Open Robotics

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Open Robotics
Formation2012
Type501(c)(3) organization
FocusOpen-source software
HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Region served
Worldwide
ProductsRobot Operating System, Gazebo simulator
SubsidiariesOpen Source Robotics Corporation, Open Source Robotics Corporation Singapore
Websitewww.openrobotics.org

Open Robotics is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is the primary maintainer of the Robot Operating System, and the Gazebo simulator.[1][2] Its stated mission is to support "the development, distribution and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development".[3]

Open Robotics funds its operations through the contributions of various public and private organizations, some of whom also engage its services for the development of various robotics applications, robotics R&D and consulting.[4] Notable sources of past and current funding include DARPA, NASA, Amazon, Bosch, Nvidia and the Toyota Research Institute.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference history_ros was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About -- Gazebo". Gazebo. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  3. ^ "Open Source Robotics Foundation". Google Summer of Code. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Open Robotics Home Page". Open Robotics. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ Asay, Matt. "How AWS is helping to open source the future of robotics". AWS Open Source Blog. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Sponsors". Open Robotics. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Deep Learning and ROS Collide to Bring New Levels of Autonomy to Robots". Nvidia. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ^ Gerkey, Brian. "Renewed support from Toyota Research Institute". Open Source Robotics Foundation. Retrieved 5 December 2020.