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A public list of companies that are known to use the Robot Operating System (ROS and ROS 2) or any of its related tools for development, to create products or to offer services. Ordered alphabetically.
| Company | Description | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Acceleration Robotics | Hardware Acceleration solutions for robots using ROS 2. Robot-specific processing unit (ROBOTCORE®), FPGA and GPU hardware acceleration tools (e.g. ROBOTCORE® Framework) and ROS 2 API-compatible robot Intellectual Property (IP) cores (robot cores such as ROBOTCORE® Perception or ROBOTCORE® Transform). |
2021 |
| Accenture | One of the biggest consulting firms. Offering robotics and edge computing consulting services around ROS and seeking for that talent1 | 1989 |
| Accerion | Make infrastructure-free positioning technology for mobile robots and AGVs. Triton2, simplify high-performance AMR functions in logistics. ROS driver for Interfacing with Triton sensor (see accerion-ros-node). |
2015 |
| Accio Robotics | Design and manufacture of state-of-the-art Robotics Automation solutions. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2019 |
| ACEINNA | Create sensing solutions for the development of innovative Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and current sensing technologies for cars, robots and other autonomous applications. ROS driver for Aceinna OpenRTK products (see aceinna_openrtk_ros_driver)3. |
2017 |
| ADASTEC | Deliver SAE Level-4 Automated Driving Software Platform for commercial vehicles to enable OEMs to develop modern, automated, shared, and connected commercial vehicles. Hiring ROS engineers (Planning Software Engineer). | 2018 |
| Addverb | Deliver automation solutions to improve intralogistics operations. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2016 |
| Active8 Robots | Deliver automated solutions in robotics technologies and automation. They provide robotic automation for projects and common processes. Their products include robots, installation-ready automation cells, end-of-arm tooling, end-of-line automation, and so on. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the AR10 Robotic Hand. | 2013 |
| ADLATUS Robotics GmbH | Designs and manufactures autonomous mobile robots for use in industrial environments such as manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing. ROS 2 drivers to develop and control their autonomous mobile robots (see adlatusrobotics). |
2015 |
| Adinkra | Specializes in end-to-end robotics and AI product development with a focus on autonomous drones, high-fidelity simulation, and computer vision. The company uses ROS 2 Foxy extensively to develop such capabilities. Common ROS packages used include MAVROS to interface with autopilot systems. | 2020 |
| Advanced Navigation | Specializes in the development of navigation technologies and robotics. ROS driver for Advanced Navigation devices (see advanced_navigation_driver). |
2010 |
| Aeolus Robotics | Bring autonomous two-armed robots to service sectors. The company workS around artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, and human-robot Interaction. ROS package for working with Aeolus Robotics (see optitrack). |
2016 |
| Aerobotix | Robotic solutions for the aerospace and defense industries. Specialize in the creation of cutting-edge automated robotic solutions for high-value, high-precision components, aircraft, and vehicles. Aerobotix used ROS to handle all MIR motion4. | 2005 |
| AeroVironment | Leader in the markets for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Tactical Missile Systems, High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites and Commercial Information Systems. Offer flexible software control options including via ROS56 | 1971 |
| AEye | Create software-defined lidar solutions that enable advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, logistics and off-highway applications. Looking for engineers7 to create ROS drivers. | 2013 |
| AGCO | Global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of smart solutions for sustainable agriculture. Known to use ROS 2 forks to create agricultural robots8 | 1990 |
| AgileX Robotics | Develop a full line-up of robotics UGV covering all terrains and payloads, including general UGV, indoor AGV, tracked UGV. With preloaded ROS and Autoware packages, also provides autonomous robotics solutions, including parallel driving solutions, robot R&D kits, UGV manipulators, AMR, and autopilot kits. | 2016 |
| Agility Robotics | Build legged platforms for real world applications. Their robots can moving totes and packages and unloading trailers. A way to visualize the robot using ROS (see cassie_description). |
2015 |
| AgriRobot | The AgriRobot safety solution is leveraging technology from self-driving cars and last-mile delivery robots adapted to an agricultural environment with plants, weeds and obstacles like livestock, and machine operators. We use off-the-shelf self-driving vehicle components, combined with proven core technologies in perception and computer vision. Using ROS 2 (Galactic but expecting to move to Humble) including various driver packages for the different sensors and interfaces | 2021 |
| Agrograde | Automate the grading and sorting process of fruits and vegetables by using computer vision. Company worker works as a ROS developer. | 2018 |
| AICA | Artificial Intelligence for Collaboration and Automation; a modular and intuitive robot programming framework of smart components for AI-based motion generation and compliant control. Their technology stack supports ROS2 and ros2_control interfaces (see AICA docker images). |
2019 |
| Aidrivers | Accelerate autonomous mobility technology to meet industry needs for optimization, resilience, and safety for a sustainable future. Hiring ROS engineers (Autonomy Engineer (Drive Control)). | 2018 |
| Airbus | Global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. Using ROS for various purposes and across divisions. Also actively looking for ROS talent for manipulations purposes9. | 2011 |
| Airnamics | Developing AI-based robotics solutions for the manufacturing industry. The company develops both hardware and software to achieve fast-deployable and modular robotic cells. ROS is at the core of the low-level software that handles device communication and action scheduling (see koco). |
2011 |
| Airvolute | Drones and Aupilots with ROS based system for autonomous flight1011. | 2020 |
| Aivot | Build fast-learning and low-cost humanoid robots. ROS drivers for Aivot robots (see AivotRobotics). |
2017 |
