Open Robotics

We've got two big Gazebo simulator events planned for next week! On Wednesday, August 28th, at 9am PT we will hold our regularly scheduled Gazebo Community Meeting. For this community meeting Franco Cipollone, a software engineer at Ekumen, will talk about the process of simulating Andino, the open source hardware / software educational robot developed by the team at Ekumen. 🔗 https://bit.ly/GCMAug24 On Thursday, August 29th, at 9am PT we'll kick off our annual Test and Tutorial Party for the upcoming Gazebo Ionic release. During the tutorial party we'll test the upcoming release and make sure all of our Gazebo tutorials function correctly. The top ten contributors will be eligible for free Gazebo swag. This is a great opportunity to get involved with open source development, and no experience is necessary! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gd7BXZ7k

AMD and Open Navigation LLC have collaborated to showcase the powerful #RyzenAI technologies for use in robotics applications! We have put together 3 demonstrations: Outdoor #GPS Navigation, Urban #3D Navigation, and Indoor #LongDuration Navigation, each with proof-of-concept autonomy systems for getting started. Check out https://lnkd.in/g-xN9eVa to see the videos, download datasets, learn how to setup and use #ROS2, #Nav2 for Indoor, Urban, and 3D SLAM-based navigation! Bonus: We also include a series of guides for how to bootstrap a new robot: PC, software bringup, time synchronize multiple machines, and more! These devices contain the powerful, modern AMD x86 CPUs you know and love, married with a Radeon GPU, Neutral Processing Unit (NPU), and more to run hardware accelerated and AI applications on your robot products. We at Open Navigation have benchmarked that all of autonomous navigation, 3D perception, localization, and autonomy applications can be performed with under 15% of total resource utilization, leaving plenty of room for many user applications, advanced AI, and more -- all for an amazing price point. If you are working on robotics systems and require powerful x86 cores, we definitely recommend looking into #RyzenAI. Make sure to checkout our collaboration below to learn more and get started fast with AMD and Nav2! https://lnkd.in/g-xN9eVa

Great Autoware Foundation meetup at the Arm offices in Santa Clara tonight. our friends from F1Tenth Foundation are also here. We'll have details on future meetups coming soon.

It is a busy week for the Gazebo community! Tomorrow morning we're having our monthly Gazebo Community Meeting, with guest speaker Franco Cipollone from Ekumen speaking on their Andino open source software and hardware robot. https://lnkd.in/gd7BXZ7k On Thursday morning we're kicking off of our annual Test and Tutorial Party for the Gazebo Ionic. We need your help to test the latest version of Gazebo before it comes out. To learn how you can help please join us on Thursday morning. https://lnkd.in/gbdUuvat

🎒⏰ Prepare for back to school with the TurtleBot 4 Lite - Enjoy 10% Off!! With the new school year just around the corner, now is the perfect time to equip your lab or classroom with the TurtleBot 4 Lite. This mobile robot is the ideal solution for #education and #research, combining performance with accessibility. Why choose the TurtleBot 4 Lite? 🔍 Advanced Sensors: equipped with infrared sensors to detect cliffs, bumps, and slips, the TurtleBot 4 Lite ensures safe and accurate navigation. ⚡ Optimized Battery Life: its 26Wh Li-ion battery powers both the robot and your additional accessories, offering maximum flexibility. 🛠️ Easy Integration: with a powered USB hub and top mounting plate, adding sensors and accessories has never been easier. 🎥 Vision and Navigation: featuring a front-facing stereo camera and 2D LiDAR, it provides precise mapping and efficient autonomous navigation. 💻 ROS 2 Compatibility: preloaded with ROS 2 Humble, the TurtleBot 4 Lite is ready to go, complete with comprehensive documentation and tutorials to help you get started quickly. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3yJSy6N #BackToSchool2024 #Robotics #TurtleBot4Lite #Education #Research #Innovation

Looking for a educational robot? We've worked closely with the awesome team at Clearpath to produce the TurtleBot4, our official ROS 2 educational robot and simulator. The TB4 is our latest and greatest ROS 2 robot and it supports the latest ROS 2 releases. including Humble Hawksbill. Sales of the TB4 directly support the Open Source Robotics Foundation and our open source projects. The TurtleBot 4 comes with a ton of great educational materials to get you started on your ROS journey, including: 🤖 TB4 Manual: https://lnkd.in/gPQgDeZ7 🤖 Project landing page: https://lnkd.in/g7mWn9sq 🤖 TB4 Simulator: https://lnkd.in/ghpzw6t9 🤖 Dockerized TB4 Sim: https://lnkd.in/gcF_YJtx 🤖 PyCon 2024 Talk Introducing TB4 Simulator: https://lnkd.in/gf9wk2NQ 🤖 Turtlebot 4 with OpenCV: https://lnkd.in/gzfmUcMu 🤖 TurtleBot4 Youtube playlist: https://lnkd.in/gjGz5qZw

Articulated Robotics has a video about their first impressions with the new RMW Zenoh available in beta for ROS 2 Jazzy.

The next ROS-Industrial Developer's Meeting (Asia) is taking place this coming September! Join us on this session on Tuesday, 10th Sept at 9am SGT, where our Saurabh Kamat, a Robotics Intern at ROS-Industrial, will share more on development of simulation plugins for Gazebo Sim! Register here: https://lnkd.in/dwNiZGSe More details on the presentation/sharing below: Presentation Title: Developing Plugins for Gazebo Sim Presentation Abstract: The new Gazebo is a collection of loosely coupled software libraries designed for creating high-performance simulations. The Gazebo Sim library acts as an entry point, providing access to various features like physics and rendering through dynamically loaded plugins. Users can develop and integrate their custom plugins into the simulation loop. This talk offers an introduction to creating plugins for Gazebo Sim.

Tomorrow, August 27th, at 6:30 pm we'll be holding our regular ROS Meetup in Singapore. Marco A. Gutierrez will be your MC and Reuben Thomas and Xiyu Oh will be your featured speakers! Please RSVP at: https://lnkd.in/gMEHSdTf

Welcome to our newest OSRA Supporting Organization, OLogic, Inc.! 🌟