ROS Developers Podcast

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers who have already switched to ROS2 to control their robots.

Today we are going to talk about the ros2_control with one of the main developers and maintainers of the packages.

Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Dr. Denis Stogl. Denis is the CEO and founder of Stogl Robotics a company for consulting about robotics. He is also one of the main maintainers of ros2_control.

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers that are considering building their own robotics startup. Today we are going to talk about this subject, how to build your robotics startup with a person that has already built two of them: one about hardware and another about software, and both of them are up and running. Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you, Dominik Nowak. Dominik is the CEO and Co-founder of Husarion and also the CTO and Co-founder of Husarnet. Welcome to the podcast Dominik!

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers that are considering building their own robotics startup.

 

Today we are going to talk about this subject, how to build your robotics startup with a person that has already built two of them: one about hardware and another about software, and both of them are up and running.

 

But before going into the meat, let me tell you that in case you need to improve your ROS skills, you can learn ROS2 with The Construct.

 

We provide self-led trainings based on robot simulations and remote real robots. You follow our lessons using your web browser and practice from minute one with the simulated robots.

 

Also, as you advance the lesson, you will practice with real robots located in Barcelona. They are available 24/7 for you to remotely connect to them and do your practice. Have a look at our webpage about the different subjects you can learn on ROS1 and ROS2 and start the practice with robots from minute one with The Construct.

 

Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you, Dominik Nowak. Dominik is the CEO and Co-founder of Husarion and also the CTO and Co-founder of Husarnet. 

 

Welcome to the podcast Dominik!  

Related links

Follow Dominik Nowak on LinkedIn

Husarion: https://husarion.com/

* Husarnet: https://husarnet.com/

* ROSbot: https://husarion.com/manuals/rosbot/

* ROSbot XL: https://husarion.com/manuals/rosbot-xl/

The Construct ROS1 & ROS2 academy

The Robotics Developer Master Class 2023

The full 3 days training The Construct delivers about ROS2 including basics of ROS2, ROS2 Navigation and ROS2 Manipulation

Robotics Insider Podcast Episode 1: Has Google Acquired ROS?

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* ROS Developers Podcast on iTunes

* ROS Developers Podcast on Stitcher

* ROS Developers Podcast on Spotify

Or watch the video interview

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers in Asia that are struggling to get their industrial robots with ROS. Do not be desperate. Keep pushing your ROS learning and application. There are a lot of people working hard to help you with that, for instance, the guys from ROS Industrial Asia-Pacific.

Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Maria Vergo. Maria is the consortium manager of the ROS-Industrial consortium Asia-Pacific. She is going to explain to us what the ROS-Industrial consortium is about and what is its current state as well as how much robotics impacts Singapore

Welcome to the podcast Maria!

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are building and programming the robots that will go to space in the next missions.

Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Will Chambers. Will was the principal technologist in AI and robotics at Blue Origin, where he cooperated to found the Space Robot Operation System, together with NASA and with Open Robotics. At present, Will works at Peraton as a Senior Director, Algorithmic Operations, AI, and Autonomy, and is a member of the Space Robot Operating System Technical Steering Committee. Welcome to the podcast Will!

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are building and programming the robots that will go to space in the next missions.

 

Today we are going to talk about the version of ROS that is aimed to go to space.

 

But before going into the meat, let me tell you that in case you need to improve your ROS skills, you can learn ROS2 with The Construct.

 

We provide self-led trainings based on robot simulations and remote real robots. You follow our lessons using your web browser and practice from minute one with the simulated robots.

 

Also, as you advance the lesson, you will practice with real robots located in Barcelona. They are available 24/7 for you to remotely connect to them and do your practice. Have a look at our webpage about the different subjects you can learn on ROS1 and ROS2 and start the practice with robots from minute one with The Construct.

 

Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Will Chambers. Will was the principal technologist in AI and robotics at Blue Origin, where he cooperated to found the Space Robot Operation System, together with NASA and with Open Robotics. At present, Will works at Peraton as a Senior Director, Algorithmic Operations, AI, and Autonomy and is a member of the Space Robot Operating System Technical Steering Committee.

 

Welcome to the podcast Will!

Related links

Follow Will Chambers on LinkedIn

Blue Origin website: https://www.blueorigin.com/

* Space ROS website: https://www.zettascale.tech/

* Space ROS GitHub website: https://github.com/space-ros

* The ROSCon 2022

The Construct ROS1 & ROS2 academy

The Robotics Developer Master Class 2023

The full 3 days training The Construct delivers about ROS2 including basics of ROS2, ROS2 Navigation and ROS2 Manipulation

Robotics Insider Podcast Episode 1: Has Google Acquired ROS?

Subscribe to the podcast using any of the following methods

* ROS Developers Podcast on iTunes

* ROS Developers Podcast on Stitcher

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I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers that are struggling to set up complex networks of ROS2 devices. Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Julien Enoch. Julien is Senior Solutions Architect at ZettaScale Technology as well as Eclipse Zenoh committer. Today he is going to talk about what is Zenoh and why we should use it with our ROS2 robots. Welcome to the podcast Julien!

