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Joanneum Research Releases Robot AI Platform Robo-Gym Version 1.0.0
Joanneum Research's Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics has released version 1.0.0 of robo-gym, an open-source framework for developing reinforcement learning (RL) AI for robot control. The release includes a new obstacle avoidance environment, support for all Universal Robots cobot models, and improved code quality.
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ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy Release Improves Security and Tooling
Open Robotics has released ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy, the latest version of the robot operating system. The release contains several new features, including security enhancements and improved tooling, with contributions from many industry players including the Eclipse foundation and Amazon Web Services.
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Alternatives to RViz for Visualising Robotics Data Presented: Summary from ROSCon 2019
During ROSCon 2019 two interesting tools for visualising and interacting with ROS were demonstrated. The first tool which was demonstrated is Webviz, an online web-based replacement for RViz. Another interesting option which gives you more options for interaction is using Jupyter notebooks to visualise and interact with your robot.
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iRobot’s Experience in Running ROS2 on Linux-Based Embedded Platforms
During ROSCon 2019, Alberto Soragna, Juan Oxoby, and Dhiraj Goel from iRobot presented their experience in using ROS 2 on a low-cost embedded platform. By experimenting with different Data Distribution Service (DDS) implementations they reduced the CPU and memory usage of their application, which improved performance.
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Migrating Two Large Robotics ROS1 Codebases to ROS2
In 2018, the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) was launched as a successor to ROS1. At ROSCon 2019, several speakers shared their experience in moving from ROS1 to ROS2. Lessons were shared in two separate talks: the Autoware project, and the demo porting by Rover Robotics.
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The Robot Operating System (ROS) Can Make Hospitals Smarter
The ROSCon 2019 conference kicked off with a keynote from Selina Seah from Changi General Hospital and Morgan Quigley from Open Robotics. In their talk, they outlined the need for robotics and automation in hospitals. To support robotics, the Open Robotics foundation works actively to create tools to support multiple robotics platforms, fleets working together, and tools for QA and simulation.