Open Source Robotics Where we are and where we are heading
summary
Open source robotics traces a clear path: a 2006 middleware effort becomes ROS with Gazebo merged in 2010, a $400k PR1 testbed and 140 interns seed libraries like TF2 and URDF, and the ecosystem cuts prototype time from ~1 year to ~3 months. Predictions cite ~13.5 million ROS robots by 2024 and ~90% of warehouse AMRs on Ubuntu+ROS. Deployment tools include Ubuntu Core, snaps with delta updates and rollback, and private Snap Stores for fleet management.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:10Open source in robotics
- 5:04Monolithic code to ROS
- 8:17ROS and Willow Garage
- 12:11Building ROS community
- 16:54ROS revolution in robotics
- 19:46ROS in robotics and agriculture
- 22:13Ubuntu and ROS synergy
- 24:01Robotics deployment with Canonical
- 28:40Start robotics without PhD
- 30:06Q&A: Ubuntu Core vs Desktop for ROS
- 32:39Q&A: Ubuntu's ROS market share
- 34:45Q&A: Managing versions in robotics
- 39:40Q&A: Updating robots with Ubuntu Core
- 41:08Q&A: Deploying snaps for robotics
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