Publication/Creation Date

March 1 2010

Creators/Contributors

Willow Garage (creator)
Keenan Wyrobek (contributor)
Eric Berger (contributor)
PR2 (creator)
Wim Meeussen (contributor)
Josh Faust (contributor)
Washington University In St. Louis (WUSTL) (contributor)
BOSCH (contributor)
Stanford University (contributor)
University Of Colorado (contributor)
Brown University (contributor)
University Of Pennsylvania (contributor)
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) (contributor)
Georgia Institute Of Technology (contributor)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) (contributor)
Technische Universitat Munchen (contributor)
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg (contributor)
The Robotics Institute (contributor)

Description

Similar to the way that personal computers become part of our everyday lives, Willow Garage sees robots having a similar future. The goal of PR2 and ROS is to provide a common platform that people can build on top of, extend, and also share results more effectively.

Over a dozen institutions, corporate research labs, and universities have released open source code for ROS.

Augments

Interacting, Looking, Sharing, Experimenting

Technology Keywords

Robotics, Log Data, 2D Image, 3D Image, Low-Level Hardware Drivers, Calibration System, Laser Scan, Robot Operating System (ROS), Developer Platform, Open Source

Keywords

Community, Collaboration, Innovation, Tools, Experience

Marketing Keywords

Willow Garage, Delivering Open Source Robotics, Personal Robotics Program, PR2, BOSCH, SICK, Google, Intel, HERB