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IEEE Spectrum (12.15.22)
Alphabet’s Intrinsic Acquires Majority of Open Robotics
IEEE Spectrum (12.15.22)
Q&A: Brian Gerkey and Wendy Tan White on Intrinsic, Open Robotics, and ROS
Medium (11.15.22)
Unity and ROS: Keeping it real
Hackster.io (10.20.22)
NVIDIA Launches New Isaac ROS Developer Preview with Open Source Robot Management
IEEE Spectrum (10.07.22)
A group of robotics firms pledges not to weaponize their robots
CNET (10.07.22)
Robot Makers Say They Won't Weaponize Their Products
TechCrunch (10.06.22)
Boston Dynamics, Agility and others pen letter condemning weaponized ‘general purpose’ robots
NPR (10.06.22)
Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them
Electronic Design (09.26.22)
Micro-ROS Simplifies Robot Peripheral Support
Electronic Design (09.23.22)
Electronic Design (09.23.22)
The Robot Report (09.23.22)
Acceleration Robotics, AMD partner to design robotic compute architectures with ROS
Builder Nation (09.21.22)
Open platforms for robotics with Brian Gerkey
Electronics For You (09.06.22)
Cobots Work Alongside Humans To Do Dull, Dirty, Dangerous, Dear Jobs
Hackster Cafe (09.06.22)
Medium (08.29.22)
ROS 2 Mobile Robotics Series — Part 2
Electronic Design (08.18.22)
So You Want to Get Started with Robotics
Electronic Design (08.17.22)
The Indy Autonomous Challenge and ROS 2
TechXplore (08.16.22)
Open-source software gives a leg up to robot research
ZDNet France (07.14.22)
How ROS opens the doors of robotics to wide use?
TechTalk (07.03.22)
Simplifying hardware acceleration for robots with ROS 2
Robohub (07.02.22)
The Robot Report (07.01.22)
Podcast: Brian Gerkey on the success of Open Robotics and ROS
The Robot Report (06.10.22)
ROS 2 Driver Now Available for ABB's Robot Arms
Robotics 24/7 (06.09.22)
NVIDIA Improves Perception Performance for ROS 2 Applications
Electronic Design (06.02.22)
The Straits Times (05.28.22)
New software enables different robots to communicate with each other and building infrastructure
Science Robotics (05.25.22)
The Robot Report (05.24.22)
New ROS 2 release Humble Hawksbill
Robotics 24/7 (05.24.22)
NVIDIA Improves Perception Performance for ROS 2 Applications
TechCrunch (05.23.22)
FogROS brings robotic cloud computing to the Robot Operating System
The Robot Report (05.19.22)
ROS 2 driver now available for UR cobot arms
Fierce Electronics (05.17.22)
New AMD starter kit aims to accelerate robotics development
Electronic Design (05.17.22)
Streamlining ROS 2 Development on an FPGA SoC
Science Robotics (05.11.22)
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild
IEEE Spectrum (05.04.22)
Clearpath Announces TurtleBot 4
IEEE Spectrum (04.24.22)
Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge.
Gulf News (04.11.22)
Open Robotics to provide open source simulator for Maritime Grand Challenge in Abu Dhabi
Electronic Design (04.07.22)
Robotics Then and Now with Katherine Scott
I Programmer (04.05.22)
Open Robotics Turns 10 Years Old
IEEE Spectrum (04.05.22)
iRobot Launches Create 3, with ROS 2 Built In
The Robot Report (04.04.22)
ROS 2 now available on Clearpath Robotics’ Husky UGV
The Robot Report (03.29.22)
Open Robotics emphasizing interoperability at Robotics Summit
IEEE Spectrum (03.25.22)
Happy 10th Birthday to the Open Source Robotics Foundation
Electronic Design (03.15.22)
Robot Operating System 2 for Self-Driving Cars
The AWS Blog (03.03.22)
Preparing ROS application and simulation containers for AWS RoboMaker
The Robot Report (02.12.22)
Open Robotics developing Space ROS with Blue Origin, NASA
The Robot Report (02.06.22)
ROS metrics show growing robotics community
WIRED (02.01.22)
Here Come the Underdogs of the Robot Olympics
Electronic Design (01.27.22)
ROS vs. ROS 2: Differences and Practical Applications
Medium (01.25.22)
ROS for your robotic MVP. To use or not to use?