| Alias Robotics | Robot cybersecurity products and services around ROS and ROS 2 systems12. The company is a relevant contributor to the ROS 2 Security WG1314 and is also behind the Robot Immune System (RIS)15, an endpoint protection platform for robots that offers ROS and ROS 2 additional security layers. | 2018 |
| Akara Robotics | Akara provides robots for disinfecting hospital rooms. The product Violet is an ultraviolet light robot, which is clinically proven to kill viruses, bacteria, and harmful germs. Akara Robotics is an AI-based robot with a mission of developing social assistance robots that can support staff and residents in retirement communities. | 2019 |
| Altineller Robotics | ROS native control and sensor cards. Produces ROSRider16 and open-source FXIMU17. | 2021 |
| Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | High-performance and adaptive computing leader, GPU, CPU and FPGA solutions. Kria SOMs feature ROS 2 support and provide hardware acceleration capabilities to roboticists. | 1969 |
| AMP Robotics | The use of automation and AI to modernize the recycling infrastructure worldwide. Recycling from mixed material streams is identified and sorted automatically by the high-speed robotics system AMP CortexTM. The AMP NeuronTM AI platform constantly improves itself by identifying materials and their recyclable nature. | 2015 |
| Amsted Rail | Design of fully integrated freight car systems for the heavy haul rail market. The company is currently members of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)18. |
1977 |
| Analog Devices | World leader in high-performance analog and digital electronics offering cutting-edge sensing, measurement, power management, communication, and signal processing technologies. They released and maintain ROS Drivers for some of their MEMS sensors (e.g. see ADIS16470). | 1965 |
| Angsa Robotics | Specializes in the development and production of industrial robots and automation equipment. The company's products are used in a variety of industries, including automotive, electronics and food. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | |
| Angulair | Deliver solutions for defence, agriculture, high rise tower, windmill inspection etc using MAV based solutions with their power tethered drones. Hiring ROS engineers (Embedded/ Firmware Engineer). | 2019 |
| Ant Robotics | Develop autonomous platform solutions in various sectors. Their first robot platform helps in the agricultural field where they use image recognition and deep learning algorithms to precisely identify and remove harmful weeds among crops. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS engineers). | 2021 |
| ANYbotics | Develop mobile robotics for industrial applications. The simulation software to extend ANYmal’s (four-legged robots) capabilities and interface through the ROS APIs and open-source ecosystem. | 2016 |
| Apex.AI | Specializes in developing operating systems for autonomous vehicles. Its software products are based on open-source software such as ROS or Eclipse iceoryx. | 2017 |
| Apollo | An open autonomous driving platform. The Apollo-platform solution under ROS directory.(see apollo-platform). Sponsor of the ROScon 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 19. |
2017 |
| Applanix Corporation | Develop advanced products and scalable solutions that maximize productivity through Mobile Mapping and Positioning. ROS driver for Applanix hardware (see applanix_driver)20. |
1991 |
| Apple | Design, manufacture, and market consumer electronics, personal computers, and software. Sponsor of the ROScon in 2018. Seeking for ROS engineers21. | 1976 |
| Apptronik | Builds and designs human-centered robotics systems. Draco is Apptronik’s first biped. The system can be a platform for any humanoid system, with easy integration between systems because of the open access to low level control software and libraries for RT Linux/ROS22 integration. | 2015 |
| Aptiv | Manufacturer of software-defined vehicles and solve mobility’s toughest challenges in autonomous driving. Uses ROS in their vehicles and manufacturing systems23. | 1994 |
| ARAV | Offer automated construction equipment. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 2020 |
| ARC Specialties | Design and build automated manufacturing systems and custom equipment for joining, cladding, and other applications. The company is currently members of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)24. |
1983 |
| ArcheRobotics | Arche Robotics is a robotics startup which builds modular robots for B2B. Our unique ‘Robot as a Service’ (RaaS) business model allows for customers to focus on services to improve their business metrics, rather than dealing with high entry barriers of robot ownership. we are using Gmapping and Cartographer pkgs to build our maps, and move_base for navigation pkg see a (Demo). and we are building a special sensor ecosystem plug&play for ROS based robots. see Robot products (PURA) (AT1) . |
2020 |
| Arendai | Seamless integration and interoperability of heterogeneous robotics solutions. Traffic Management and Navigation for optimal orchestration of mobile robots through a single solution using ROS 2. ROS2 Foxy & Galactic with Nav2 are used as an interface to control robots (simulations and own robots). Member of the Intel® Network Builders program. | 2019 |
| ARI | Offer business, vehicle and driver management solutions to various industries. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotic Software Engineer). | 1948 |
| Arm | Design the technology building blocks that semiconductor designers, equipment manufacturers, and others use to create silicon chips and specialized compute systems. | 1990 |
| ARM Institute | Accelerate the development and adoption of innovative robotics technologies. Make robotics, autonomy and artificial intelligence more accessible to U.S. manufacturers. An analysis of how the ARM projects have used ROS25. | 2017 |
| ARTI | The development and sale of innovative and modular AI-Software-Kits for autonomous mobile robots are ARTIs core competences. The AI Kits are compatible with ROS 1 and soon ROS 2. Additionally, ARTI offers extensive services and comprehensive knowledge and consultancy about the implementation and deployment of robots and related sensors. | 2019 |
| Artisense | Provide a globally leading 3D-vision technology, enabling vehicles, robots and UAVs navigate effectively in any space without GPS. Artisense provides ROS 1 and ROS 2 support, making it quick and simple for clients to work with our system 26. | 2016 |
| Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) | Provide power and automation technologies for smart grids, robotics, electric cars, renewable energy and motors. The company is currently members of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial). |
1988 |
| Ascent Robotics | Develop intelligent solutions in industrial robotics and autonomous vehicles. Deliver software to achieve true machine autonomy. ROS drivers (see ascentai). |
2016 |
| ASIMOV Robotics | Supply Robot and machine vision systems, control and simulation software, navigation systems, educational robots, industrial robots, and sensors and sensor modules. The software system of some robots is written entirely in ROS. | 2012 |
| Atlas Robotics | Fully autonomous L4 pallet trucks/stackers for indoor factories, making them as standalone products or autonomy kits. Develop entire software stack in house with ROS. | 2021 |
| AUBO Robotics | Manufacture lightweight collaborative robots. This repository is used to control real aubo's MRA(module robot arm) by the ros control (see mra_ros_control)27. |
2013 |
| Auro | Develop L4 autonomous driving technologies. ROS drivers (see Develop L4 autonomous driving technologies). |
2015 |
| Auterion | Provide the ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and third party applications within a platform based on open-source standards. | 2017 |
| Autobots INC | Develop a wide range of products: 6 axis cobot, desktop robots for education, grippers and robot simulation and control software. Their electric grippers supported by ROS. | 2017 |
| AutomationWare | Develops and produces mechatronic components for robotics solutions with the use of ROS and ROS 2. | 2002 |
| AutonomouStuff | Provider of autonomy-enabling technologies that specializes in perception sensors, GPS, and computing. ROS drivers for AutonomouStuff (see astuff). |
2010 |
| Autoware Foundation | Is the world’s leading open-source software project for autonomous driving. Autoware is built on Robot Operating System (ROS) and enables commercial deployment of autonomous driving in a broad range of vehicles and applications. | 2015 |
| avatarin | Focus on developing a next-generation mobility and human augmentation platform that allows people to instantly transport their consciousness, skills, and presence to remote locations using robotic avatar systems. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2020 |
| Avidbots | Supporting autonomous cleaning robots. NEO is the smartest autonomous cleaning robot produced by Avidbots. NEO is used in industrial areas, shopping centers, hospitals, and colleges, among other places. | 2014 |
| AVL | Develop and improves all kinds of powertrain systems and is acompetent partner to the engine and automotive industry. Simulation: In addition, develops and markets the simulation methods which are necessary for the development work. AVL Ajunic® controller platform for autonomous driving development, can be programmed with ROS. | 1948 |
| Avnet | Is a global technology solutions company. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 28. | 1921 |
| Avular | Accelerates the creation of mobile robot applications with their modular hardware and software building blocks (The Essentials) and their flying and driving robot platforms (The Pioneers). Hiring ROS engineers (Control engineer for Mobile Robotics). | 2014 |
| AWS RoboMaker | Cloud-based simulation service that enables robotics developers to run, scale, and automate simulation. | 2006 |
| Baidu | Baidu offers functional online search, Tieba community search, industry-based vertical search, mp3 search, portal channels, and instant messaging services. This package is python package for ROS speech, which use online baidu speech to do TTS and speech recognition (see baidu_speech)29. |
2000 |
| Barnstorm Agtech | Provide an open platform for precision and powered deployment of farm technology. Hiring ROS engineers (PUNE Robotic Agtech R&D Engineering). | 2020 |
| Barrett Technology | Pioneer in collaborative robots that assist humans in their work. Robots made by Barrett, like WAM® and BURT®, use Barrett mechanisms, Puck® motor controllers, and open-source software to control their movements. | 1990 |
| Bastian Solutions | Is an independent material handling and robotics system integrator providing automated solutions for distribution and manufacturing. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)30. |
1952 |
| Beagle Systems | Provide Drones-as-a-Service for powerline / pipeline inspections. ROS2 drivers for Beagle Systems (see BeagleSystems). |
2019 |
| Beagle Technology | AI + Software + Robotics + Agriculture. Transforming labor intensive farming with AI-powered mechanization and robots. Seeking for a Director of Robotics with 5+ years with ROS31. | 2021 |
| Bear Robotics | Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for the food service and hospitality. Their job positions require ROS and Gazebo knowledge3233. Leverage ROS in their products, including the ROS navigation stack. | 2017 |
| BeeX | Design and manufacture Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (HAUVs). Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2018 |
| Beijing RayooTech | IT service company providing IT and R&D services. Offering ROS consulting services and looking to hire for it34 | 2003 |
| Beyond Vision | Certified Drones Manufacturer for professional applications or complex operations. Develops custom AI algorithms to achieve fully autonomous operations. Creator of an user-friendly platform providing total remote control of drones using ROS (see our documentation). | 2013 |
| Beta Robots | Offer a comprehensive software solution for intralogistics applications using autonomous mobility robots (AMR/AGV). They are skilled in the conception of system architecture, synthetic perception, mechanics, kinematics, algorithm design, and software development. | 2016 |
| Bionic Robotics | Provide intelligent, automated and cost-effective manufacturing technology solutions. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the BioRob Arm. | 2010 |
| Birds Eye Robotics | Agtech startup focusing on animal welfare and labor reduction in commercial poultry farms. Using ROS 2 Galactic with Nav2 to run our AMR. | 2021 |
| Bitcraze AB | They develop and manufacture a small quadcopter called the Crazyflie35. They also develop and maintain a supporting infrastructure with various tools to enable the end users to modify the Crazyflie in any way they want. Bitcraze LPS ROS driver (see lps-ros). |
2012 |
| BlackBerry QNX | Supplier of commercial operating systems, hypervisors, development tools, support and services, all purpose-built for critical embedded systems. BlackBerry QNX helps to take advantage of a real-time operating system (RTOS) integrated with ROS236. ROS2 QNX Documentation. | 1980 |
