Topic: Open Robotics

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Intrinsic to Acquire Open Source Robotics Corp. to Expand Robotics Software Development Tools

December 15, 2022 · Intrinsic said it will buy the Open Source Robotics Corp., the commercial subsidiary of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, for an undisclosed amount.

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OMRON Opens New Automation Center in Singapore, Uses Open Robotics’ RMF Interoperability Standard

December 1, 2022 · OMRON has turned to Open Robotics' RMF to bring an added layer of interoperability into its centers.

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MassRobotics, Partners Demonstrate Interoperability Standard at AMR and Logistics Week

October 21, 2022 · Interoperability continued to be a hot topic at A3's AMR and Logistics Week, with a panel discussion and demonstrations of the MassRobotics standard and VDA 5050.

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Major Robotics Vendors Sign Letter Denouncing Weaponizing General-Purpose Robots

October 10, 2022 · Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree have all warned against adding weapons to robots that are already commercially available.

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NVIDIA Improves Perception Performance for ROS 2 Applications

May 24, 2022 · NVIDIA has partnered with Open Robotics on type adaptation and type negotiation, features to improve compute performance for robot perception. It's also presenting at ICRA.

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AMD Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit Designed to Kick-Start Application Development

May 20, 2022 · AMD says the latest addition to its Kria portfolio of system on modules includes native ROS 2 support and prebuilt interfaces for robots, machine vision, and industrial controls.

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Clearpath Robotics and Open Robotics Launch TurtleBot 4 With ROS 2 Support

May 5, 2022 · Clearpath and Open Robotics have been collaborating for 10 years, and TurtleBot 4 is the first version of the open-source mobile robot development platform to support ROS 2 out of the box.

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Alias Robotics Claims to Find Security Flaws in ROS 2; Open Robotics Responds

April 28, 2022 · Alias Robotics said it has discovered what it calls "numerous dangerous vulnerabilities" related to the open-source Robot Operating System.

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Open-RMF Addresses Growing Robotics Interoperability Needs

October 27, 2021 · From simulation to management of robot fleets in heterogeneous environments, Open Robotics' Open-RMF is an open-source approach to interoperability that is different than other efforts.

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NVIDIA Working With Open Robotics to Accelerate ROS 2 Perception for Robot Developers

September 22, 2021 · NVIDIA is working to help robotics developers and startups by enabling ROS 2 to run on its Jetson processors for perception, modeling, and training in realistic environments.

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