EE Times (01.19.22)
Apex.AI and ROS: Growing Automotive Impact
Electronic Design (01.13.22)
ROS 2 Explained: Overview and Features
Robotics 24/7 (01.07.22)
Indy Autonomous Challenge at CES 2022 Revs Up for Head-to-Head Race
Robotics 24/7 (01.03.22)
NVIDIA General Manager of Robotics Says ROS, Simulation Will Advance Robotics in 2022
The Robot Report (01.03.22)
2022 robotics predictions from industry experts
The Construct (12.30.21)
TechCrunch (12.30.21)
The Robot Report (12.29.21)
12 most memorable robotics moments of 2021
The Robot Report (12.28.21)
4 tips to go from academia to a robotics startup
The Robot Report (12.20.21)
Industry crossroads: robotics meets interoperability
TechCrunch (12.16.21)
Robotics & Automation News (12.16.21)
Nvidia brings AI perception to ROS developers
Robotics & Innovation (12.03.21)
Clearpath introduces Turtlebot 4
ZDNet (11.30.21)
Robots in 2022: Six robotics predictions from industry-leading humans
Red Hat (11.29.21)
Command_Line Heroes: Robot as Threat (Season 8, Episode 7)
Design News (11.24.21)
How ROS 2 Is Easing Hardware Acceleration for Robotics
Robotics 24/7 (11.12.21)
10 Technologies for Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics Developers From NVIDIA’s GTC 2021
The Washington Post (11.10.21)
The Pentagon’s $82 Million Super Bowl of Robots
Forbes (11.04.21)
NVIDIA Is Doubling Down on Robotics
Inside Unmanned Systems (11.01.21)
Robotics 24/7 (10.27.21)
Open-RMF Addresses Growing Robotics Interoperability Needs
Mobile Robot Guide (10.25.21)
TUM Autonomous Motorsport wins the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Robohub (10.23.21)
NVIDIA and ROS Teaming Up To Accelerate Robotics Development with Amit Goel
IEEE Spectrum (10.22.21)
AWS Blog (10.22.21)
Run any high-fidelity simulation in AWS RoboMaker with GPU and container support
NVIDIA Developer Blog (10.21.21)
Transform the Future with Robotics at NVIDIA GTC
VentureBeat (10.21.21)
Nvidia releases robot toolbox to deepen support of AI-powered robotics in ROS
TechXplore (10.21.21)
A technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systems
The Robot Report (10.20.21)
TurtleBot 4 re-designed from ground up with ROS 2
ZDNet (10.19.21)
Singapore government kicks off 5G trials across multiple sectors
ZDNet (10.19.21)
Autonomous race cars to battle at Indy Speedway
The Robot Report (10.18.21)
Open Robotics releases Ignition Fortress simulation software
National Defense (10.15.21)
Subterranean Showdown: DARPA Pushes Underground Robots to Their Limit
ZDNet (10.13.21)
Navy to organize maritime robot competition
Ars Technica (10.10.21)
These virtual obstacle courses help real robots learn to walk
New Scientist (10.07.21)
Team of underground rescue robots wins $2 million DARPA prize
Popular Science (10.05.21)
These robots are DARPA’s hope for the future of cave warfare—or disaster relief
IEEE Spectrum (10.05.21)
See Inside DARPA's Incredible Subterranean Finals Course
Robotics Business Review (09.29.21)
ROS 2 Simplifies Hardware Acceleration for Robots
IEEE Spectrum (09.23.21)
DARPA SubT Finals: Robot Operator Wisdom
eeNews Europe (09.23.21)
ROS2 AI boost with NVIDIA deal
New Electronics (09.23.21)
NVIDIA announces new AI perception for ROS developers
