Cogniteam said more of its customers are moving to NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated technologies that can be developed and deployed through the cloud.
TDK unveils RoboKit1 robotics development platform
The RoboKit1 robotics development platform comes with ROS 1 and ROS 2 compatible drivers and software algorithms.
Apex.AI raises $56.5 million for autonomous vehicle software
Apex.OS can be used in a variety of applications, including autonomous cars, semi-trucks and construction equipment.
Robot Operations Group Announces RobOpsCon 2022
A gathering of the global community of robotics and operations experts will advance the best practices for scaling the use of autonomous robots across industries.
Motional open-sources VR environments for autonomous vehicle research
Motional’s nuReality set of VR environments are designed to study interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians.
TUM Autonomous Motorsport wins the Indy Autonomous Challenge
The first autonomous race at Indy Motor Speedway was a huge success and great entertainment.
TurtleBot 4 re-designed from ground up with ROS 2
The mobile base of TurtleBot 4 is built on the iRobot Create 3 educational robot, which provides an IMU, optical floor tracking sensor, and wheel encoders for accurate positioning and localization.
DeepMind acquires MuJoCo physics engine for robotics R&D
MuJoCo, which stands for Multi-Joint Dynamics with Contact, has been the physics simulator of choice for DeepMind’s robotics team.
Open Robotics releases Ignition Fortress simulation software
Fortress, the sixth major release of the Ignition Gazebo simulation software, is a long-term release that will be supported until September 2026.
Cogniteam Nimbus OS aims to ease robotics development
Cogniteam said Nimbus OS eases integration of spatial awareness tools, obstacle identification, navigation systems, cameras, LiDAR, and more.
InOrbit launches robotics development portal
Centralized toolbox includes SDKs, APIs and ready-to-use code for roboticists looking to build scalable robots.
How NVIDIA, Open Robotics are improving ROS 2
NVIDIA and Open Robotics are enabling ROS 2 to run on Jetson processors for perception, modeling, and training to ease robotics development.
SLAMcore spatial intelligence software now fully supports ROS 2
New support allows full integration of vision-based 3D mapping in ROS 2 designs.
Velodyne Lidar, MOV.AI team up on AMR navigation tools
MOV.ai and Velodyne deliver a complete navigation package for ROS-based AMR solutions.
ROSCon 2021 cancels in-person event due to COVID-19
ROSCon was scheduled to take place in New Orleans on October 21-23. But Louisiana currently has the highest case rate in the U.S.
Unity showcases ROS 2 support with new AMR demo
Unity is supporting ROS 2 due to “significant advancements and support of more hardware drivers, networking modules, communication architecture, and several robot algorithms.”
Facebook open-sources Droidlet robotics development platform
Droidlet enables researchers to build robots that accomplish tasks either in the real world or in simulated environments like Minecraft or Habitat.
Open-source software powers Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime powered humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter.
NVIDIA releases Isaac simulation on Omniverse
NVIDIA releases the Isaac Sim version of its NVIDIA Omniverse simulation software, including new features to help train machine learning models.
Open Robotics releases ROS 2 Galactic Geochelone
This seventh version of ROS 2 is an interim release will be supported until November 2022.
Beta version of ROS 2 driver for UR cobots now available
Some new features enabled by ROS 2 include decreased latency, improved security, and more flexibility with middleware configuration.
How to mitigate the impact of ROS Kinetic EOL
For more than ten years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has been enabling innovators around the world to develop robot platforms and applications. Through its collection of tools, libraries, and conventions, ROS simplifies the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior. Ubuntu has been the primary platform for ROS from the very beginning. That…