Our robotic arm challenge require few software to develop

Installing VS Code

https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

Installing Python 3.10

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/23.1.x/user-guide/install/index.html

Installing Realsense SDK (The camera package)

Windows: https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/blob/master/doc/installation_windows.md Ubuntu: ‣

Realsense Notes:

Realsense doesn’t support macOS, all functions require camera will be unable to run on macOS.

Install VS Code Python Extension

Go to the extensions tab, then search with keyword “Python”. Install the “Python Extension Pack”

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Create an account in GitHub

If you already have the account, skip this step.

https://github.com/signup

Download the GitHub Desktop

If you know how to use git, skip this step.

https://desktop.github.com/download/