Forbes (09.22.21)
Robotics Gets A Jolt From An Open Robotics-Nvidia Partnership
Robotics 24/7 (09.22.21)
NVIDIA Working With Open Robotics to Accelerate ROS 2 Perception for Robot Developers
Embedded Computing Design (09.22.21)
NVIDIA Announces New AI Perception Coming to ROS Developers
The Robot Report (09.22.21)
How NVIDIA, Open Robotics are improving ROS 2
Heise (09.22.21)
NVIDIA cosies up to Open Robotics for hardware-accelerated ROS
The Register (09.22.21)
NVIDIA cosies up to Open Robotics for hardware-accelerated ROS
NVIDIA Developer Blog (09.22.21)
NVIDIA AI Perception Coming to ROS Developers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (09.21.21)
NASA Robots Compete in DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Final
IEEE Spectrum (09.21.21)
DARPA SubT Final: How It Works and How to Watch
IEEE Spectrum (09.21.21)
Your Guide to the DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams
Red Hat Command Line Heroes Podcast (09.21.21)
Robot as Software, Season 8, Episode 2
Military Times (09.20.21)
Investor’s Business Daily (09.17.21)
Can Robots Take The Place Of First Responders When Danger Strikes?
OpenGov Asia (09.13.21)
Testing Autonomous Vehicles with Robot Operating System in Singapore
Red Hat Command Line Heroes Podcast (09.07.21)
Robot as Servant, Season 8, Episode 1
Hackaday (09.01.21)
Janes (08.31.21)
DARPA holds Subterranean Challenge robotics prize competition
CNN (08.25.21)
More than 50 robots are working at Singapore's high-tech hospital
The Robot Report (08.20.21)
ROSCon 2021 cancels in-person event due to COVID-19
The Robot Report (08.16.21)
Unity showcases ROS 2 support with new AMR demo
Mobile Robot Guide (07.28.21)
RRBR50 2021 Mobile robot innovation winners
IEEE Spectrum (07.20.21)
12 Robotics Teams Will Hunt For (Virtual) Subterranean Artifacts
Inside Unmanned Systems (07.09.21)
IEEE Spectrum (06.18.21)
It’s (Still) Really Hard for Robots to Autonomously Do Household Chores
The Robot Report (06.16.21)
RBR50: Open Robotics’ RoMi-H Simplifies Control of Heterogeneous Fleets
AWS Robotics (06.09.21)
Deploy and Manage ROS Robots with AWS IoT Greengrass 2.0 and Docker
The Robot Report (05.26.21)
Open Robotics releases ROS 2 Galactic Geochelone
The Robot Report (05.03.21)
DARPA Subterranean Challenge announces systems competition teams for final event
The Construct (04.21.21)
ROS in Space with Allison Thackston
Popular Science (04.16.21)
DARPA wants cave robots that can scout ahead for threats or missing people
Forbes (04.14.21)
Toyota Selects Apex.OS To Underpin Automated Vehicle Platform
Technology Review (04.12.21)
NASA’s next lunar rover will run open-source software
IEEE Spectrum (04.08.21)
DARPA Prepares for the Subterranean Challenge Final
The Robot Report (04.07.21)
Open Robotics, Canonical harden ROS with 10-year support
The Robot Report (04.01.21)
Open Robotics releases Ignition Edifice simulation software
Communication of the ACM (03.18.21)
DARPA's Subterranean Challenge Scores
Medium (02.12.21)
Using OpenCV with Gazebo in Robot Operating System
The Robot Report (02.10.21)
PickNik developing ROS 2 driver for UR cobots
WIRED (02.02.21)
As Robots Fill the Workplace, They Must Learn to Get Along.
