Open Robotics

🚨 Attention Gazebo Classic Users🚨 Gazebo Classic (i.e. the numbered versions of Gazebo, like Gazebo 11) will officially go end of life on January 31st, 2024. ⚰️💀 👉 We recommend that Gazebo Classic users upgrade to the latest long term support release of modern Gazebo, Gazebo Harmonic, as soon as possible. The Gazebo Classic end of life announcement includes links to our definitive migration guide for Gazebo Classic users. Users often ask us, “what does end of life mean?” To put it briefly, end of life means that the Gazebo team will no longer support that particular Gazebo release. In practical terms, this means that we will no longer be providing the following for Gazebo Classic: 🔹New features or capabilities 🔹 Security updates 🔹Bug fixes, patches or support 🔹Updated binaries It is also worth noting the things that won’t change after Gazebo Classic goes end of life: 🔹Gazebo Classic binaries will not suddenly disappear 🔹Users will not need to migrate immediately, but they should migrate as soon as possible 🔹Your project will not suddenly stop working on January 31st 👉 To learn more about the Gazebo Classic end-of-life, and how to upgrade to Gazebo Harmonic, please see our post on Gazebo Sim Community: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gdfeyba5

**ROSCon DE 2024** – Ein weiteres Highlight für die deutsche ROS-Community in 2024! Ich hat mich gefreut, wieder als Organizer und Moderator Teil der ROSCon DE sein zu dürfen. Die Veranstaltung war ein voller Erfolg, nicht zuletzt dank spannender Keynotes von Nikolai Ensslen (Synapticon) und Felipe Garcia Lopez (Kärcher), die inspirierende Einblicke in das industrielle Heute und Morgen der Robotik mit ROS gaben. Das Programm https://lnkd.in/dj7hEnKs versprach ein breites Spektrum an Vorträgen und es gab viele interessante Einblicke in verschiedene Teile der Community Aktivitäten. Ein großes Dankeschön geht an alle Speaker&Sponsoren und an Dr.-Ing. Denis Stogl mit Team sowie speziell an Yongzhou Zhang, die im Hintergrund alles perfekt organisiert haben. Es war großartig, so viele engagierte Köpfe aus der Community zu treffen und gemeinsam über die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Welt von ROS zu diskutieren. Ich freue mich schon auf nächstes Jahr – bis dahin! 🚀 #ROSCon #ROSConDE #ROSConDE2024 #ROS #ROS2

Day 0 of ROSCon India 2024 kicked off with a full house for workshops by NVIDIA, ZettaScale Technology, and ARTPARK's startups—Strider Robotics, Twara Robotics, and VayDyn Technologies Private Limited, engaging in hands-on sessions, exploring cutting-edge advancements in robotics and ROS applications. We start registrations for the conference at 8:30 am tomorrow and the sessions start at 10:00 am. Detailed agenda: rosconindia.in Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Open Robotics | Acceleration Robotics | RigBetel Labs | ROS India | India DST | IT BT Department, Karnataka Raghu Dharmaraju | Bharadwaj Amrutur | Dr Anurag Srivastava | Akshata Badri | Pallavi Saha | Prateek Nagras | Gaurav Vikhe | Dr. Sanjeev Srivastava | Dr. Josephine Ruth D | Pranshu Tople

#ROSConDE2024 is a wrap. It was a great pleasure to present Scenario Execution (https://lnkd.in/eDbP9jcG) to the German ROS community leading to great discussions in the coffee breaks. Apart from that, it was great to meet old friends and make new connections. Thank you Dr.-Ing. Denis Stogl Florian Weißhardt and Yongzhou Zhang for the excellent organization of the conference. Looking forward to next year.

Join us in the last Singapore ROS Meetup of the year! RSVP: https://lnkd.in/dSU-E2Qv

Its Your Friendly Neighborhood Navigators here! We want to announce a key breaking change in Nav2: We have now migrated away from Twist in favor of TwistStamped for all cmd_vel and related topics! This was a change motivated for several reasons, including the Aerial community’s interest in working with command velocities in various reference frames, as well as AMR applications wanting a stamp to reject stale velocity commands in the header (amongst others). If you use #Nav2, #cmd_vel, or #Twist in #ROS2, please take a read of our discourse post about the migration (spoiler: pretty easy and we provide tools and examples)!

Do you need a robust way for your robot to track an object's position and orientation using just a camera? Check out this ROSCon 2024 lightning talk about "Happy Pose" by Krzysztof Wojciechowski, a software engineer at LAAS-CNRS and organizer of the Cracow Robotics & AI Club. A full ROS 2 package for HappyPose is available on Github: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gun-Recg

Want to make a difference in the world of robotics? This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) and its mission to create a free and open future for robotics! 🤖 You can directly impact the future of robotics by helping fund: 💻 Our software infrastructure costs 📚 Improved ROS and Gazebo documentation 💡 Educational programs like the Diversity Scholars Program Every contribution, big or small, helps the OSRF empower the global robotics community. Plus, many employers offer donation matching – double your impact! 🤝 To donate once or monthly, and designate your donation to a particular project, please visit the link below: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gXqGCpn8

🚀  𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮: 𝗘𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗳-𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴!🤖 We’re thrilled to announce the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮, organized by Javier Francisco Balloffet Barreras, Esteve Fernández and Júlia Marsal Perendreu. This is your perfect opportunity to close the year alongside  𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. Save the date and prepare for an evening of networking, learning, and collaboration! 💡 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱? ✅ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: Meet and engage with leading experts, innovators, and enthusiasts to discuss ROS and robotics, play board games and have a good time! ✅ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: Leave with fresh ideas, new connections, and renewed motivation for the year ahead! 🤖 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 🗓 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: December 12th, 2024 📍𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Barcelona (details on Eventbrite) 🎯 Whether you’re a seasoned robotics professional or just starting your journey in ROS, this event is designed for everyone passionate about technology and innovation. 👉 Register here https://lnkd.in/dA4atcRd to secure your spot today. Let’s end the year by fostering connections and sharing knowledge in an inspiring and collaborative environment. We can’t wait to welcome you to this exciting event. See you there! #ROSMeetupBarcelona #RoboticsCommunity #Networking

Checking out the CHAMP Controller and the Unitree Legged Robot. I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of installation from the GitHub site and the instant gratification of being able to try Teleop. This is on Ros2 Humble. Here is the link. Do try, it is a breeze. https://lnkd.in/gE6kbH3p Life will never be the same again. Perfect timing since my BiBoard from Petoi has been ordered and in theory I can build and program my own legged jugad. Time will tell. Let us see if I can reach it. CHAMP is an open source development framework for building new quadrupedal robots and developing new control algorithms. The control framework is based on "Hierarchical controller for highly dynamic locomotion utilizing pattern modulation and impedance control : implementation on the MIT Cheetah robot".