Open Robotics

Here is your ROS news, new papers, and fresh open source packages for the week of June 23rd, 2025: 🖐️ Best paper at RSS, DexWild: Dexterous Human Interations for In-The-Wild Robot Policies. Comes as a ROS package! 🖐️ Arduino builds a TurtleBot clone from a vacuum cleaner 🖐️ RQT frame editor allows TF editing on the fly 🖐️ Plain SLAM ROS 2, a fast, light, LIDAR SLAM implementation 🖐️ First ROS Meetup in Belgium 🖐️ ROS / OpenCV / Open Source Hardware Association booth at Open Sauce 🖐️ Open hardware / software exo-skeleton from University of Michigan 🖐️ Rodney Brooks on the trouble with humanoids 🖐️ GPS denied drone setup 🖐️ Understanding PID controllers 🖐️ ROSBag-RX: A ROSBag Javascript package 🖐️ New ROS book: A Concise Introduction to Robot Programming 🖐️ ROSBag / LeRobot conversion package 🖐️ 43 robotics companies that are hiring 🖐️ A beginner’s guide to safe human-robot collaboration 🖐️ A whole lot more! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g7WarnWX

Murtaza Hassan returns to OpenCV Live this week to show off a new project of particular interest to the CV and AI community- Pysimverse, a powerful Python drone programming simulator. Tune in to see how it works, and how you can get access to this awesome project. #OpenCV #Python #Drones #Robotics #AI #ComputerVision #Live #Webinar

Congratulations to the whole Civ Robotics team!

Rolling Ridley ROS Boss Yadunund Vijay just posted an update with 54 new, 537 updated packages, and 64 removed packages. New packages include: 🛹 aruco-markers: 0.0.4-1 🛹 aruco-markers-dbgsym: 0.0.4-1 🛹 aruco-markers-msgs: 0.0.4-1 🛹 aruco-markers-msgs-dbgsym: 0.0.4-1 🛹 autoware-internal-localization-msgs: 1.10.0-1 🛹 autoware-internal-localization-msgs-dbgsym: 1.10.0-1 🛹 canopen-ros2-controllers: 0.3.1-1 🛹 canopen-ros2-controllers-dbgsym: 0.3.1-1 🛹 canopen-tests: 0.3.1-1 🛹 coin-d4-driver: 1.0.0-1 🛹 coin-d4-driver-dbgsym: 1.0.0-1 🛹 mapviz-plugins: 2.5.6-1 🛹 mapviz-plugins-dbgsym: 2.5.6-1 🛹 multires-image: 2.5.6-1 🛹 multires-image-dbgsym: 2.5.6-1 🛹 om-gravity-compensation-controller: 4.0.1-1 🛹 om-gravity-compensation-controller-dbgsym: 4.0.1-1 🛹 om-spring-actuator-controller: 4.0.1-1 🛹 om-spring-actuator-controller-dbgsym: 4.0.1-1 🛹 open-manipulator: 4.0.1-1 🛹 open-manipulator-collision: 4.0.1-1 🛹 open-manipulator-collision-dbgsym: 4.0.1-1 🛹 rclpy-cascade-lifecycle: 2.0.4-1 🛹 rosidlcpp: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-c: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-c-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-core: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-core-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-cpp: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-cpp-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-py: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-py-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-type-description: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-generator-type-description-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-parser: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-parser-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-c: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-c-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-cpp: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-cpp-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-fastrtps-c: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-fastrtps-c-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-fastrtps-cpp: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-fastrtps-cpp-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-introspection-c: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-introspection-c-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-introspection-cpp: 0.2.0-1 🛹 rosidlcpp-typesupport-introspection-cpp-dbgsym: 0.2.0-1 🛹 simple-grasping: 0.5.0-1 🛹 simple-grasping-dbgsym: 0.5.0-1 🛹 swri-console: 2.1.0-1 🛹 swri-console-dbgsym: 2.1.0-1 🛹 tile-map: 2.5.6-1 🛹 tile-map-dbgsym: 2.5.6-1 Details at: https://lnkd.in/gyeJ3zPg

Marco A. Gutierrez, the ROS Boss for ROS 2 Jazzy, has just released an update with 63 new 728 updated packages. Updates include: 🎹 ros-jazzy-aruco-markers: 0.0.2-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-aruco-markers-dbgsym: 0.0.2-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-aruco-markers-msgs: 0.0.2-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-aruco-markers-msgs-dbgsym: 0.0.2-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-at-sonde-ros-driver: 1.0.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-at-sonde-ros-driver-dbgsym: 1.0.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-autoware-internal-localization-msgs: 1.10.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-autoware-internal-localization-msgs-dbgsym: 1.10.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canboat-vendor: 0.0.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canboat-vendor-dbgsym: 0.0.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-inventus-driver: 0.1.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-inventus-driver-dbgsym: 0.1.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-inventus-interfaces: 0.1.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-inventus-interfaces-dbgsym: 0.1.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-ros2-controllers: 0.3.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-ros2-controllers-dbgsym: 0.3.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-canopen-tests: 0.3.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-clearpath-diagnostics: 2.5.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-clearpath-diagnostics-dbgsym: 2.5.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-coin-d4-driver: 1.0.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-coin-d4-driver-dbgsym: 1.0.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-ffw: 1.0.9-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-ffw-joystick-controller: 1.0.9-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-ffw-spring-actuator-controller: 1.0.9-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-lms1xx: 1.0.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-naoqi-libqi: 3.0.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-om-gravity-compensation-controller: 4.0.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-om-spring-actuator-controller: 4.0.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-open-manipulator: 4.0.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-open-manipulator-collision: 4.0.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-scenario-execution-rviz: 1.3.0-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-so-arm-100-hardware: 0.1.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-tecgihan-driver: 0.1.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-applications: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-aruco-tracker: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-automatic-parking: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-automatic-parking-vision: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-follower: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-bringup: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-cartographer: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-description: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-hardware: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-moveit-config: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-navigation2: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-manipulation-teleop: 2.2.1-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-panorama: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-turtlebot3-yolo-object-detection: 1.3.3-1 🎹 ros-jazzy-zenoh-security-tools: 0.2.5-1 Details at: https://lnkd.in/gNYW9nkq

