Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.11
December 15, 2022
…the deal because it is a separate part of Open Robotics. The foundation will continue to manage and offer open-source tools such as the Robot Operating System (ROS), Gazebo, and Open-RMF for free. Intrinsic plans to expand ROS tools Intrinsic came out of X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, and is now independently run under the Mountain View, Calif-based company. It primarily creates software for developers of industrial automation. Intrinsic has already been using ROS to help build its tools, Tan White noted. “Our team is eager to welcome and work with our new colleagues, expand our use and integration of ROS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.23
April 28, 2022
…than 20 customers around the world manage security vulnerabilities. Open Robotics responds But Open Robotics, the Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit that maintains the Robot Operating System, said in an e-mail to Robotics 24/7 that “most or all of the issues have been addressed, and exploitation in the wild has not been documented.” It added that of the 13 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs): “Two are for CycloneDDS, have been patched, and are related to an XML parser configuration. One is for FastDDS and is related to a network flooding/DDoS attack. Specific recommendations to address these types of attacks can be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.58
May 05, 2022
…new platform to build on. Clearpath Robotics Inc. and Open Robotics yesterday launched TurtleBot 4, the latest generation of the popular open-source mobile robot platform. The organizations said TurtleBot 4 is a “low-cost, fully expandable” system with improved perception, increased payload capacity, support for ROS 2, and auto-docking capabilities. “This year marks 10 years since we started working with the Open Robotics’ founding team on the TurtleBot 2,” said Bryan Webb, president of Clearpath Robotics. “We are very excited to continue our support for the open-source community by providing cutting-edge technology for robotics research, development, and education.” “Turtlebot 4 offers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.15
January 13, 2023
…that it had acquired Open Source Robotics Corp. (OSRC), Open Robotics’ commercial division, for an undisclosed amount. In April 2022, Intrinsic purchased robotic software company Vicarious. The Alphabet unit added the layoffs “will ensure Intrinsic can continue to allocate resources to our highest-priority initiatives, such as building our software and AI platform, integrating the recent strategic acquisitions of Vicarious and OSRC (commercial arm Open Robotics), and working with key industry partners.” Intrinsic joins downward tech trend Intrinsic is the latest in a long line of technology companies to announce staff cuts in the past few months. Verily Life Sciences, another…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.73
October 14, 2019
The Wearable Robotics Association has issued a call for entries for its annual Innovation Challenge. Earn a prize for a new technology or idea that will benefit the wearable robotics Industry. The Innovation Challenge opened on October 1, 2019 and closes January 24, 2020. The Wearable Robotics Association (WearRA) is inviting entries that represent innovative new ideas in wearable robotic technology for the Innovation Challenge as part of WearRAcon. The winner will receive international recognition and a $5,000 cash prize to support development and commercialization of the technology. Participants can upload concept papers by January 24, 2020. The review committee…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.29
October 10, 2022
…robots. Other signatories included Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree. “We are hopeful this coalition of industry leaders and our strength in numbers will encourage policymakers to engage on this issue to help us promote the safe use of mobile robots and prohibit their misuse,” a spokesperson for Boston Dynamics told Robotics 24/7. Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Dynamics said the companies signed the letter in response to several videos making the rounds on social media of people adding weapons to commercially available robots. “As with any new technology offering new capabilities, the emergence of advanced mobile robots offers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.95
December 01, 2022
…Singapore, South-East Asia, and Oceania. The center will use Open Robotics’ Robotics Middleware Framework, or RMF, and will have interoperability with “complex and heterogenous multi-robot systems.” “This is an important step toward enabling stronger and seamless human-machine collaboration, where mobile robots, using natural or existing infrastructure, perform autonomous movement of goods (handling, moving, and storing warehouse assets) as they work alongside humans,” the company said. OMRON working to address Asia-Pacific needs Kyoto, Japan-based OMRON said it will work with its industry partners in robotics and automation in the new center to address some of the biggest logistics challenges facing Asia…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.91
May 20, 2022
…Nano, claimed AMD. AMD said it is collaborating with Open Robotics, which creates open-source robotics software and hardware, to validate and ensure compliance of its ROS 2 implementation. “The Kria SOM family and KR260 Starter Kit provide the robotics community with a great combination of performance, flexibility, and rapid development time,” said Brian Gerkey, CEO of Open Robotics. “Users can create software-defined hardware and build solutions offering high performance per watt, with security, energy efficiency, and adaptability.” “Open Robotics is excited to be collaborating with AMD-Xilinx to understand and address the needs of roboticists using hardware acceleration to build new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.84
September 22, 2021
NVIDIA Corp. today announced that it is working with Open Robotics to improve ROS 2 performance on its Jetson platform for artificial intelligence at the edge and its GPU-based systems. The company said this initiative will enable robotics developers to more easily and quickly incorporate computer vision and machine learning functionality into systems based on the Robot Operating System (ROS). “We've been working closely with Open Robotics to bring a host of NVIDIA AI technologies to the ROS community,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management, autonomous machines, and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We want to make it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.78
October 20, 2022
…consistent Isaac ROS releases,” said Brian Gerkey, CEO of Open Robotics. “With 20 Isaac ROS packages released in the past year, NVIDIA is making it easier for developers to embrace AI and improve the perception stacks in their ROS based applications.” For more information about the latest performance numbers for key Isaac ROS packages, see Isaac ROS Performance Summary. Improved Stereo Depth Performance of the BI3D model on Flat Featureless Surfaces. At left, image of man pushing cart of crates and associated DNN output images: DP1.1 release in the middle, DP2 release on the right. Source: NVIDIA Free Training for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.65
October 27, 2021
…in the open-source community and the healthcare industry. The Open Robotics Middleware Framework, or Open-RMF, is designed to coordinate fleets of robots with typical use cases and integrate them with elevators and other systems. “As more diverse robots are being deployed around the world, there is a growing need for specialized robots from different developers to be able to communicate with each other. A lingua robotica, if you will,” said Open Robotics in a blog post today. Mountain View, Calif.-based Open Source Robotics Foundation Inc. was founded in 2012 and forms Open Robotics with its Singapore subsidiary. The nonprofit has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.97
January 03, 2022
…high-fidelity PhysX engine and photorealistic environments. In partnership with Open Robotics, NVIDIA announced support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) and ROS2, and we launched the Isaac ROS library, which includes highly performant robotics and AI algorithms. More on NVIDIA and Robotics 10 Technologies for Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics Developers From NVIDIA's GTC 2021 Ottonomy Develops Autonomous Robots for Indoor and Outdoor Deliveries Top Three Trends With the Current Iteration of Robotics NVIDIA Expands Simulation Omniverse With Blender and Adobe Integration NVIDIA Spring GTC 2021 Shows New Processors, Simulation Tools for Robotics Developers With NVIDIA’s support for ROS, the open-source community…
