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Here is your #ROS news for the first week of 2025! 🎉 RT Corporation releases RaspiMouse for Jazzy 🎉 Aditya Nair builds an indoor ornithopter using Humble 🎉 Big updates for Jazzy and Rolling 🎉 A facelift for ROS Index? 🎉 Automatic Addison guide to Nav2 tuning 🎉 New archives for ROS Answers 🎉 Embedded ROS development in Rust 🎉 David Dorf's WAM-V simulation 🎉 2025 World Magnetic Model (important!) 🎉 New roscd for ROS 2 🎉 Bundle Adjustment for LIDAR mapping 🎉 Rodney Brooks predictions for 2025 🎉 51 Robotics companies that are hiring 🎉 BONUS TURTLE CONTENT!!! 🎉 A whole lot more! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gMuDcH6r

We're proud to announce an expanded partnership with Polymath Robotics to support #ROS2's #Nav2 project. Polymath is now a Gold Sponsor of Nav2, enabling us to provide additional community support and technical contributions to power the #AMR industry! "From a purely financial approach, working with our open source dependencies makes a ton of sense. Alot of the thankless work [Open Navigation performs] is work we would have to spend way more money and way more time on." -- Ilia Baranov, CTO Polymath Robotics You can read more about this partnership and Polymath in our blog post below. Thank you Ilia Baranov and Stefan Seltz-Axmacher for your continued leadership! If your organization relies on Nav2 for your products or services, please reach out to us at [email protected] to see how we can also partner!

Happy New Year! We have 51 new and 576 updated packages for ROS 2 Rolling Ridley! New packages include: ⚽ automatika-ros-sugar: 0.2.4-1 ⚽ autoware-internal-debug-msgs: 1.3.0-1 ⚽ autoware-internal-perception-msgs: 1.3.0-1 ⚽ eiquadprog: 1.2.9-1 ⚽ feetech-ros2-driver: 0.1.0-2 ⚽ gpio-controllers: 4.18.0-2 ⚽ jacro: 0.2.0-2 ⚽ marker-msgs: 0.0.8-1 ⚽ mecanum-drive-controller: 4.18.0-2 ⚽ rmf-dev: 0.2.0-1 ⚽ rmf-fleet-adapter: 2.9.0-1 ⚽ rmf-fleet-adapter-python: 2.9.0-1 ⚽ rmf-reservation-node: 2.9.0-1 ⚽ service-load-balancing: 0.1.1-2 ⚽ tuw-airskin-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-geo-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-geometry-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-graph-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-multi-robot-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-nav-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-object-map-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-object-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ tuw-std-msgs: 0.2.5-1 ⚽ yasmin: 3.0.3-1 ⚽ yasmin-demos: 3.0.3-1 ⚽ yasmin-msgs: 3.0.3-1 ⚽ yasmin-ros: 3.0.3-1 ⚽ yasmin-viewer: 3.0.3-1 Details at: https://lnkd.in/gTn3JGpT

Why not ring in the new year with a new job in robotics? https://lnkd.in/ebkYdxBi

Attention ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco users, your ROS Boss Marco A. Gutierrez, has posted 103 new and 744 updated packages for Jazzy. New packages include: 🎵 axis-camera: 3.0.1-1 🎵 axis-description: 3.0.1-1 🎵 axis-msgs: 3.0.1-1 🎵 boost-sml-vendor: 1.1.11-1 🎵 camera-info-manager-py: 5.1.5-1 🎵 camera-ros: 0.2.1-1 🎵 canopen: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-402-driver: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-base-driver: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-core: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-master-driver: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-proxy-driver: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-ros2-control: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-ros2-controllers: 0.3.0-1 🎵 canopen-tests: 0.3.0-1 🎵 clearpath-motor-msgs: 1.0.1-1 🎵 clearpath-msgs: 1.0.1-1 🎵 clearpath-platform-msgs: 1.0.1-1 🎵 clearpath-ros2-socketcan-interface: 2.0.0-1 🎵 clips-vendor: 6.4.3-2 🎵 dual-laser-merger: 0.3.1-1 🎵 eiquadprog: 1.2.9-1 🎵 etsi-its-mapem-ts-coding: 3.0.0-1 🎵 etsi-its-mapem-ts-conversion: 3.0.0-1 🎵 etsi-its-mapem-ts-msgs: 3.0.0-1 🎵 etsi-its-spatem-ts-coding: 3.0.0-1 🎵 etsi-its-spatem-ts-conversion: 3.0.0-1 🎵 etsi-its-spatem-ts-msgs: 3.0.0-1 🎵 gpio-controllers: 4.18.0-1 🎵 marker-msgs: 0.0.8-1 🎵 mecanum-drive-controller: 4.18.0-1 🎵 moveit-ros-trajectory-cache: 2.12.1-1 🎵 neo-nav2-bringup: 1.3.0-1 🎵 raspimouse: 2.0.0-1 🎵 raspimouse-fake: 3.0.1-1 🎵 raspimouse-gazebo: 3.0.1-1 🎵 raspimouse-msgs: 2.0.0-1 🎵 raspimouse-navigation: 3.0.0-1 🎵 raspimouse-ros2-examples: 3.0.0-1 🎵 raspimouse-sim: 3.0.1-1 🎵 raspimouse-slam: 3.0.0-1 🎵 raspimouse-slam-navigation: 3.0.0-1 🎵 rosbag2-to-video: 1.0.1-1 🎵 tuw-airskin-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-geo-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-geometry-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-graph-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-multi-robot-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-nav-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-object-map-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-object-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 tuw-std-msgs: 0.2.4-1 🎵 ur-simulation-gz: 2.1.0-2 🎵 wireless-msgs: 1.1.2-1 🎵 wireless-watcher: 1.1.2-1 🎵 yaets: 0.0.2-1 🎵 yasmin: 3.0.3-1 🎵 yasmin-demos: 3.0.3-1 🎵 yasmin-msgs: 3.0.3-1 🎵 yasmin-ros: 3.0.3-1 🎵 yasmin-viewer: 3.0.3-1 Details at: https://lnkd.in/guKJAVZq