ROS2swarm ~ Swarm Robotics Meets ROS 2 🐝🤖🤖🤖🤖 Great to see that our paper on ROS2swarm is getting a lot of attention now, just three years after its publication at ICRA 2022! It seems we (lead author Dr. Tanja Kaiser, also Georg Schildbach and others) were a bit ahead of our time when we proposed a modular, decentralized ROS 2 package for swarm robot behaviors. ROS2swarm provides a ready-to-use library of swarm behavior primitives like aggregation, dispersion, and collective decision-making, all in a hardware-independent, extensible framework. We've validated it in simulation and on real robots using TurtleBot3 and Jackal UGV. Check out the full paper here: 👉 ROS2SWARM – A ROS 2 Package for Swarm Robot Behaviors by T.K. Kaiser, M.J. Begemann, T. Plattenteich, L. Schilling, G. Schildbach, and H. Hamann https://lnkd.in/ep4haD-8 🦊 GitLab https://lnkd.in/eQuzC9RY #Swarm #Robotics #ROS2 #MultiRobotSystems #CollectiveIntelligence #ICRA #RoboticsResearch #ROS2swarm #SwarmBehaviors

Recently came across a powerful ROS 2 package that covers the essentials of simulation, sensor integration, physics, and core ROS 2 concepts. I managed to get it up and running locally, and it’s been a great learning experience so far. What makes it even more exciting is that it’s already being used in real-world projects like Drona and chatDrones, which shows its practical value and community trust. This has sparked some ideas, and I’m seriously thinking about building something innovative on top of it, possibly in the industrial drone space. Here is the repo link: https://lnkd.in/dMA4EQyD #ROS2 #Robotics #Drones #Simulation #OpenSource #LearningInPublic #ROSDevelopment

I've been thinking a lot about how we build software in robotics. It often feels like everyone is just doing their own thing, especially compared to other software fields. I think we can do better! That's why I wrote a blog post on "Why and How to Use Behavior Trees ?". It's a really nice way to structure robot behaviors, and the blog is accompanied by a practical example that you can run and test for yourself. It's a quick 5-minute read to get you started. Check it out and let me know what you think! Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/dHJ2pXnH Github Project Repo: https://lnkd.in/dDaHPGpm

Excited to share that our work on Serially-Connected Soft Continuum Robots for Endovascular Emergencies is now published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics! Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability - two of the hardest challenges in treating ischemic stroke are: 1. Navigating around the aortic arch (especially type III) 2. Advancing through tortuous internal carotid arteries To address these, we developed a robotic system that combines two soft robots working together. 📹 In the video below, you’ll see: - System architecture: a soft notched continuum robot that deploys a soft growing robot from its tip - Control interface: a gamepad enabling intuitive control in both joint space and task space - Deployment demo: a full system run in a benchtop anatomical model that includes a type III aortic arch and a highly tortuous internal carotid artery 💡Why It Works - The soft notched continuum robot actively steers with tendons around the aortic arch. - The soft growing robot, which uses eversion to extend, then pulls an aspiration catheter through the complex pathway in tension. This tension-based strategy reduces the need for stiff catheters, making the system much softer and potentially safer for neurovascular environments. Grateful to our medical collaborators Jeremy Heit MD, PhD, Alexander Norbash, and Michael Brandel and to Elliot W. Hawkes and John Hwang for their technical insight. I especially wanted to thank Tania Morimoto and Sukjun Kim - transitioning from industry to academia has been a great experience thanks to your advice and support! 📹 Video: https://lnkd.in/gkm_cdxY 📄 Full Paper: https://lnkd.in/giG9ZE8u Check out the paper for more details on: - A design optimization which enables for joint independence - Eulerian path-based manufacturing and print settings that enabled a fully watertight actuator using Bambu Lab X1C - ROS2 based control using micro-ROS on an ESP32 Open Robotics Note: This system is not FDA approved. Thank you to The National Institutes of Health and the Charles Lee Powell Foundation for your support UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Stanford Neurosurgery, Stanford Medicine Department of Radiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, UC San Diego Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford University School of Medicine #SurgicalRobotics #ContinuumRobots #StrokeCare #MedicalRobotics #SoftRobotics

Over the weekend Rhys Manwaring submitted multiple Gazebo simulator pull requests to "help stabilise joints in models using ball joints and closed kinematic chains." We're looking for PR reviewers from the community and comments. https://lnkd.in/gFs49Q8E https://lnkd.in/gmdfQYbq https://lnkd.in/gGejD98R