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OSRA: Pioneering a Sustainable Open Source Ecosystem for Robotics
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What is the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA) and how is it pioneering a sustainable open source ecosystem for robotics?
You'll like this interview if you're interested in the open source robotics ecosystem and how it's evolving.
With Geoff Biggs from Open Robotics and Tully Foote from Open Robotics and Intrinsic.
EPISODE LINKS
- Full transcript: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts/6-osra-pioneering-a-sustainable-open-source-ecosystem-for-robotics.html
- OSRA's website: TODO
- Open Robotics' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-source-robotics-foundation/
- Open Robotics' website: https://www.openrobotics.org/
PODCAST LINKS
- Watch and discuss on 𝕏: https://www.x.com/audrow
- Watch or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74jWpWiLwsasY2QHtDcl8I
- Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/audrow-nash-podcast/id1716486786
- Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@audrow
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- RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/e2666f60/podcast/rss
- Full transcripts: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts
- Podcast Github: https://github.com/audrow-nash-podcast
OUTLINE
(0:00) - Episode intro
(2:47) - Willow Garage and Open Robotics Lore
(5:38) - Player and ROS lore
(9:06) - Willow Garage and the Birth of Open Robotics
(13:17) - Tully and Geoff's roles in Open Robotics
(22:13) - Why make ROS 2
(24:39) - Player and ROS 2
(25:42) - Towards a robot revolution
(29:16) - Gazebo for robot simulation
(34:39) - OpenRMF project at Open Rob
(38:22) - Important, but often forgotten: Open Robotics' infrastructure
(44:42) - Open Robotics before the Intrinsic Acquisition
(47:38) - Big steps for the ROS community we can take because of Intrinsic (Zenoh)
(51:41) - Rust for robotics
(53:27) - Intrinsic's acquisition of Open Robotics
(58:31) - OSRF since the Intrinsic acquisition of OSRC
(1:01:33) - How former OSRC folks contribute to OSRF now
(1:04:28) - Announcing OSRA!
(1:07:27) - Motivation for OSRA
(1:15:20) - Merit-based contributors
(1:18:06) - OSRA Consortium
(1:20:23) - Why companies might want to join the OSRA consortium
(1:23:55) - OSRA membership types
(1:29:18) - Meritocratic contributors + how to mentor and get involved
(1:32:26) - Mentorship process
(1:34:25) - The value of contributing to open source software
(1:39:19) - OSRA's badging system for contributors
(1:42:52) - Educating more people to be roboticists
(1:47:26) - Robotics in the next 5 years
(1:52:10) - Why open source?
(1:55:36) - Final thoughts
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You'll like this interview if you're interested in the open source robotics ecosystem and how it's evolving.
With Geoff Biggs from Open Robotics and Tully Foote from Open Robotics and Intrinsic.
EPISODE LINKS
- Full transcript: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts/6-osra-pioneering-a-sustainable-open-source-ecosystem-for-robotics.html
- OSRA's website: TODO
- Open Robotics' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-source-robotics-foundation/
- Open Robotics' website: https://www.openrobotics.org/
PODCAST LINKS
- Watch and discuss on 𝕏: https://www.x.com/audrow
- Watch or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74jWpWiLwsasY2QHtDcl8I
- Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/audrow-nash-podcast/id1716486786
- Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@audrow
- Main podcast site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/audrow1
- RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/e2666f60/podcast/rss
- Full transcripts: https://audrow-nash-podcast.github.io/transcripts
- Podcast Github: https://github.com/audrow-nash-podcast
OUTLINE
(0:00) - Episode intro
(2:47) - Willow Garage and Open Robotics Lore
(5:38) - Player and ROS lore
(9:06) - Willow Garage and the Birth of Open Robotics
(13:17) - Tully and Geoff's roles in Open Robotics
(22:13) - Why make ROS 2
(24:39) - Player and ROS 2
(25:42) - Towards a robot revolution
(29:16) - Gazebo for robot simulation
(34:39) - OpenRMF project at Open Rob
(38:22) - Important, but often forgotten: Open Robotics' infrastructure
(44:42) - Open Robotics before the Intrinsic Acquisition
(47:38) - Big steps for the ROS community we can take because of Intrinsic (Zenoh)
(51:41) - Rust for robotics
(53:27) - Intrinsic's acquisition of Open Robotics
(58:31) - OSRF since the Intrinsic acquisition of OSRC
(1:01:33) - How former OSRC folks contribute to OSRF now
(1:04:28) - Announcing OSRA!
(1:07:27) - Motivation for OSRA
(1:15:20) - Merit-based contributors
(1:18:06) - OSRA Consortium
(1:20:23) - Why companies might want to join the OSRA consortium
(1:23:55) - OSRA membership types
(1:29:18) - Meritocratic contributors + how to mentor and get involved
(1:32:26) - Mentorship process
(1:34:25) - The value of contributing to open source software
(1:39:19) - OSRA's badging system for contributors
(1:42:52) - Educating more people to be roboticists
(1:47:26) - Robotics in the next 5 years
(1:52:10) - Why open source?
(1:55:36) - Final thoughts
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