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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)

Compact SOM Drives ROS Robot

Electronic Design (09.23.22)

Compact SOM Drives ROS Robot

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)

Katherine Scott Interview

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)

2022 ROS Awards

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)

Making ROS 2 Automotive-Ready

The Straits Times (05.28.22)

New software enables different robots to communicate with each other and building infrastructure

Science Robotics (05.25.22)

Robots are taming the wild

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)

2021 ROS Recap

TechCrunch (12.30.21)

New Year's Robolutions

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)

The Actuator Newsletter

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)

DARPA SubT Challenge

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)

Video Friday: TurtleBot 4

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)

A DARPA competition to build underground robot teams to assist troops enters its final challenge this week

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)

ROS vs. ROS 2

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)

Multi-Million Dollar Subterranean Challenge for Autonomous Robots Training for Combat, Disaster Response

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)

DARPA is asking universities for access to their tunnels ASAP, and it's because the US military thinks its next war will go underground

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)

AWS RoboMaker: A cheat sheet

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)

Minister Gan Kim Yong announces development of Singapore’s first Robotics Middleware Framework at National Health IT Summit

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)

Dirk Thomas Interview (video)

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)

The Future of Service Robots

Robotics Business Review (1.23.18)

3D Vision Brings Real-Time Sensing to Robots