| Black Coffee Robotics | They consult and provide development services to robotics companies, primarily working with ROS/ROS2 based software stacks. They also sell robot autonomy software products, some of them include multi-robot navigation system, simulation based testing tools and proprietary navigation software for AMRs. | 2019 |
| Blickfeld | LiDAR Solutions for a safe and efficient world. Using ROS to connect their sensors with the robotics world. Also looking for ROS talent37. | 2017 |
| BlueSpace.ai | Is an urban mobility company that develops autonomous vehicle technology. Bluespace’s patented Dynamic Predictive Perception software allows an autonomous system to “see” the velocity of all objects and in all directions, xsens ROS2 driver (see bluespace_ai_xsens_ros_mti_driver). |
2019 |
| Blue Ocean Robotics | Develop professional service robots primarily in healthcare, hospitality, construction and agriculture. The portfolio of robots includes brands like; UVD Robots38 a mobile robot for disinfection, PTR Robots39 a mobile robot for safe patient handling and rehabilitation and a handful of other service robots. (see ardusub). |
2013 |
| Blue River | Use of computer vision and robotics for agriculture. These robots are designed for the selection of which herbicides to use on each plant. | 2011 |
| Blue Robotics | Manufacturer of low-cost, high-performance components for marine robotics. Their BlueROV supports ROS40 | 2014 |
| BMW Group | Manufacter automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. Automated driving with ROS41 at BMW. | 1916 |
| Boeing | Is an aerospace company that manufactures commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and global services. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)42. |
1916 |
| Bosch | Global supplier of technology and services. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)43. |
1886 |
| Bossa Nova | Provide real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry. Sponsor of the ROScon 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 19. | 2005 |
| Boston Dynamics | Boston Dynamics uses ROS-derived tools in their development and leverages code from ROS drivers that ship in their resources to operate their robots. They don't use the ROS message passing infrastructure directly, but a similar event-driven programming interface. Boston Dynamics robots have community drivers created by third parties which allow these robots to be first class participants of the ROS ecosystem (see spot_ros). |
1992 |
| BotBuilt | Creates construction components with robotic precision using AI and computer vision. Uses ROS and various ROS-related tools to build their robots. | 2020 |
| BotsAndUs | Captures real-time insights of warehouse operations using fully autonomous robots44 and Artificial Intelligence. The autonomous mobile and modular robots measure, track, and find goods across warehouses without workflow disruption. ROS Navigation stack, code for finding where the robot is and how it can get somewhere else (see navigation). |
2015 |
| Botsync | Builds heavy duty autonomous mobile robots45 to help companies transit from manual operations to automation. ROS Drivers for communicating with Botsync AMR (see botsync). |
2017 |
| Bowery Farming | The company uses innovative technologies, including robotics, artificial intelligence, and data analytics, to grow a wide range of leafy greens and herbs in a highly efficient and sustainable way. ROS 3D Robot Visualizer (see BoweryFarming). |
2015 |
| Boxbot | Build automation systems for parcel delivery. Their product integrates robotics and autonomous technologies into a scalable end-to-end solution. ROS package containing drivers for NMEA devices (see nmea_navsat_driver). |
2016 |
| Brisa Robótica | Automate existing vehicles or develop new ones. Windrose46 is a solution to boost productivity in the supply chain. ROS Drivers (see brisa-robotics). |
2018 |
| Built Robotics | Transform excavators into fully autonomous trenching robots for the earthmoving industry. Sponsor of the ROScon 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 19. | 2016 |
| Candela | Long-range electric boats powered by ROS. Building their Autonomous Driving stack with ROS and looking for ROS talent47 | 2014 |
| Canonical | Computer software company that markets commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Through its open-source tools such as snaps for packaging your ROS project and Ubuntu Core to enhance security for mission-critical robots. | 2004 |
| Canvas | Develop robotic systems for the construction industry. The company's robotic systems are designed to automate and optimize many of the labor-intensive and repetitive tasks involved in construction, such as material handling and installation. ROS drivers for Canvas robots (see Canvas-Construction). |
2017 |
| Capgemini Engineering | IT Services and IT Consulting. R&D services. Using ROS in their robotics activities. Actively seeking for ROS expertise to drive the architecture of a fleet of drones[^] | 1982 |
| Capra Robotics | Develop a platform for outdoor mobile robots. Capra Hircus supports autonomous navigation, when driving autonomously the robot follows a given path. The software used by the robot is ROS 2. | 2017 |
| Cartken | Serve a ROS-based autonomous robot platform designed to transport goods over short distances and in local neighborhoods. Most engineering jobs with ROS requirements4849. | 2019 |
| Caterpillar | Manufacture construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)50. |
1925 |
| Cellula Robotics | Cellula specializes in the turnkey design and production of subsea robotic systems, including cruising and hovering autonomous underwater vehicles. Cellula uses ROS 1 and follows a paradigm of many small, simple, modular, configurable nodes. This allows the separation of software engineering and vehicle engineering / operation. Cellula uses the UUV Simulator and is an active member of the Maritime Robotics Working Group | 2001 |
| Cepton | Develop lidar-based solutions for automotive, industrial, and mapping markets. Cepton ROS package (see cepton_ros). |
2016 |
| Chef Robotics | Cooking robots powered by ROS. Looking to build robotic architectures with ROS51. | 2019 |
| CheungWon SFA | Develop and manufacture various agricultural autonomous robots52 for the indoor smart farm. Registered as a partner of Doosan Robotics53 and OnRobot54. ROS packages (see cwsfa)55. |
2019 |
| Clearpath Robotics | Manufacturer of robot development platforms, each with ROS-support. Focused on unmanned ground vehicles, unmanned surface vehicles (waterborne), and other industrial vehicles. | 2009 |