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers.

Now let's go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Limor Schweitzer. Limor is the CTO and founder of MOV.AI a company with the goal of infrastructure software for modern automation. His company has recently released the community edition of MOV. AI flow. Welcome to the podcast Limor!

I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers.

 

Today we are going to learn how to develop the program with ROS in a better way, in an easier way, and in a fast way!

 

But before going into the meat, let me tell you that in case you need to improve your ROS skills, you can learn ROS2 with The Construct.

 

We provide self-led trainings based on robot simulations and remote real robots. You follow our lessons using your web browser and practice from minute one with the simulated robots.

 

Also, as you advance the lesson, you will practice with real robots located in Barcelona. They are available 24/7 for you to remotely connect to them and do your practice. Have a look at our webpage about the different subjects you can learn on ROS1 and ROS2 and start the practice with robots from minute one with The Construct.

 

Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Limor Schweitzer. Limor is the CTO and founder of MOV.AI a company with the goal of creating infrastructure software for modern automation. His company has recently released the community edition of MOV. AI flow a graphical editor to program ROS.

 

Welcome to the podcast Limor!

Related links

Follow Limor Schweitzer on LinkedIn

MOV.AI

* Mov.AI ROBOTICS ENGINE PLATFORM FOR AGV/AMR DEVELOPMENT

* Mov.AI AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT DEPLOYMENT AND INTEGRATION

* Mov.AI FLEET MANAGEMENT AND ROBOT OPERATIONS

* Mov.AI Flow: Visual ROS IDE

MOV.AI Flow Source files

Robotics MCU

* The ROSCon 2022

The Construct ROS1 & ROS2 academy

The Robotics Developer Master Class 2023

The full 3 days training The Construct delivers about ROS2 including basics of ROS2, ROS2 Navigation and ROS2 Manipulation

Robotics Insider Podcast Episode 1: Has Google Acquired ROS?

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Points to touch:

Is not Google but Intrinsic

Is not ROS but the branch of Open Robotics

What does all that mean?

What could be the implications for the future of ROS and its community?

Intro

In December of 2022, big news shocked the ROS community: ROS was acquired by Intrinsic

In this episode of the Robotics Insider we are going to discuss:

What actually happened and why?

What can this mean for the future of ROS?

Why does it matter for the ROS community?

All those points and more on the first episode of the Robotics Insider podcast.

What is Intrinsic

Intrinsic is a robotics software company with the idea of making industrial robots easy to use by means of easy interfaces and applications (not about creating easier industrial robots, but better usage software).

Wendy Tan, CEO of Intrinsic says:

We aim to build a platform that connects the providers of automation hardware and software — think equipment providers, or AI and machine learning experts — with businesses who need custom manufacturing solutions. With intuitive software, AI-enabled solution development and scalable infrastructure, more people will be able to build, design and deploy robotic applications to solve problems in ways they couldn’t before

Make industrial robot programming available, highly effective option for non-experts

From the web on Intrinsic:

To build a software platform for intelligent robotics; one that brings together the best of our collective capabilities and makes them usable for others

Intrinsic started as a group of people inside the X lab of Google. They did some pretty impressive systems that can plug/unplug USB cables, mount furniture and even mount architectural pieces. Then in 2021 graduated from Alphabet and became an independent company part of the Alphabet ecosystem with the name of Intrinsic.

Then in 2022 they acquired Vicarious, a company about using AI to automate tasks that are too complex to be automated by traditional means. 

Then in December of 2022, Intrinsic acquired the Open Source Robotics Corporation, that is, the business part of Open Robotics.

So the first part of the title of this podcast is wrong: Google did not acquire ROS, but Intrinsic acquired ROS.

What is the structure of Open Robotics

For those who don’t know, Open Robotics is the company behind the development of ROS.

Open Robotics is composed of two parts:

The Open Source Robotics Foundation

The Open Source Robotics Corporation

OSRF is the one that holds the copyright of ROS, gazebo, Turtlebot, ROSCon and Open-RMF

OSRC is the one that does commercial projects, and dedicates time to develop and maintain parts of ROS, Gazebo and others.  Also, OSRC has two parts, the OSRC which is mainly based in California, and the OSRC-SG based in Singapore and which is the one leading the development of Open-RMF

What has Intrinsic actually acquired

Intrinsic has acquired the OSRC and the OSRC-SG

Intrinsic has not bought the OSRF, the branch that has the IP of ROS, Gazebo and Open-RMF. 

So what this means is that ROS, Gazebo, ROSCon, Open-RMF and Turtlebot are not part of the sale. They remain part of the OSRF and do not belong to Intrinsic.

So the second part of the title of this podcast is also not true: nobody has acquired ROS

If Intrinsic is buying only the OSRC which doesn’t hold the IP of ROS: What is Intrinsic actually getting on the sale and why?

It is not clear to me. As far as I can see, they are getting the team that developed the ROS and OSRC current projects business. They are getting the know how.

Why is Intrinsic buying it?

In my opinion,