Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.94
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 28.64
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 11.44
April 25, 2022
…MiR, AutoGuide Mobile Robots, Third Wave Automation, A3, and Open Robotics, is part of MassRobotics' AMR Interoperability Working Group. “Going two or three years back, an installation of two or three AMRs was really the standard,” Nicolay said. “You saw a lot of customers started with small fleets just to test the technology. “But these days, you have installations of multiple robots—20, 30, and beyond— and not only from one vendor, but from multiple vendors for different applications, different use cases,” he added. “There really is a demand for a single internal logistics system.” The company has an ROI Calculator…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.20
March 22, 2022
…computing system for industrial digital twins. NVIDIA partnered with Open Robotics to release new accelerated algorithms for realistic simulations, such as an Amazon warehouse, said Talla. “Omniverse is central to our robotics platforms,” said Huang as he announced updates and new releases for Omniverse. “And like NASA and Amazon, we and our customers in robotics and industrial automation realize the importance of digital twins and Omniverse.” Nova Orin includes tools for simulating a robot in Isaac Sim on Omniverse. NVIDIA said it plans to offer new hardware-accelerated modules, or Isaac ROS GEMs. They are intended to enable mobile robots to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.25
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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.55
December 22, 2021
…interoperability efforts with organizations like MassRobotics or startups like Open Robotics and InOrbit. Glynn: Absolutely. The increased focus on omnichannel fulfillment accelerated by the pandemic is not going away. On top of that, consumers now expect delivery quicker than ever before. These external pressures are going to require companies to adapt or fall behind and this will lead to more money pouring into companies developing the solutions that operators are seeking. Elazary: I do expect we'll see more funding and more consolidation in this space. Brands and 3PLs [third-party logistics providers] have had to face a perfect storm since the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.24
November 14, 2021
…Industrial Robots AutoGuide Mobile Robots Third Wave Automation InOrbit Open Robotics A key focus of this standards effort is to allow AMRs of different types to share status information or “rules of the road.” For example, the standard addresses data points such as common reference location, current location, a robot’s state (active versus idle), and future destination. The standard also enables the creation of operational dashboards so managers can gain insights into fleet productivity and utilization. However, it is not meant as an orchestration platform or some type of overarching fleet controller, explained Walker, who is on the standards committee.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.85
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 17.08
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 15.67
May 11, 2021
…reuse by robotics developers. ROS Navigation overivew (http://wiki.ros.org/navigation/Tutorials/RobotSetup). Source: Open Robotics How long would it take to build robotics applications in ROS before compared with Foxy? Hansen: Foxy provides a high bar for features, tools, and quality that has been previously hard to achieve without a large engineering effort. Using Foxy as a starting point gives developers a big head start over starting from scratch, saving development and testing time. Depending on the application, from a home cleaning robot to a lunar rover, the amount of time savings varies. Were features such as the regulated pure pursuit controller, waypoint follower,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.14
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…