| Clobot | Is an autonomous robot service provider. They implement specialized robot services in consideration of the robot hardware and operating environment. ROS drivers (see CLOBOT-Co-Ltd). |
2017 |
| CM Labs Simulations | Software company that specializes in the development of simulation and training solutions for heavy equipment operators. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2001 |
| Coalescent Mobile Robotics | Develops and manufactures autonomous mobile robots to automate the transportation process in the retail industry, both in store and in warehouse. The company's tech stack is built on top of ROS2 with a heavy use of navigation2 and microROS. (see cmrobotics). |
2018 |
| COEX | Develop and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles. Multicopters56, developed by the company, are intended for the formation57, autonomous monitoring of territories and delivery of goods. ROS Drivers for communicating with COEX drones (see CopterExpress). |
2014 |
| Cognicept Systems | Provide Human-in-the-loop (HITL) error handling with our telerobotic networking technology and human remote operators. ROS packages for automatic docking (see autodock). |
2018 |
| Cognata | Provide driving validation platform for the autonomous vehicles industry. ROS integration enables thorough testing and evaluation of complex components such as perception and control stacks with Cognata scenarios, traffic and synthetic data. Hiring ROS engineers (Software Engineer - Path Core Planning) | 2016 |
| Cogniteam | Develop artificial intelligence technologies for robots, working with companies on mapping, navigation and autonomous decision-making. Nimbus58 is the product that bring a Cloud-based robotic artifical intelligence solution. ROS Drivers for Cogniteam prodcuts (see cogniteam). |
2010 |
| Cognizant | Provide digital, technology, consulting, and operations services to clients worldwide. Cognizant is one of the largest IT service providers. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1994 |
| Cohesive Robotics | Creating smarter industrial automation to modernize manufacturing’s most common fabrication and finishing processes. The company's first product is the Smart Finishing Workcell, a turnkey vision-based solution for sanding, grinding and more. The company's tech stack is ROS2 native and leverages ros2_control and various ROS-Industrial efforts. |
2021 |
| Collimator | Develop cloud-native engineering modeling and simulation software. Their simulation software allow to implement algorithms to service oriented architectures like ROS. | 2020 |
| Collins Aerospace | Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing. ROS demanded59 for their Systems Engineering. | 2018 |
| Comau | Design advanced industrial automation systems, machinery, and robots for manufacturing and automotive industries. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the e.Do (see Comau/eDO_moveit). |
1973 |
| Commonplace Robotics | Develop, manufacture and distribute capable and cost-efficient robots for education, research and industry. Intuitive control software and open source driver complete their offering. Sources for hardware interface nodes and RViz pluing to run CPR robots with the ROS environment (see cpr_robot). |
2011 |
| Concurrent Real-Time | Provider of high-performance, real-time Linux software, hardware and professional services. Using ROS with RedHawk Linux on the NVIDIA Jetson TX2 60. | 1966 |
| Consciente Technologies | Develop and build robots, chips, and processors for real-world efficiencies. They work in development of model-based controllers for mobility or manipulation tasks, model prototyping, simulation, and functional testing on hardware. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS Developer). | 2021 |
| Continental | Offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. It's known to be building autonomous mobility solutions on top of ROS 2 forks6162. | 1871 |
| Corvus Robotics | Solutions to oversee the movement of physical goods using autonomous drones for warehouses powered by ROS | 2017 |
| CrossWing | Create a customizable robotics platform. A planning and control system for CrossWing Nav263robots (see catnav2). |
2006 |
| Crover | Creator of the world's first 'granular drone' (i.e. a 'CROVER'), in the sense of a device able to swim through bulk solids and powders, a.k.a. granular materials. The CROVER Grain Storage Management system is a robotic and automation tool primarily aimed at grain storage operators, such as farmers, grain merchants and cooperatives, helping them save money and maintain the quality of their stock. Using ROS 1 and ROS 2 in its CROVER robot and system. | 2018 |
| Cyberbotics | Develop the Webots64 open-source robot simulator, including ROS65 and ROS 266 interfaces, robot simulations on the web at webots.cloud67 and robotbenchmark.net68. | 1998 |
| Cyberworks Robotics | An autonomous mobile robotics engineering company. Hiring ROS engineers (ROBOTICS RESEARCH ENGINEERS). | 2008 |
| Cyngn | Autonomous Vehicle solutions and enterprise autonomy suite for industrial use cases across logistics, material handling, and mining. Hiring and searching for ROS developers 69 | 2013 |
| Dairy Robotics | Design and manufacture an animal health monitoring devices and advanced robotic milking solution. Working system integrated with ROS complete. | 2021 |
| Dataspeed | Offer engineered hardware and software tools to researchers and developers working on mobility and robotics solutions. Dataspeed's ADAS Kit (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) provides research and development platform. ROS CAN driver for Dataspeed Drive-by-Wire Kit (see dataspeed_can_driver)70. |
2008 |
| Datavision | In Datavision, we focus on machine vision, AI, mobile robotics and enterprise systems for industry. In REX project, we work with mobile robots and ROS2 | 2004 |
| DeepEdge | The DeepEdge platform is an integrated deep learning development platform that enables developers and enterprises to build, train, optimize and deploy deep learning models and applications to a variety of edge hardware. DeepEdge is investing in the The Robot Operating System (ROS) | 2018 |
| DEKA | Medical Equipment Manufacturing. Building various robots, including robotic chairs. Seeking for ROS expertise in the robotics positions71 | 1982 |
| Delivers.AI | Design autonomous mobile robots to take food from the store to the buyers' homes. Hiring ROS engineers (Embedded Software Engineer). | 2020 |