National Defense (01.28.21)
DARPA Puts Robotic Software Through Paces in SubT Challenge
The Robot Report (01.25.21)
How to get ROS up & running on Spot
The Construct (01.19.21)
It takes a village to build a ROS robot with Sophia Kolak
Medium (01.16.21)
Collision Meshes for simulating robots in Gazebo
The Robot Report (01.07.21)
DARPA announces finals of SubT Challenge
IEEE Spectrum (01.07.21)
10 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2021
IEEE Spectrum (12.22.20)
Team CoSTAR Trains Robots for Exploring Caves on Earth and Space
Heise (12.17.20)
ROS Industrial: Open Source is also establishing itself in industrial robotics
Red Hat Documentary (12.02.20)
How To Start a Robot Revolution | Part 5 | Building Better Worlds
Red Hat Documentary (12.02.20)
How To Start a Robot Revolution | Part 4 | Making Things User-friendly
Red Hat Documentary (12.02.20)
How To Start a Robot Revolution | Part 3 | Creating a Community
Red Hat Documentary (12.02.20)
How To Start a Robot Revolution | Part 2 | Finding Your Footing
IEEE Spectrum (11.16.20)
Coordinated Robotics Wins DARPA SubT Virtual Cave Circuit
Defense Visual Information Distribution Services (11.19.20)
NPS, Open Robotics Hosting Virtual Ocean Robotics Challenge
IEEE Spectrum (11.16.20)
Watch DARPA’s SubT Cave Circuit Virtual Competition
IEEE Spectrum (11.16.20)
How JPL's Team CoSTAR Won the DARPA SubT Challenge: Urban Circuit Systems Track
IEEE Spectrum (11.10.20)
How We Won the DARPA SubT Challenge: Urban Circuit Virtual Track
AWS Blog (11.5.20)
Building the future of robots development with ROS 2
The Construct (10.26.20)
Making ROS2 secure with SROS2 with Mikael Arguedas
Control Engineering Europe (10.26.20)
Benefits of an open source language for robots
The Robot Report (10.19.20)
Running ROS 2 on a UBR-1 for autonomous navigation
Robohub (10.13.20)
30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2020
IEEE Spectrum (9.29.20)
17 Teams to Take Part in DARPA's SubT Cave Circuit Competition
Interesting Engineering (9.07.20)
3D Printed Mars Rover Smiles to Cartoonish Proportions, Uses Raspberry Pi
Dev Insider (8.12.20)
Windows 10 IoT as a platform for device developers
The Robot Repot (8.03.20)
5 features ROS 2 needs in 2020
Forbes Online (7.30.20)
DARPA Adds New Virtual Robots To Cave Challenge
Robohub (7.27.20)
Exploring the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge
Executive Biz Blog (7.27.20)
DARPA to Proceed Only With Virtual Track of Subterranean ‘Cave Circuit’ Challenge
Robohub (7.14.20)
Opportunities in DARPA SubT Challenge
InfoQ (7.14.20)
ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy Release Improves Security and Tooling
Imaging & Machine Vision Europe (7.02.20)
Open source robotics gains traction in manufacturing
Red Hat Open Source Stories (6.17.20)
How to Start a Robot Revolution | Part 1 | Breaking the Wheel
IEEE Spectrum (5.26.20)
World Turtle Day Celebrates Final Release of ROS 1
CNBC (5.02.20)
Scientists make artificial skin for robots, taking us one step closer to a world of androids
AWS Open Source Blog (4.09.20)
What’s new with the open source Robot Operating System in 2020
IEEE Spectrum (4.02.20)
Robot Vehicles Make Contactless Deliveries Amid Coronavirus Quarantine
RTI Blog (3.25.20)
ROS 2: The Right Framework to Choose When Building an Autonomous Vehicle
The Robot Report (3.01.20)
Team CoSTAR wins Urban Circuit of DARPA Subterranean Challenge
South Sound Magazine (2.28.20)
Robots autonomously navigate underground in DARPA challenge
South Sound Magazine (2.27.20)
Autonomous, Subterranean Robots Compete in Elma for DARPA Challenge
