Mark Hedley Jones
Robotics perception engineer
I work on SLAM, 3D mapping, and sensor fusion for autonomous robots. A few things I've built and written about:
Cartographer SLAM Trajectory Editor
A browser-based Cartographer SLAM trajectory editor and re-optimiser for hand-fixing trajectories.
2026-06-30
Robotics Platform for Kiwifruit Orchards
Building a robotics platform to carry harvesting and pollination robots through kiwifruit orchards
2026-02-28
Autonomous Navigation in Kiwifruit Orchards
Autonomously navigating a two-tonne robotics platform through kiwifruit orchards using lidar, SLAM, and a carrot
2026-03-07
Bamboo Lidar & IMU Mount
Watch a bamboo lidar mount being CNC cut and assembled
2018-03-02
Calibration Checkerboard Collection
Free camera calibration checkerboards for computer vision. Multiple formats, custom generator, no watermarks.
2018-04-15
CNC Machined Stereo Camera Mount
Making an aluminium fixture for rigidly mounting stereo cameras
2018-05-06
Import/Export Point Cloud Data in Blender
An add-on that enables .PCD file import/export in Blender 2.8+
2021-05-12
ROS - Bosch IndraDrive CS
Control an industrial servo using ROS on Linux
2017-10-09
Container Magic
A tool that generates Docker and Podman container setups from a single YAML file - a Dockerfile plus standalone build and run scripts for development and production.
2026-02-08