Ubuntu Core
Internet of Things
ROS production: our prototype [2/5]
by Kyle Fazzari on 13 April 2017
This is the second blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we discussed why Ubuntu Core was a good fit for production robotics. In...
Internet of Things
The smartest industry 4.0 crane
by Maarten Ectors on 10 April 2017
Lots of big name industrial players are launching IoT platforms and are hopeful that their big data analytics, open APIs, and other features will catapult...
Internet of Things
From ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core
by Kyle Fazzari on 6 April 2017
Please note that this blog post has outdated technical information that may no longer be correct. For latest updated documentation about robotics in Canonical...
Internet of Things
Making snap packages of photogrammetry software
by Guest on 29 March 2017
This is a guest post by Alberto Mardegan, Software Engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
Internet of Things
Battlestar solution
by Guest on 28 March 2017
This is a guest post by Peter Kirwan, technology journalist. If you would like to contribute a post, please contact [email protected] Forecasts...
Internet of Things
Putting Ubuntu in embedded
by Thibaut Rouffineau on 27 March 2017
This year Canonical joined Embedded World 2017 for the first time with a booth. And the initial reaction from anyone visiting the booth was one of surprise...
Internet of Things
This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money, …
by Maarten Ectors on 13 March 2017
The world is becoming software defined and most people don’t realise what this means until software apps and app stores invade their day to day objects like...
Internet of Things
The cheapest and smartest mobile and IoT base station of MWC17
by Maarten Ectors on 11 March 2017
How to solve the top telecom industry problems (declining revenues, spiralling costs, slow time to market) and revolutionise the wireless industry? Open...
Internet of Things
The $1M/month revenue generating fountain each smart city should have
by Maarten Ectors on 9 March 2017
What if smart cities can have fountains generating revenue instead of costing money? App Stores on Fountains, one of the many crazy ideas we demoed on MWC,...
Cloud and server
Ubuntu Core in LXD containers
by Stéphane Graber on 27 February 2017
What’s Ubuntu Core? Ubuntu Core is a version of Ubuntu that’s fully transactional and entirely based on snap packages. Most of the system is read-only. All...
Internet of Things
Technologic Systems Inc. brings Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-4900
by Canonical on 23 February 2017
Ubuntu Core and the TS-4900 makes for one the most secure, easy to manage, and flexible i.MX6 powered boards on the market The TS-4900 with Ubuntu Core will...
Internet of Things
MWC17: The future of industrial IoT
by Maarten Ectors on 23 February 2017
The internet of things, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data, robots/drones, blockchain, industry 4.0 and other hype terms are popping up...