GeekWire (2.27.20)
Robots and their masters take over nuclear plant for DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge
CalTech News (2.27.20)
Team CoSTAR Takes First Place in Underground Robot Competition
The New Stack (2.27.20)
Robotics Operating System Brings Open Source Approach to Robotics Development
NASA JPL (1.24.20)
Robots Autonomously Navigate Underground in DARPA Challenge
InfoQ (11.3.19)
Alternatives to RViz for Visualising Robotics Data Presented: Summary from ROSCon 2019
InfoQ (11.2.19)
Migrating Two Large Robotics ROS1 Codebases to ROS2
InfoQ (10.31.19)
iRobot’s Experience in Running ROS2 on Linux-Based Embedded Platforms
InfoQ (10.31.19)
The Robot Operating System (ROS) Can Make Hospitals Smarter
Robots In Depth (10.7.19)
The benefits of open source in robotics and how ROS came to be an open standard with Tully Foote
AWS Open Source (9.26.19)
AWS RoboMaker’s CloudWatch ROS Nodes with Offline Support
Robotics Business Review (9.5.19)
Competition Rises in Claim for Cobot Top Dog, Report Says
Business Insider (8.31.19)
InfoQ (8.19.19)
Louise Poubel on the Robot Operating System
RoboHub (8.6.19)
Robot Operating System (ROS) & Gazebo, with Brian Gerkey
Defense News (7.29.19)
What Lies Beneath: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge
The Construct (7.18.19)
Top 10 ROS Based Robotics Companies in 2019
The Construct (7.9.19)
A History of ROS (Robot Operating System)
Executive Biz (7.3.19)
DARPA Picks More Teams for Virtual Subterranean Coding Challenge
Design News (7.1.19)
ROS 101: An Intro to the Robot Operating System
ZDNet (5.31.19)
DARPA Challenge: Underground war robots
Robotics & Automation (5.16.19)
The Rise of the Robot Operating System
The Robot Report (5.9.19)
ROS for Windows 10 now official from Microsoft
InfoQ (5.7.19)
Open Source Robotics: Getting Started With Gazebo and ROS 2
VentureBeat (5.6.19)
Microsoft rolls out AI and robotics toolkit in limited preview
TechCrunch (5.6.19)
Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
ZDNet (4.8.19)
A robot revolution is well underway, driven by core technologies
IEEE Spectrum (4.4.19)
DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Teams of Robots Compete to Explore Underground Worlds
The Construct (4.1.19)
RDP042: How ROS is Developed with ROS Platform Manager Tully Foote
The Construct (3.21.19)
The 10 most influential people in ROS in 2019
Forbes (3.8.19)
5 Major Robotics Trends To Watch For in 2019
Silicon Angle (2.26.19)
Microsoft launches Windows Server IoT 2019 with support for robotics apps
ZDNet (2.26.19)
Windows for robots: Microsoft reveals new Windows Server IoT 2019
Produktion (2.11.19)
In these robotics applications, ROS Industrial pays off (in German)
Software Development Times (2.11.19)
Open Robotics turns its focus to ROS 2.0
The Robot Report (2.5.19)
How to speed robotics development with the cloud
IEEE Spectrum (1.28.19)
Apex.AI Does the Invisible Work That Will Make Self-Driving Cars Possible
The Robot Report (1.9.19)
10 robotics companies to watch in 2019
The Robot Report (12.28.18)
10 biggest robotics stories of 2018
Robotics Business Review (12.13.18)
2019 Predictions from Robotics, Automation, and AI Industry Experts
Medium (12.09.18)
Announcing the Autoware Foundation — Open Source for Autonomous Driving
ZDNet (12.07.18)
Robots rising: 5 trends driving the robotics sector in 2019
SiliconAngle (12.07.18)
Robots will rule the edge: AWS drives a new AI paradigm
TechRepublic (12.04.18)
InformationWeek (12.03.18)
AWS Aims to Speed and Simplify Robot Development
IT Brief Australia (11.28.18)
