-frde2025/01 Dec 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6xfrdxul22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lyqjb2ogts2yVibe coding is when your QA Engineer doesn't know what is a unit test13 Sep 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqjb2ogts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lxotnbuvwk2mExcited to announce UVT-RS, my first #robotics project in #Rust! 🦀 It’s a set of crates for working with Uncrewed Vehicle #Trajectory (UVT) files. This project was a great way to learn Rust crate development and robotics #data formats. More infos on #GitHub: https://github.com/IamPhytan/uvt-rs31 Aug 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxotnbuvwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3ltyenyqqo227Got recently added to a development team where half of the developers are vibe coders. Breaking changes and half-implemented features are added to the codebase every day. Brb will try to enforce code protection rules and will add a test suite15 Jul 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyenyqqo227https://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lrizcvfc3c2iThere is most probably at least one person right now on Earth right now that reads and interacts with more LLM-written than human-written text on a daily basis. We live in a society13 Jun 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrizcvfc3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lq67g4wx322nA great #opensource #Julia project for anyone working in #robotics or #AugmentedReality ! #Research #RoboticsResearch [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq67g4wx322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lpjsl2zaes22Future is not buying the latest tech devices, but reusing old devices. I had a Galaxy Tab tablet that was made obsolete with latest #Android versions. I recently recovered it and installed #LineageOS on it. Now, it is perfect for reading and annotating #robotics papers on the go! #research19 May 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjsl2zaes22https://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3llwgdzkjic23📢 New Paper Alert! Using Citizen Science Data as Pre-Training for #Semantic #Segmentation of High-Resolution #UAV Images for Natural #Forests Post-Disturbance Assessment Paper 📄: https://doi.org/10.3390/f16040616 Blog post 🌐: https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/forests2025 Code 💻: https://github.com/norlab-ulaval/droneSegmentation #AI https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/forests2025/03 Apr 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwgdzkjic23https://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3llwgdzkjic23📢 New Paper Alert! Using Citizen Science Data as Pre-Training for #Semantic #Segmentation of High-Resolution #UAV Images for Natural #Forests Post-Disturbance Assessment Paper 📄: https://doi.org/10.3390/f16040616 Blog post 🌐: https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/forests2025 Code 💻: https://github.com/norlab-ulaval/droneSegmentation #AI https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/forests2025/03 Apr 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwgdzkjic23https://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lkkbcanhes2o📢 Two new blog posts! I've come across so many great resources lately that I had to start compiling them in one place. So here are two posts packed with links for anyone starting in #Robotics 🤖 and #AI 🧠. - 🤖: https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/robotics-resources - 🧠: https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/ai-resources https://damienlarocque.gitlab.io/blog/ai-resources/17 Mar 2025 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkbcanhes2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3ljzxorgjts2s#TwitterDown 🍿10 Mar 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzxorgjts2shttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3ljsw7mjhec2qVous êtes à la recherche d'un petit projet d'ingénierie à faire ce soir ? Venez sur Twitch voir @barbatronic.bsky.social enseigner les bases de @freecad.bsky.social ! C'est une bonne entrée de matière pour apprendre à maitriser la conception 3D ! https://www.twitch.tv/barbatroniclive #FreeCAD #CAD07 Mar 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsw7mjhec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3ljdfxaetxs2vWhile I took a year off of robotics competitions, my robotics team is getting ready for #Eurobot 2025! Team #Chat #Robotique 🐱 will be participating in the largest #robotics competition in #Europe, in #France at the end of May. Stay tuned for more updates!01 Mar 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdfxaetxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lhjbnfcdxs2jWhen in front of a new device: - Gamers: Can it run Doom? - Some companies: Can it run Java? Can it run C#? - Roboticists: Can it run #ROS? #Robotics #Programming06 Feb 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjbnfcdxs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lfob7styos2hIn 2023, in preparation to the holidayd, I designed and soldered about 20 small Christmas tree🎄 PCBs to give to my relatives. This year, I've cleaned it up and published it as an open-source hardware project: https://github.com/IamPhytan/christmas-tree-pcb. #OpenHardware #PCBArt #Electronics #PCB #Embedded14 Jan 2025 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfob7styos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lep5vqphjk2n(1/2) 2024 was a year with lots of ups and downs I had the opportunity to see a solar #eclipse, attend AI talks in #MILA, publish my first paper as a first author, finish a master's degree in robotics, compete in a European #robotics contest in #France, and attend #IROS2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.01 Jan 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lep5vqphjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lehx5jchgk26Fresh from the press : our #IROS2024 paper on #Terrain #Classification using proprioceptive #sensor #data is now out on IEEEXplore https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10801407 #robotics #fieldrobotics #research29 Dec 2024 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehx5jchgk26https://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3ldagom2tl22cA gift idea for all your #maker friends : storage boxes (cookie boxes may also work 🍪) #robotics #electronics #hardware #engineering14 Dec 2024 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldagom2tl22chttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lcnth3at322r🖼️ A figure with #TikZ is worth a thousand words To present the underlying logic behind a #rosbag, I made a figure for my #thesis illustrating a field experiment and the timeline of a rosbag. Each tick represents a message and each color represents a #ROS topic. #Robotics #Research #Robot #LaTeX06 Dec 2024 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnth3at322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lcdmy6rpi22bI just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2 #Rust #Rustlang 🦀 https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/202 Dec 2024 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdmy6rpi22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lcc2lj4ib22vMy code for this year's edition of #AdventOfCode I managed to get a nice environment to code in #Rust, thanks to the template of @fffelice.bsky.social https://github.com/IamPhytan/advent202402 Dec 2024 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcc2lj4ib22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lcaxw6jers2tSolved the first #AdventOfCode challenge. This year, I'll be mostly using #Rust to solve the problems01 Dec 2024 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaxw6jers2thttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lbzjyzv7fc2s'Tis the Season for #Makers At this time of the year last year, I made some small #Christmas #tree shaped #PCBs. Everything was done with #FOSS: @freecad.bsky.social for the outline, Inkscape for the decorations, @kicad.org for the PCB design, PlatformIO for programming. #Electronics #Robotics28 Nov 2024 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzjyzv7fc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lbur3bnjv22fSince finishing my M.Sc. degree in Comp Sci (Field Robotics) and attending #IROS2024, I have seen many use cases of #MachineLearning in robotics🤖, from #SLAM to #Control. Are there any good resources for people with a #robotics background who want to use more ML in their #research?26 Nov 2024 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbur3bnjv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lbsoyctyzc2eClearpath Robotics #husky UGV electrical architecture diagram made with #TiKZ #latex #robotics #ROS #ROS225 Nov 2024 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbsoyctyzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/historicode97.bsky.social/post/3lbbetbfw322xField #Robotics be like: "Robot, can you pick the coffee cup and place it on the table over there?" #Robotics #RoboticsResearch #Research19 Nov 2024 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjhe7bsa5hf4phasx7jmd3zr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbetbfw322x