Mark Hedley Jones
Software, electronics and robotics
I'm Mark, an engineer from New Zealand living in Japan. Here are some things I've built and learned, from research robots and laboratory tools to Linux software and workshop projects.
Cartographer SLAM Trajectory Editor
Correct distorted robot maps by moving sections into alignment and recalculating the path, entirely in your browser.
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
Using laser measurements to find orchard rows, steer a research vehicle and plan turns beneath a kiwifruit canopy.
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
Import, edit and export 3D point clouds in Blender without converting them to another file format.
2021-05-12
ROS - Bosch IndraDrive CS
Control an industrial servo using ROS on Linux
2017-10-09
Container Magic
Define a project's build environment in one file, then generate the Docker or Podman scripts needed to share and run it.
2026-02-08