AWS RoboMaker supports future of robotics development
Business Insider (11.26.18)
Amazon released a new set of robotics tools for AWS
Innovation Enterprise (11.26.18)
AWS RoboMaker made available to developers
Silicon Angle (11.26.18)
AWS launches RoboMaker to help developers build software brains for robots
GeekWire (11.26.18)
Amazon Web Services customers can now build applications for robots in the cloud
VentureBeat (11.26.18)
Amazon’s AWS launches RoboMaker to help developers test and deploy robotics applications
SD Times (11.26.18)
AWS introduces new developer service for building robotics applications
ZDNet (11.26.18)
AWS launches RoboMaker dev service for building intelligent robotics apps
TechCrunch (11.26.18)
Amazon launches a cloud-based robotics testing platform
The Robot Report (11.26.18)
AWS RoboMaker cloud robotics platform launches
The Stack (11.26.18)
AWS gives green light for autonomous and cloud-connected robots
AWS Open Source Blog (11.26.18)
The Open Source Robot Operating System (ROS) and AWS RoboMaker
Hackaday (10.9.18)
Is 2018 Finally The Year of Windows on the Robot?
The Construct (10.9.18)
Using ROS 2 For Autonomous Cars With Dejan Pangercic
Automotive World (10.8.18)
Auto industry’s thirst for software is quenched by open source
Drivers and Controls (10.2.18)
Microsoft releases Robot Operating System for Windows
Redmond Channel (10.1.18)
Microsoft Working To Bring Robot OS to Windows Platform
IEEE Spectrum (10.1.18)
Microsoft Announces Experimental Release of ROS for Windows 10
The Register (10.1.18)
Robot Operating System gets the Microsoft Treatment
Microsoft Blog (9.28.18)
Bringing the power of Windows 10 to the Robot Operating System
VentureBeat (9.28.18)
Microsoft brings Robot Operating System to Windows 10
Forbes (9.28.18)
Robot Operating System: Microsoft Announced Something Big for IoT, Robotics, and Automation
ZDNet (9.28.18)
Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10
The Robot Report (9.24.18)
Open Robotics names ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee
Connected Social Media (9.21.18)
How Is Open Source Important to the Future of Robotics? – Open Source Voices – Episode 3
RoboHub Social Media (9.18.18)
First results of the ROSIN project: Robotics Open-Source Software for Industry
PacktHub (9.11.18)
Is ROS 2.0 good enough to build real-time robotic applications? Spanish researchers find out.
The Robot Report (8.29.18)
SwRI’s Collaborative Robotics Laboratory Much More Than Branding Exercise
Hackaday (8.16.18)
DARPA Goes Underground For Next Challenge
The Robot Report (8.1.18)
Clearpath Robotics offering ROS-enabled cobot arms from Universal Robots
Open Gov Asia (7.20.18)
ZDNet (7.18.18)
Robotics in business: Everything humans need to know
GCN (6.7.18)
DARPA wants to simulate underground environments for robot testing
ZDNet (6.1.18)
Stunning portraits of open source revolutionaries
ZDNet (5.23.18)
DARPA Challenge will send robots to new frontier: Underground
Wired (5.15.18)
DARPA'S Next Challenge? A Grueling Underground Journey
TechCrunch (5.11.18)
The Future of the Robot Operating System (ROS)
Robots in Depth (5.10.18)
The Construct (4.16.18)
RDP 012: Everything about ROS 2 with Dirk Thomas
Ozobot Blog (3.13.18)
20 Inspiring Women (and Girls) Changing the World of Robotics
IEEE Spectrum (3.12.18)
Ubiquity Robotics Launches Beefy ROS Development Platform
Fast Company (2.20.18)
The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2018 Honorees By Sector (profile)
Just Auto (2.7.18)
Toyota renews support for open source robotics
Robotics Tomorrow (1.25.18)
Robotics Business Review (1.23.18)