Open Source Robotics Foundation

Our mission is to support the development of OSS for use in robotics

Technologies
python, javascript, c/c++, ros, gazebo
Topics
robotics
https://www.osrfoundation.org/
Our mission is to support the development of OSS for use in robotics

Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is an independent non-profit organization in Mountain View, California (http://osrfoundation.org). Our mission is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. Our work is supported by contracts, grants, and donations from government and industry. At the time of writing, we have a full-time staff of 19, mostly software engineers.

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Contributor
Ridhwan Luthra
Mentor
Dave Coleman
Organization
Open Source Robotics Foundation
Perception Pipeline Improvements
MoveIt! allows for seamless integration of motion planning functionality and perception is a very important part of it. It supports using Octomap...
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Contributor
Aaditya Saraiya
Mentor
Alex Goins, Levi Armstrong
Organization
Open Source Robotics Foundation
ROS Package for Robot Work Cell Discovery
This proposal aims to create a ROS package which will allow any arbitrary robotic manipulator to intelligently explore and map it’s work cell...
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Contributor
mmd.ayman
Mentor
Dave Coleman
Organization
Open Source Robotics Foundation
Upgrade and Improve MoveIt! Setup Assistant integration with Gazebo
This project main objective is to upgrade the MoveIt! Setup Assistant to automatically configure an arbitrary URDF robot to work with ROS Control and...
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Contributor
Raghavender Sahdev
Mentor
Mark Moll
Organization
Open Source Robotics Foundation
Adding more motion planning libraries to MoveIt
MoveIt was designed to be highly plugin-based and originally supported 3 planning libraries. Today that number has shrunk to 1. There are many good...
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