| Delta Electronics | Manufacture custom power supply solutions for telecommunications, IT, industrial automation, and automotive applications. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)72. |
1994 |
| DENSO | Supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components for major automakers. ROS drivers (see DENSORobot). |
1947 |
| Detect Technologies | Company offer solutions to help energy companies optimize their operations, improve safety, and increase efficiency. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Simulation Developer). | 2016 |
| DF Automation & Robotics | Automation company that designs, manufactures, markets, and maintains Autonomous Mobile Robot73 (AMR) also known as Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for various kinds of industrial and commercial use. ROS drivers (see dfautomation). |
2012 |
| Diamond Age | Construction robotics company. Automating new home construction through robotics. Using ROS. Seeking for ROS robotics software engineers74. | 2018 |
| DiDi | Offer a wide range of app-based services across Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa, as well as in Central Asia and Russia, including ride hailing, taxi hailing, chauffeur, hitch and other forms of shared mobility as well as auto solutions, food delivery, intra-city freight and financial services. (see ros_)[^]. |
2012 |
| Diligent Robotics | Create collaborative robots that can learn from humans and have social intelligence, mobile manipulation, and human-guided learning capabilities. Moxi, a hospital robot assistant that assists clinical employees with administrative work, is the company's first product. The robot uses machine learning for object recognition and grasping, as well as navigation software based on ROS 75. | 2017 |
| DIMAAG-AI | Help businesses deploy self-healing AI solutions to transform the way they operate to improve efficiency, quality, and revenue. Hiring ROS engineers (Autonomous vehicle software engineering lead). | 2018 |
| DJI | Create and produce drone and camera technology for both professional and leisure use. Their aerial and camera stabilization devices completely alter how cameras are placed and moved. ROS packages for DJI onboard SDK (see Onboard-SDK-ROS)76. |
2006 |
| DOGU | DOGU has developed own autonomous robot solution and security specialized AI. We utilize fully automated robot and A.I. for reinventing security service. Outdoor Robot Application Case: Seoul Children's Grand Park and Indoor Robot. DOGU provides ROS 1 and ROS 2 support 77. | 2017 |
| Dorabot | Utilize cutting-edge robotics and AI, such as computer vision, motion planning, mobility, and deep learning, to create automated warehouse solutions. ROS drivers (see dorabot). |
2015 |
| Doosan | Build power plants and industrial facilities, machine tools and automation systems, engines, bridges and construction equipment. ROS Drivers for communicating with Doosan robots (see doosan-robotics). |
2012 |
| Draper | Defense and Space Manufacturing R&D company. Using ROS in their engineering efforts78 | 1932 |
| DreamVu | Develop omni-stereo camera hardware and software platform for unifying human and machine vision. This unoffical package creates a ros2 node which publishes the panoramic images and a point cloud from the DreamVU PAL camera (see ros2_pal_camera_node). |
2017 |
| DroneDeploy | Provider of cloud-control software solutions for drones which include automated flight safety checks, workflows, and real-time mapping and data processing. Support ROS robots that use MAVlink 79. | 2013 |
| Dyno Robotics | Develop custom robotics and AI solutions. Doing everything from natural language processing and outdoor navigation, to hardware construction and electronics. They have many ROS projects under their belts, and have even created a popular ROS2 Unity integration. | 2018 |
| E-COBOT | Specialize in cobotics and artificial intelligence solution. They design, manufacture and integrate on specification. | 2016 |
| EasyMile | Provide software powering autonomous vehicles and smart mobility solutions. The software for driverless solutions processes data fed by any platform’s sensor set, analyzes it, and teaches the vehicle how it is supposed to perform. ROS drivers fo EasyMile (see EasyMile). |
2014 |
| Easymov Robotics | Specialized in conception of software and electronics for robotics. Easymov develop solutions to make R&D industrial engineers, robotics researchers and robot builders work easier and help them accelerate their workflow. Sponsor of the ROScon 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 80. | 2015 |
| Easy Robotics | Manufacturer and provider of robotic solutions. Their ER200 robot is built out of MiR and UR robots, which are ROS-related. | 2015 |
| eBots | Electronic or computerized robots designed to perform specific tasks, often in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Hiring ROS engineers (Senior Robotics Engineer - Motion Planning). | 2017 |
| Ekumen | Specializes in providing software, mobile app development, embedded systems, and robotics solutions. ROS drivers (see ekumenlabs). |
2012 |
| Elephant Robotics | Design and production of robotics, development and applications of operating system and intelligent manufacturing services in industry, commerce, education, scientific research, home and etc. myCobot ROS2 package (see mycobot_ros2). |
2016 |
| Embark Trucks | Develop self-driving truck technology designed for freight and logistic services. ROS drivers (see embarktrucks). |
2016 |
| Emlid | Make RTK GNSS81 receiver Reach, that provides centimeter accuracy for surveying and navigation. Reach comes with an app as a controller. General scheme of ROS incorporated in Emlid Raspberry Pi OS. | 2014 |
| Enabled Robotics | Autonomous mobile collaborative manipulators built with ROS and based on third party products. Built out of the robots from Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots (both ROS-related). | 2016 |
| Energid | Solve robotics challenges by offering software, products, and service. Robotics software simulates and regulates kinematics and dynamics for many kinds of robotics applications, and its 3D machine vision software allows autonomy. ROS plugins and applications for use with a ROS enabled Energid Actin SDK (see ActinROS)82. |
2001 |
| Enova Robotics | Is a company specialized in mobile robot development and robotics R&D projects. Mini lab83 robot the education Robot. The Mini-Lab supports fully ROS packages and naming conventions(see Mini-Lab)84. |
2014 |
| eProsima | Provides insight to develop distributed systems recommending the right DDS middleware products and supporting in all the stages of the development. ROS drivers for eProsima middleware (see eProsima)85. |
2005 |
| Ericsson | Provide a range of products and services for the telecoms industry, including network equipment, software, and professional services. The company use robots in its research and development division or in its manufacturing processes.. The ROS Middleware (rmw) Interface(see ros2-rmw). |
1876 |
| Erthos | Solar power deployment platform. Behind “ErthBot” autonomous robot which cruises over and cleans the solar panels in our solar fields. Leverage ROS in the robot. Seeking for ROS expertise8687 | 2019 |
| eSOL | Is a company in the fields of embedded systems and Industrial IoT that seeks to create a safer and better connected society using its innovative computer technologies. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 1975 |
| Eternal Robotics | Provide robotics engineering, optimization, software, and product development services. Hiring ROS engineers (Embedded Firmware Engineer). | 2019 |
| Eve Autonomy | Building an autonomous transportation service using Autoware-based autonomous driving technology and using ROS 2 to do so. It was established by Yamaha Motor and TIER IV in 202088 | 2020 |
| Evitado Technologies | Develop temporarily installable collision avoidance systems using the industries latest sensor technologies. Hiring ROS engineers (Software Engineer). | 2019 |
| Eyeware | Is an tech provider of eye tracking solutions for webcams and 3D cameras. Eyeware ROS utilities for 3D eye tracking (see eyeware-ros). |
2016 |
| eYs3D Microelectronics, Co. | Is a silicon-centric and AI-enabling solutions provider specializing in computer vision and 3D sensor fusion processing for applications such as robotics and VR/AR systems. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 2016 |
| Expleo Group | A global engineering, technology and consulting service provider that partners with leading organisations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses. Hiring ROS talent 89. | 1966 |
| E-TERRY | Develop small-scale agricultural machinery. Hiring ROS engineers (Software Engineer). | 2022 |
| F&P Robotics | Develop humanoid robots for personal and professional use. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the P-Rob 2R. | 2014 |
| Fairmat | Bring a way to recycle carbon fiber composite. Use robotics to automate recycling processes. Looking for ROS talent90 | 2020 |
| FANUC | Provide automation products and services such as robotics and computer numerical control systems. ROS-Industrial Fanuc meta-package (see fanuc)91. |
1972 |
| FastLogic | Provide technology and software solutions. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2012 |
| FastSense | Develop autonomus navigation solutions for in-door drones and wheeled robots and applied AI algorithms for data processing. | 2017 |
| FarmWise | Provide technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency. Code for working with images in ROS (see image_common). |
2016 |
| Fieldwork Robotics | Develop selective, adaptive and modular harvesting robots operating in non-controllable agricultural environments. Uses machine learning for crop recognition and the ROS Moveit package for robot arm control. | 2016 |
| FireFly Automatix | Develop advanced robotics and automation solutions for industrial and commercial applications. They offer a wide range of services, including design and engineering, software development, system integration, and testing and validation. Their products and solutions are used in industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2010 |
| Fixposition | Offer precise and compact positioning sensors for autonomous guidance systems. ROS2 drivers for Fixposition (see fixposition). |
2017 |
| Fixstars Corporation | Provide solutions that harness the high computing performance of multi-core technology. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 28. | 2002 |
| Flanders Make | Work with companies and organizations in various industries, including automotive, aerospace, and medical devices, to help them incorporate innovative technologies and processes into their manufacturing operations. | 2014 |
| Flexiv | Building collaborative robotic arms with AI capabilities. So called adaptive robots. Uses ROS for development, offers ROS 2 drivers for their robot arm92 and commits to supporting ROS 2 full integration. | 2016 |
| FloMobility | Flo Mobility is a vision-based autonomy technology company based out of Bangalore using ROS. It makes autonomy hardware and software with a sensor suite that can be retrofitted with any vehicle and equipment to make them autonomous. | 2019 |
| Flux Auto | Develop a software framework that allows developers to build self-driving cars. Hiring ROS engineers (Control System Engineer). | 2017 |
| FlytBase | Provide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone software solutions. Their offerings include a drone operating system, cloud-based fleet management, and a drone app marketplace. FlytOS is built on ROS (Robot Operating System) and Linux, making it an ideal platform for robust and scalable drone applications. | 2017 |
| Formant | Provide the analytics platform, which presents application data in a single Web-based user interface. Formant’s cloud software enables organizations to monitor robot fleets in real time 93. ROS package contains examples for integrating with the Formant agent in a ROS context (see formant-ros). |
2017 |
| Forssea Robotics | Develop autonomous underwater robots (AUVs) for various applications, such as environmental monitoring, ocean exploration, and oil and gas inspection. ROS Drivers for Forssea Robotics (see forssea-robotics). |
2016 |
| Foxglove | Open source robotics visualization and debugging tool that combines a list of ROS tools (see foxglove). |
2021 |
| Franka Emika | Develop advanced robotic systems for industrial and commercial applications. They are known for their lightweight collaborative robots, or cobots, which are designed to work alongside humans in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Panda (see frankaemika/franka_ros). |
2016 |
| Fujitsu | Develop a wide range of products and services, including computer hardware, software, and services; telecommunications equipment and services; electronic devices; and air conditioning systems. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the HOAP-3. | 1935 |
| Gaia Platform | Create a platform for developing applications for Autonomous Machines. You can integrate multiple system components in a common setting, from machine learning functions to ROS-enabled actuator. And can run it all without the need for constant cloud connectivity. ROS drivers (see gaia-platform). |
2017 |
