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Everything about Open Robotics
Nonprofit corporation in Mountain View, California
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. Its stated mission is to support "the development, distribution and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development". Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Open RoboticsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Open continuum robotics–one actuation module to create them allInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Wonderful Wizard of OzThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Raven-II: An Open Platform for Surgical Robotics ResearchCited 342 times
- Go sideways: Gazebo (simulator)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Robot Operating SystemA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Raven-II: An Open Platform for Surgical Robotics Research
OpenHRP: Open Architecture Humanoid Robotics Platform
IoT-aided robotics applications: Technological implications, target domains and open issues
Bringing Robotics to Formal Education: The Thymio Open-Source Hardware Robot
Cloud Robotics: Current Status and Open Issues
Open Issues in Evolutionary Robotics
A ROS-Based Open Tool for Intelligent Robotics Education
Robotics-assisted mass spectrometry assay platform enabled by open-source electronics
🆕 Influential since 2022
Open continuum robotics–one actuation module to create them all
Complications after partial nephrectomy: robotics overcomes open surgery and laparoscopy: the PMSI French national database
Unibotics: open ROS-based online framework for practical learning of robotics in higher education
Open Source Dual-Purpose Acrobot and Pendubot Platform: Benchmarking Control Algorithms for Underactuated Robotics
A Perspective on Lifelong Open-Ended Learning Autonomy for Robotics through Cognitive Architectures
📚 Books worth reading
The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum · 1899
FoundationIsaac Asimov · 1951
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick · 1968
PreyMichael Crichton · 2002
Cybernetics, or control and communication in the animal and the machineNorbert Wiener, Doug Hill · 1948
EnvySandra Brown · 2001- 📕Embedded Systems and Robotics with Open Source ToolsNilanjan Dey, Amartya Mukherjee · 2016
Getting started with ArduinoMassimo Banzi · 2011
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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