The Southwest Research Institute offers the SwRI Workbench for Offline Robotics Development for motion-planning applications.

Cogniteam is using Real-Time Innovations’ Connext to facilitate communications for scaling deployment of robot fleets.

Stretch 3 is a portable and lightweight platform for robotics developers and could lead to household applications.

The Open Robotics Middleware Framework is open-source, modular software that enables interoperability between robot fleets and physical infrastructure.

Orbbec’s Persee N1 combines a stereo-vision 3D camera and a computer based on NVIDIA Jetson for accurate and reliable data. 

NVIDIA said roboticists will have improved access to preconfigured virtual machines to run Isaac Sim workloads.

Acceleration Robotics introduced RobotCore ROS 2, a time-sensitive networking solution delivering speeds thousands times faster than current standards.

The eighth version of the open-source simulator is one of the biggest Gazebo releases to date from Open Robotics.

Intrinsic and partner KEBA are demonstrating how the Flowstate framework can work with controllers to more easily program a range of robots.

Tormach created a ROS-based industrial robotic manipulator and control system that avoids “black box” issues that plague modern robotics applications.

The new ROS 2 release of Iron Irwini triggers an end to long-term support for ROS 2 release Foxy Fitzroy.

Iron Irwini is the largest ROS 2 release yet in terms of features. We take a look at some of the highlights of the ninth ROS 2 release.

PickNik is integrating its motion software with Motiv’s robot arms to improve capabilities for space exploration.

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.

This episode of The Robot Report Podcast features an interview with APEX.AI co-founder Dejan Pangercic on software development for autonomous vehicles.

Real-time Ubuntu provides a deterministic response to an external event, minimizing the response time guarantee within a specified deadline.

The total number of ROS packages downloaded increased 7.45%. ROS 2 accounted for 39.82% of all ROS downloads in 2022.

The SouthWest Research Institute shows how older robots can deliver value when you systematically design the approach and work within the constraints of your hardware.

New features include cloud accessibility, support for ROS 2 Humble and Windows, improved motion generation extension for robot arms and the ability to add human characters to simulation environments.

Running a successful robotics company is never easy. Unfortunately, these companies found out it’s even harder during a pandemic and supply chain crisis.

The benefit of using an open-source framework is that it includes a large contributing community, which is continuously developing and improving.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge returns to Las Vegas at CES 2023 with more powerful engines and improved sensors and computing infrastructure onboard.