Please add https://github.com/robotology/icub-gazebo-grasping-sandbox

[pattacini]

The iCub Gazebo Grasping Sandbox is a project that we have very recently realized at iCubTech@IIT with the aim to support learning paths in robotics, specifically for what concerns the topic of simulated visuo-manipulation tasks with the iCub humanoid.

In a broader sense, the project turns out to be peculiar in that:

• To our knowledge, it's the only "sandbox" in robotics that makes heavy use of Gitpod.
• It is fully self-contained as it closes the loop with its GitHub repository for what pertains to building the Docker images through a GitHub action that serves to publish to the GitHub Container Registry.
• It does very well summarize our efforts for providing a cloud platform based on Gitpod to be used in schools and in crash courses. This approach is explained in the following posts:
  • https://education.github.community/t/the-benefits-of-integrating-docker-and-cloud-ides-in-the-github-classroom-workflow/40724
  • https://spectrum.chat/icub/technicalities/yarp-enabled-gitpod-workspaces-available~73ab5ee9-830e-4b7f-9e99-195295bb5e34
  • https://spectrum.chat/icub/technicalities/get-yarp-enabled-workspaces-on-the-cloud-with-a-single-click~53ba1286-4d46-4402-94f5-4aa321f03fb5

Is your project's development setup fully automated? How to use it?

Yes In the main README file, there is a session that shows how with one click and a few bash commands you can run the full simulation as per the animation below:

Also, we made available a walkthrough with a video tutorial showing the basic Gitpod functionalities.

Why is your project interesting/exciting to contribute to?

The sandbox represents an interesting work that showcases how with relatively simple components we can code grasping in a simulated environment using 3D vision. The code is documented and is meant to provide a baseline to build more complex behaviors on top.

Does your project have an active community?

Yes The community gravitating around the iCub project operates worldwide leveraging on the open-source. Most of the software we develop is published at https://github.com/robotology.

Does your project have basic newcomer onboarding docs? (e.g. CONTRIBUTING.md, good-first-issues...)

Yes Contributing guidelines are explicitly available from the repository.

[nisarhassan12]

Thanks for the issue. I'll make a Pr for this.

[nisarhassan12]

@pattacini Can you provide me with the logo of the project?

[pattacini]

Thanks a lot @nisarhassan12 👍🏻

Here's the logo: