Willow Garage

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'Open Source' Robot Operating System (ROS) Spurs Increased Innovation

Lauren Orsini | RW10 Science | May 9, 2013

Ever since the advent of ROS (Robot Operating System), an open-source platform on which engineers could build robotic programs and apps, robotic innovation has picked up speed. Read More »

Meet The Other Robots Set To Invade Manufacturing

Will Knight | Technology Review | September 18, 2012

In today’s top story (see “This Robot Could Transform Manufacturing”), I write about a clever new industrial robot developed by robotics pioneer and the founder of iRobot, Rodney Brooks... Read More »

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) Is Booting Up

Sam Dean | Ostatic | May 29, 2012

Open source robotics platforms have flourished, but they've also been fragmented, with software and hardware designs produced all around the world that have little to do with each other. That's why it's so promising that the folks behind Willow Garage--a robotics project that originated at Stanford University--have announced the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF). Read More »

Urgent Supplies Through the Air

Charles Choi | Inside Unmanned Systems | August 31, 2017

Drones can do so much more than take photos and inspect cell phone towers. They can ferry critical supplies to hard-to-reach areas and drop off life-saving packages to disaster survivors. One company, Zipline International in San Francisco, is deploying unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to drop off lifesaving packages of blood in Rwanda—and is the world’s first national drone delivery service. Another company, Windhorse Aerospace in Wells, England, is developing a UAS intentionally designed for a one-way trip. The aircraft is made of combustible or even edible materials that can be taken apart by disaster survivors after it lands and used for fires or meals...

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