Open Robotics Launches the Open Source Robotics Alliance

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) is happy to announce the creation of the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA), a brand new initiative to strengthen the governance of our open-source robotics software program tasks and make sure the well being of the Robot Operating System (ROS) Suite neighborhood for a few years to return. The OSRA will use a combined membership and meritocratic mannequin, following different profitable foundations for open-source tasks, together with The Linux Foundation and the Eclipse Foundation.

The OSRA is extending an open invitation to all neighborhood stakeholders to take part within the technical oversight, course, improvement, and help of the OSRF’s open supply tasks – ROS, Gazebo, Open-RMF, and their infrastructure. Involvement throughout the robotics ecosystem is essential to this initiative.

The middle of the OSRA would be the Technical Governance Committee (TGC), which can oversee the actions of varied Project Management Committees, Technical Committees, Special
Interest Groups, and Working Groups. As a charitable program of the OSRF, general duty for the OSRA stays with the OSRF Board.

The Alliance has obtained early help for our imaginative and prescient from distinguished organizations akin to NVIDIA, our inaugural Platinum member.

“NVIDIA develops with ROS 2 to bring accelerated computing and AI to developers, researchers, and commercial applications,” stated Gordon Grigor, VP Robotics Software, NVIDIA. “As an inaugural platinum member of OSRA, we will collaborate to advance open-source robotics throughout the ecosystem by aiding development efforts, and providing governance and continuity.”

Intrinsic additionally continues its help of Open Robotics with its inaugural Platinum membership. “From the numerous contributions made by our team at Intrinsic across projects like ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF as part of the Open Robotics community, to our acquisition of the Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC), we’ve invested deeply in the open source community, and we look forward to continuing our support of the ecosystem as an inaugural member of the OSRA,” stated Wendy Tan White, CEO of Intrinsic. Qualcomm Technologies rounds out the inaugural Platinum membership group and indicators its dedication to open supply robotics as nicely.

“Qualcomm Technologies is excited to join the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA) to help drive the development of open-source robotics software and foster the growth of the vibrant ROS Suite developer community,” said Dev Singh, Vice President of Business Development and Head of Robotics & Industrial Automation at Qualcomm Technologies. “Leveraging our longstanding history in on-device AI processing and heterogeneous computing, our comprehensive family of robotics platforms addresses all types of robots to deliver the benefits of AI at the edge.”

NVIDIA, Intrinsic, and Qualcomm Technologies be part of 9 different inaugural members at press time, together with Gold members Apex.ai and Zettascale, Silver members Clearpath Robotics, Ekumen, eProsima, and PickNik, and Associate member Silicon Valley Robotics. Initial Supporting Organizations embrace Canonical and Open Navigation. Incoming members embrace Bosch and ROS-Industrial, and several other others to be introduced quickly.

Membership functions are actually open for organizations and people all in favour of becoming a member of the OSRA and supporting the way forward for open supply robotics. Instructions on the way to apply and data on the member ranges and advantages can be found at www.osralliance.org.

About Open Robotics: Open Robotics is the umbrella time period for the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) and its initiatives. Founded in 2012, the OSRF is a California nonprofit public profit company exempt below Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its flagship open-source robotics software program, ROS, is the world’s most generally adopted robotics framework suite. For extra details about its new OSRA initiative, please go to www.osralliance.org.