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…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…
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…Lanner Electronics NVIDIA provides Isaac ROS GEMs The new system uses Lanner's EAI-I130 NVIDIA Jetson-based edge AI computing appliance and MOV.AI's Robotics Engine Platform, which incorporates NVIDIA Isaac ROS GEMs. The Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉-based GEMs are hardware-accelerated packages for perception, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation, image processing, and more. Optimized for AI functionality, performance, and ease of deployment,…
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…software.” Apex.AI SDK compatible with ROS plus safety-certified Palo Alto, Calif.-based Apex.AI said it has applied its experience in robotics and artificial intelligence to develop operating systems for autonomous vehicles. The company claimed that its SDK enables customers to accelerate software development for specific mobility applications. Apex.AI noted that its products are based on open-source software such as the Robot…
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…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…
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…Linnell added. RaaS platform monitors ROS systems Founded in 2017, Formant said robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) providers including Canvas Technology, Blue River Technologies, and Burro have chosen its data platform. Initially released for systems using the Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉, Formant's free tier will let engineers easily monitor ROS topics and key metrics from their devices via SSH out of the box,…
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…to reinvent the wheel until ROS came along and provided the core building blocks,” said Brian Gerkey, CTO at Intrinsic (an Alphabet company). “Now OpenRobOps will bring similar building blocks to fleet management.” Ahead of the general release, InOrbit said it is already collaborating with partners across academia, industry and service providers, allowing ecosystem players to begin integrating and contributing…
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…SOMs. With native support for ROS 2, the open-source Robotics Operating System, and prebuilt interfaces, the new SOM kit enables rapid development of hardware-accelerated applications for robotics, machine vision, and industrial communication and control, said AMD. “The Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kits builds on the success of our Kria SOMs and KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit for AI and embedded…
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…of the Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉 will be used for this flight mission, called Space ROS. Space ROS is a project of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, with PickNik and NASA among its largest contributors. PickNik will also support integration activities between Motiv and the hosted orbital platform provider, Astro Digital. MoveItPro platform mission duties PickNik said its scope includes…
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…is a real-time fork of ROS 2.” “Our first challenge was that real-time processing could not rely on dynamic memory allocation, which happens almost automatically in C++,” he explained. “In automotive systems, resources are constrained, and memory could run out.” “We've reworked memory allocation to be static when booting up CPUs,” Becker said. “Memory is pre-allocated, which is a major…
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…might be used. NVIDIA Isaac ROS takes robots to the edge In October 2022, NVIDIA Corp. released Isaac ROS Developer Preview (DP) 2, which uses the open-source Robot Operating System 〈ROS 2〉 to enhance robot capabilities with advanced cloud and edge software. The company said its updated software included innovations and features for robustness, including an array of task management…
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…with the Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉, the cloud-based Nimbus includes a library of pre-configured algorithms and enables developers to collaborate and to monitor robot performance in real time, said the company. Israel Innovation Authority looks to improve HRI Most of today’s robots are built for single-mission tasks, but they are increasingly engaging with humans, said Cogniteam. Robots will need to…
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…scratch. Embedded devices compatible with ROS 2 Syslogic said its embedded computers come with pre-installed JetPack 5 with Linux Kernel 5.10. This makes it easy to use the ROS 2 middleware, which is useful for computer vision applications. The latest version of the open-source Robot Operating System, developers use ROS 2 to control and coordinate a large number of nodes.…
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…algorithms for planning and navigation. ROS Toolbox is also for design, simulation and deployment but is specific to the Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉. This new toolbox gives engineers an interface between MATLAB, Simulink and ROS and ROS2, for generating embedded system software for ROS nodes. Among the MATLAB highlights in R2019b is the introduction of Live Editor Tasks. This helps…
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…on the edge: NVIDIA Isaac ROS has entered general availability, and it is expanding NVIDIA Metropolis on Jetson. “Generative AI is bringing the power of transformer models and large language models to virtually every industry,” wrote Amit Goel, director of product management for autonomous machines, in a blog post. “That reach now includes areas that touch edge, robotics, and logistics…
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…lead the development of Space ROS, a flight-certified version of the Robot Operating System 〈ROS〉. Motiv develops robotic arms for use in space Founded in 2014, Motiv Space Systems has designed and manufactured space systems for commercial and scientific applications, including Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Among its contracts was the xLink robot arm, which is designed for…
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