ROS2 SLAM Autonomous Navigation with SLAM Toolbox and Nav2 🤖 My latest open-source project integrates ROS 2, Gazebo, Rviz2, SLAM Toolbox, and Nav2 Stack to enable fully autonomous navigation in simulation! This integrated setup allows a robot to explore an environment, build a map, and then navigate to target destinations -- completely on its own 🚀 Key Highlights: 1) Gazebo Simulation: Realistic robotics simulation environment. 2) ROS 2 Integration: Streamlined control and communication frameworks. 3) SLAM Toolbox: Dynamic, online map generation for new or changing environments. 4) Nav2 Stack: Intelligent path planning and autonomous navigation. 5) Rviz Visualization: Real-time monitoring of the robot’s state, map, and navigation goals. Repository: https://lnkd.in/dfArNQAv #ROS2 #Robotics #AutonomousNavigation #SLAM #Nav2 #RobotSimulation #Rviz2 #Gazebo #SlamToolbox

🗺️ Enhancing 𝟯𝗗 𝗟𝗶𝗗𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 with the 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗠 Algorithm 🗺️ I’ve been working with the 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗠 (𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗗𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴) algorithm, and I’m excited to share the results. This innovative approach adapts the well-known 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗕𝗔) technique from 𝚌̲𝚘̲𝚖̲𝚙̲𝚞̲𝚝̲𝚎̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚟̲𝚒̲𝚜̲𝚒̲𝚘̲𝚗̲ to optimize 𝟹̲𝙳̲-𝙻̲𝚒̲𝙳̲𝙰̲𝚁̲ ̲𝚖̲𝚊̲𝚙̲𝚙̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚐̲. For those unfamiliar, BA is an 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 that minimizes the error between the true and reprojected positions of features (3D points) in an image. It’s a non-linear problem that is solved iteratively using a 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 approach, ensuring both local optimality and efficiency. What makes BALM so groundbreaking is that it applies this technique to 3D-LiDAR 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀 for mapping and SLAM. --- ⚡𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • The algorithm focuses on two main features: 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 and 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 features, which are used to define the cost function for BA. • By minimizing the difference between each point’s feature and its corresponding edge or plane, the algorithm refines the 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 of the lidar and 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. • An 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 technique ensures that the algorithm remains computationally efficient, dynamically adjusting voxel sizes as needed. • The authors also utilize an 𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 data structure with a 𝚑̲𝚊̲𝚜̲𝚑̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚊̲𝚋̲𝚕̲𝚎̲ for efficient feature search and optimization. • The algorithm runs at 𝟭𝟬𝗛𝘇 for 𝚘̲𝚍̲𝚘̲𝚖̲𝚎̲𝚝̲𝚛̲𝚢̲ updates and 𝟮𝗛𝘇 for 𝚖̲𝚊̲𝚙̲ 𝚛̲𝚎̲𝚏̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚎̲𝚖̲𝚎̲𝚗̲𝚝̲, making it suitable for real-time applications. --- ▶️ The simulation demonstrates the results of applying BALM to a 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲, while also validating its 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆. It highlights the algorithm's capability for real-time and robust 3D LiDAR point cloud processing. Please check it out! 🔗 You can also explore the 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and code on 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 [https://lnkd.in/dgUGXt83] 🔗 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: BALM: Bundle Adjustment for LiDAR Mapping [https://lnkd.in/decQU9Hj] 🔗 Also, please check out 𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 [https://lnkd.in/d5Y3Kpve] Let me know your thoughts, and feel free to reach out for collaboration or discussions on improving this process further! #LiDAR #SLAM #ComputerVision #BundleAdjustment #3DLiDAR #PointCloud #Robotics #Mapping #Localization #ROS

Here is the life story of open source software in one LinkedIn post. The post below had the following interactions over the past 48 hours: ✅ 24,227 Impressions ✅ 1632 Engagements ✅ 1,522 Clicks ✅ 98 Reactions ✅ 12 reposts However, we had: ❌ 0 reviews from outside contributors. 😥 Two of our current contributors, Katherine Scott and Yadunund Vijay we're able to contribute a review in about an hour. That's all it takes! Don't let the impostor syndrome win! If you are currently a C++ or Python developer you are more than qualified to become a contributor to the #ROS project. If you want to learn more about contributing to the ROS project please see our contributing guide: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gEkQTmFu

Want to help make the ROS 2 project better? Have some free time over the holidays? Below is a list of simple ROS pull requests that could use a review! Any ROS user is more than welcome to do a review, and your reviews help us merge changes in a timely manner. Reviewing PRs is a great first step in contributing to the project. ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gUKGnQ-3  ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gMjvBsq2 ❄️ https://lnkd.in/g_yFbuZR ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gn72FMwA ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gEN8Yahu ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gEJD9PcQ ❄️ https://lnkd.in/gSdxNzbM ❄️ https://lnkd.in/g9U33Vn7