Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.52
August 13, 2021
…nearly a decade, the U.S. government has been developing ROS-M, a military version of the Robot Operating System. Built on ROS 1, ROS-M enabled the U.S. Department of Defense to benefit from open-source development practices while maintaining tight control over the community-developed code. However, support for Noetic, the current revision of ROS 1, is set to end in 2025. Stratom this week announced that it is part of a team that was chosen to deliver Stage II of the Modular Autonomy and Robotic Software, or MARS, program. The MARS program involves the collaborative migration of Robotic Technology Kernel (RTK) software…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.19
July 23, 2021
…from leading universities to program an 80% solution using ROS [the open-source Robot Operating System], but they need things that can be deployed in the real world today. Workers change jobs every six months, high school and store environments are cluttered, and they change every day. This is not some sleek science fiction world; it's messy. Our “secret sauce” at Brain Corp is that rather than build robots, we have pioneered the intellectual property in this space with an unbelievably simple user interface [UI]. There a button—press “Teach,” and drive the robot where it needs to go, and press “Save.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
July 21, 2021
…In addition, InOrbit has released an open source, configuration-based ROS 2 package for sending MassRobotics AMR Interop Standard messages to compliant receivers. Developers can now make robots compatible with the latest version of the Robot Operating System and connect to any MassRobotics AMR Interop receiver, including but not limited to InOrbit, using publicly available packages and a custom configuration file. “These efforts to advance open source and interoperability across robots are a key part of the company’s vision to drive radical productivity improvements to enable humans to reach new heights,” said InOrbit. The open-source project code for the MassRobotics interoperability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.49
July 15, 2021
…with CARMERA’s culture and mission from the beginning,” stated Ro Gupta, co-founder and of CARMERA. “Our teams have a common view of the unmet need for ubiquity in advanced mobility data going forward, including maps.” “Woven Planet, thanks to its software-first automotive DNA, shares our commitment to the end user, to creating a technology stack that can be used safely and without friction by all stakeholders from data originators through to data consumers,” he added. “This validates and furthers our founding thesis that richer, faster spatial intelligence is both critical to the next generation of ‘Mobility for All’ and viable…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.62
July 08, 2021
…publish-subscribe middleware, using DDS [Data Distribution Service] communication and ROS 2 [the Robot Operating System] to make different sensors plug and play for users or developers,” Cross said. “We want to improve ease of use and enable integrators to rapidly add devices without having to hack subpar systems or build them from scratch.” “We want to create a drop-in replacement board for Blue Robotics ROVs that would create space and improve processing performance,” he said. “It's designed for ROVs, but is adaptable to AUVs [autonomous underwater vehicles], ASVs [autonomous surface vehicles], and UUVs [unmanned underwater vehicles].” “The motherboard supports NVIDIA…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.54
June 21, 2021
…includes support for multiple cameras and sensors, compatibility with ROS 2, the ability to import CAD [computer-aided design] assets, and synthetic data generation and domain randomization. These features will help designers train a wide range of robots by deploying “digital twins,” where they are tested in an accurate virtual environment, said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company. “Currently, the simulation-to-reality gap means that most developers prefer to test on hardware with only limited functionality,” said Gerard Andrews, senior product marketing manager at NVIDIA. “They had only primitive tools to import robots or build complex scenes.” “Synthetic data generation and domain randomization…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 18.69
June 17, 2021
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides independent expert research and development, advanced robotic system capabilities, and custom hardware designs, which include perception systems, mobile manipulation, and automation process development. SwRI launched the Robot Operating System-Industrial (ROS-I) open-source project. ROS-I is now a global initiative steered by a global consortium, and it includes innovative software capabilities and applications for industry based on foundational open-source building blocks. Headquartered in San Antonio, SwRI is an independent, nonprofit, applied R&D organization. More than 2,800 engineers, scientists, analysts, and technologists perform contract research and development for government and industrial clients worldwide.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.17
June 15, 2021
…multiple robots, cameras, and proximity sensors.” Generalizing robotics and ROS “We believe there will be a move toward more standardization like with phones,” Ritzau noted. “There were once phones with multiple operating systems and chargers, but now we have Apple and Android. The same thing is going to happen with drivers in robotics. When we talk to hardware vendors, they're open to that. Universal Robots and others have open APIs [application programming interfaces], which are supported by our software.” RiACT's software also works with the Robot Operating System (ROS). “We've been working with ROS 2, but a lot of big…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.08
June 14, 2021
…autonomy, based on the Mobile Autonomous Vehicle software and ROS 2,” said Gordon, referring to the latest version of the Robot Operating System. “We're integrating pieces that are appropriate for our application and blending it with mobility for rough terrain. The vehicle can roll over it, and we can finesse overcoming obstacles with software.” “The military uses ROS-M, which uses the same types of principles as commercial ROS,” he noted. “We're focusing on what needs to be done and providing best-in-class capabilities for safety and reliability. We're building on the software architecture and will have emergency stops, both on the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.32
May 18, 2021
…a robot's model, and using the Robot Operating System (ROS) as an open-source “bridge.” The group decided that the data to be shared should be in two messages: A setup message A status message (to include future destination) It also chose JSON over Websockets as the protocol to be used in the initial standard, which could incorporate other methods in the future. MassRobotics has made the message descriptions and script tool publicly available in its GitHub repository. “With the shared format for communications, each robot manufacturer can decide how to implement it,” Ryden said. “The sections are pretty broad—if they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.15
May 11, 2021
…has continued building on the Robot Operating System or ROS, it has also received support from major software vendors. Last month, Amazon Web Services Inc. announced support for ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy, the latest long-term support release for ROS 2, as well as the Gazebo 11 simulation engine and the Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) operating system. Seattle-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) said that “ROS 2 Foxy is the most secure and reliable ROS distribution to date for production robotics application development.” While AWS RoboMaker no longer supports ROS Kinetic, its support of ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy for simulation and development…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.51
April 30, 2021
…Robotics Inc. today announced the release of the Doosan ROS 2 package, which is compatible with ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy. The South Korean company said it is first vendor to operate collaborative robots driven by the newest version of the Robot Operating System. “To meet the growing trend of robots using ROS, Doosan Robotics developed the ROS 2 Foxy package to allow more local and global customers build robot applications more conveniently and at a faster speed,” stated Chae Dong-hwi, CEO of Doosan Robotics. “We will continue to enhance the functionality of ROS 2 and improve accessibility for our customers…
