The ROS 2 package is compatible with the Doosan Robot Language, so operators who are familiar with Doosan but have basic ROS knowledge can create robotics application.
Waypoint Robotics, Productive Robotics partner on mobile manipulator
Over the past few years, you’ve likely heard mobile manipulation is a trend to watch. Perhaps advances being made in a variety of enabling technologies – sensors, controls, power – are finally making mobile manipulation a reality. There have been at least three mobile manipulators introduced within the past month. Boston Dynamics certainly had the…
Open Robotics, Canonical harden ROS with 10-year support
Canonical and Open Robotics announced a 10-year partnership around extended security maintenance (ESM) and enterprise support for the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS support will be made available as an option to Ubuntu Advantage support customers. Open Robotics is the organization behind ROS. Users already taking advantage of critical security updates and common vulnerabilities and…
Open Robotics releases Ignition Edifice simulation software
Open Robotics released the latest version of its Gazebo simulator, called Edifice. The release includes the latest rendering features, as well as new sensors and controllers.
UR cartesian driver available for ROS
Cartesian control of UR’s cobots is now available via ROS. Beta testing of this new code is just beginning.
Amazon SageMaker RL tools manage robotics workflows
Amazon launched SageMaker Reinforcement Learning (RL) Kubeflow Components, an open-source toolkit designed to help manage robotics workflows. SageMaker RL is designed to make it faster to develop machine learning capabilities for everything from perception to controls and optimization. Amazon SageMaker is a service built on Amazon’s two decades of experience developing real-world machine learning applications.…
Unity demos how synthetic data can help robots learn
Training data is collected in Unity and used to train a deep neural network that predicts the pose of a cube. This model is then deployed in a simulated robot pick-and-place task.
PickNik developing ROS 2 driver for UR cobots
PickNik is collaborating with Universal Robots (UR) and Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) on developing the official ROS 2 driver for UR’s collaborative robot arms. PickNik is developing the UR ROS 2 driver as a test platform for ros2_control, the popular control framework for the Robot Operating System (ROS) that is in the final stages of porting…
SLAMcore extends ROS integration in software update
The Robot Operating System (ROS) has played a fundamental role in the development of robots as solutions to real-world challenges in many different sectors. From warehouses and logistics, to agriculture and healthcare, ROS-based designs are delivering real value. Since its birth at Willow Garage in 2007, this flexible framework has helped thousands of robotics developers.…
How to get ROS up & running on Spot
In September 2020, Clearpath Robotics released a ROS package for Boston Dynamics’ Spot quadruped. The idea was to allow robotics researchers to leverage ROS capabilities out-of-the-box, as well as open-source libraries, tools and the greater ROS community to accelerate their robotics development. Spot comes with a dedicated computer, power and communication interfaces and a flexible…
ABB introduces a new ROS driver for its robots
A new ROS driver for ABB robots was introduced at the recent ROS-Industrial Conference. The driver, which is now available on GitHub, is designed to ease interaction between ABB robot controllers and ROS-based systems by providing ready-to-run ROS nodes. Here is a look at the included (principal) packages are brief descriptions for each: abb_rws_state_publisher: Provides…
Advanced automation using ROS, UV disinfection robots using 3D vision to be discussed in RoboBusiness Direct
In his RoboBusiness Direct session, Matthew Robinson, ROS-Americas program manager at the Southwest Research Institute, will discuss how the Robot Operating System can aid safe advanced automation. In addition, a DreamVu robotics expert will break out how omnidirectional 3D vision can benefit disinfection robots.
RTI Connext 6 middleware wrapper bridges gap for robotics developers using ROS 2
Real-Time Innovations said that robotics developers can now use RTI Connext DDS scalability and productivity tools within the ROS 2 ecosystem.
Special Issue: 2020 Robotics Handbook
The Robotics Handbook focuses on the hottest global robotics sectors and analyses key trends enabling the development of robotics systems.
Running ROS 2 on a UBR-1 for autonomous navigation
While many of the ROS 1 to ROS 2 ports basically amount to a find-and-replace of the various ROS interfaces and CMake directives, navigation got a fairly extensive re-architecture.
Sarcos’ Ben Wolff, Uber ATG low on fuel, ROS on Spot
Welcome to Episode 17 of The Robot Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us every week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community. Listeners can subscribe to The Robot Report Podcast on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Google Play, and…
ACEINNA OpenIMU ROS driver designed to aid robotics developers with navigation
ACEINNA has released its OpenIMU ROS driver, which it said will make it easier for robotics developers to build precise navigation systems.
September 2020 spotlight on the Robot Operating System
This month’s print and downloadable issue of The Robot Report focuses on the Robot Operating System. Learn about the history of ROS, how ROS 2 can help commercial developers, and more.
Hexagon positioning and sensing kit provides autonomy for demonstration tractor
A collaboration between Hexagon units NovAtel and AutonomouStuff is intended to reduce time to market for the development of autonomous agricultural vehicles.
Clearpath to offer ROS-enabled Spot quadruped robot package to researchers
Clearpath Robotics has extended its support for the ROS operating system and Boston Dynamics’ Spot quadruped robot to help researchers.
Freedom Pilot, Resource Monitor keep humans in the loop for rapid robot deployment
From agriculture and disinfection to retail and supply chain, robots are being rushed into development and deployment. Freedom Robotics says its cloud-based Pilot and Resource Monitor tools can help.
5 features ROS 2 needs in 2020
I’ve been using ROS 2 quite a bit over the past several months. As I’ve previously mentioned, it would appear there aren’t too many real robots running ROS 2 yet. We have a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem where the tools are not yet fully ready for real robots, but until people start using ROS…