Analysis:
The robotics industry has grown tremendously in size and complexity. And its need for reliable, open-source software has never been greater. It has become increasingly challenging for OSRF, as a small organization, to meet the needs of a growing user community. Intrinsic should be a good fit for OSRC, where the team will have a greater ability to improve ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF to be used in even more domains, with ever-higher demands for software quality, testing and support. With resources from Intrinsic and Alphabet’s track record of support for open-source software projects, this was a smart move by OSRC that could allow the group to execute its ambitious roadmap and benefit robotics developers worldwide. – Steve Crowe