What is the best architectural approach to use when developing medical robots? MedAcuity’s Tom Amlicke will explore this topic at the Robotics Summit & Expo.
Luxonis releases DepthAI ROS driver
Luxonis announced the release of its newest DepthAI ROS driver for its stereo depth OAK cameras.
2022 ROS 2 metrics report
The total number of ROS packages downloaded increased 7.45%. ROS 2 accounted for 39.82% of all ROS downloads in 2022.
Microsoft to invest more than $10M in Gatik
Microsoft plans to invest $10 million into the autonomous trucking startup as part of a funding round that would value Gatik at more than $700 million.
Orbbec, Microsoft launch 3D vision camera
A built-in NVIDIA Jetson Nano is used to run advanced depth vision algorithms, eliminating the need for an external compute device.
Should you use ROS as an interface layer?
The benefit of using an open-source framework is that it includes a large contributing community, which is continuously developing and improving.
Intrinsic acquires ROS maker Open Source Robotics Corp
Brian Gerkey said “greater institutional support from Intrinsic and the resources from this transaction allow our team to focus on what we do best and accelerate development of ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF in a sustainable way.”
How ROS 2 fixed a robot arm’s latency, jerky motions
Optimax approached PickNik Robotics for help improving the smoothness and latency of their robots using by using ROS 2.
ESPROS chips in use in Starship Technologies’ delivery robots
Starship Technologies has started using ESPROS Photonics Corporation’s epc660 Time-of-Flight chip in its sidewalk delivery robots.
NVIDIA adds AMR fleet management tools to Isaac ROS
NVIDIA released the latest update to its Isaac Robot Operating System (ROS) software, Developer Preview (DP) 2.
Acceleration Robotics, AMD partner to design robotic compute architectures with ROS
Acceleration Robotics and AMD are working together to develop new robotic capabilities for AMD’s Kria system-on-modules.
IFR: China’s robot installations rose by 44% in 2021
China’s industrial robotics market saw 243,300 installations in 2021, a 44% increase from the year before, according to the IFR.
Prosegur Security launches new quadruped patrol option
The company is enhancing its security services by integrating the Boston Dynamics Spot robot with a payload of cameras and additional sensors.
Clearpath simplifies ROS integration with its mobile robots
Clearpath Robotics said it’s now easier to install, use, and diagnose issues with ROS on its mobile robots.
Medical Microinstruments raises $75M for robotic microsurgery
Robotic microsurgery company Medical Microinstruments announced today that it raised $75 million in a Series B financing round.
Microsoft’s Project AirSim tests, trains drones
Microsoft launched Project AirSim, a high-fidelity simulation platform for building, training and testing autonomous aircrafts.
Brian Gerkey on the success of Open Robotics and ROS
This week, we talk to Brian Gerkey the co-founder and CEO of Open Robotics about ROS and open source software.
ROS 2 driver now available for ABB’s robot arms
PickNik Robotics and Optimax Systems released a ROS 2 driver for ABB manipulators. The package has been tested with an ABB IRB 1200-5/0.9 manipulator.
infiniDome and C-Astral showcasing fixed-wing UAVs with disruptive GPS resiliency at Eurosatory
infiniDome and C-Astral will showcase their technology at Eurosatory on June 13th in Paris, France.
New ROS2 release Humble Hawksbill
Humble Hawksbill is a long-term support (LTS) release that will be supported until May 2027. It is the first ROS 2 release on Ubuntu 22.04
ROS 2 driver now available for UR cobot arms
Developed by Universal Robots, PickNik Robotics and FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, the driver is compatible across the entire line of UR cobots.
ROS 2 now available on Clearpath Robotics’ Husky UGV
Clearpath Robotics’ Husky UGV is an all-terrain mobile robot that weighs in at 110 lbs, and has a payload capacity of 165 lbs.