| Gaitech Robotics | Integrating, distributing, manufacturing and supporting robotics products based on ROS. Promotion and education of ROS in Asia. Working in a Robot Nervous System for robotics research , education and product development within ROS Framework. ROS packages (see gaitech-robotics)55. |
2004 |
| Gatik | Develop technology for autonomous light & medium duty trucks for B2B short-haul logistics. It specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, automotive, and logistics. ROS communications-related packages (see ros_comm). |
2017 |
| GE | Industrial machinery manufacturing company. Using ROS in their robotics engineering activities94. | 1892 |
| Gecko Robotics | Creates Gecko climbing robot which collects and makes useful physical data to protect critical infrastructure. Gecko's robotics team is known to use ROS 2 for localization, mapping, and autonomy capabilities. | 2013 |
| Gestalt Robotics | Software and solution provider working at the interface of industrial automation and artificial intelligence. Their cloud navigation is based on microservice architectures. With this, their software and applications are highly modular, scalable, and deployable as a distributed system on Cloud & Edge. ROS custom navigation stack (see navigation). |
2016 |
| Gideon | Autonomous mobile robots that automate manual material-handling jobs in manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and retail. Using ROS for general engineering and navigation aspects95. | 2017 |
| GITAI | Develop humanoid robots for use in space. The goal is to create robots that can perform tasks that are too dangerous, difficult, or time-consuming for human astronauts to perform in space. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2016 |
| Ghost Robotics | Autonomous 4-leg robots (quadrupedal or Q-UGVs) used for research and military applications powered by ROS 296. | 2015 |
| Glarus Technology | Specialize in web, mobile, embedded, IoT, robotics, drone and automotive solutions. Hiring ROS engineers (SENIOR ROBOTICS ENGINEER). | 2018 |
| Glidewell Laboratories | Manufacture dental implants and tooth replacement systems. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)97. |
1970 |
| Globotix | Facilities Management robotics solution focused on delivering customised solutions tailored to the needs of clients. Its unique modular system allows for multiple functionality to be integrated into the same base system whilst providing flexibility for the client to choose the best suite of tools suited to their requirements. Stack is largely built on top of ROS 1, and making use of many of the core packages such as move_base |
2016 |
| Gofore | Provide software development, design, and consulting services to clients. It focuses on cloud, data analytics, and user experience design services. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2001 |
| Greenroom Robotics | Australian robotics company developing advanced maritime autonomy for vessels and AUVs as well as ROS-based perception pipelines for detecting, classifying, tracking and geolocating objects from land, sea or sky. | 2017 |
| Greenzie | Develops software for autonomous robotic lawn mowers. Its retrofit hardware kit and cloud-based software for commercial lawn mowers add self-driving to the existing equipment. ROS drivers for Greenzie software (see Greenzie)98. |
2018 |
| GreyOrange | Produces software and mobile robotics to modernize order fulfillment and optimize warehouse operations in real time. Their software runs on ROS99, and their robots are in their fourth or fifth generation. | 2012 |
| Griffin | Develop a robot capable of gripping and manipulating objects in flight. ROS packages for the STOMP planner (see Griffin-Focus-Project/stomp_ros). |
2020 |
| GROOVE X | Develop household robot that inspires real affection. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 100. | 2015 |
| GurumNetworks | Is a DDS that supports the robot operating system (ROS2) and provides a GurumDDS Routing Service (RS) optimized for remote communication with the robot. rmw_gurumdds is a implementation of the ROS middleware 101 | 2014 |
| Halodi Robotics | Produce humanoid robots. Cracking the code and engineered a safe solution (named EVE). ROS drivers for Halodi Robotics (see Halodi). |
2015 |
| Han's Robot | Manufacturing automation machinery based on ROS. ROS package for Han's Robot (see hans-robot)102. |
2017 |
| Harting | Electronic manufacturing company that specializes in the fields of electrical, electronic and optical connection, transmission and networking, as well as in manufacturing, mechatronics and software creation. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)103. |
1945 |
| HAVELSAN | Provide defense electronics, information technology, and simulation systems. It is mainly focused on the development of military software and systems, including simulation and training systems, air defense systems, command and control systems, and various software products. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1082 |
| HEBI Robotics | Build intelligent and connected modular building blocks for creating robotic solutions. Offer ROS APIs104 as well ad documentation and examples105. | 2014 |
| Helgen Technologies | Develop advanced navigation and guidance systems for a variety of industries. They use the Nav2 Stack to create autonomous navigation solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and ground vehicles (see Helgen-Tech/navigation2). |
2021 |
| Hello Robot | Design robots that help people in their homes and workplaces, it features open-source software with both Python and ROS interfaces, extensible and customizable hardware. ROS2-related code for the Stretch RE1 mobile manipulator from Hello Robot Inc (see stretch_ros2)106. |
2017 |
| HERACLES Robotics | Develop a navigation and autonomous system adapted to existing equipment to carry out earthmoving operations without a machine operator. Hiring ROS engineers (engineers). | 2019 |
| HERE Technologies | Provide mapping and location-based services to businesses and individuals through its cloud-based platform. HERE Technologies' services include maps and location data, real-time traffic information, indoor and outdoor positioning, and location-based advertising. | 1985 |
| Hesai Technology | Design laser sensors for robots and self-driving cars. ROS drivers for Hesai Technology sensors (see HesaiTechnology). |
2014 |
| Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division | Global leader in software and hardware solutions. Their Positioning Intelligence division (Hexagon PI) acquired AutonomousStuff107 and leverages ROS in their automotive solutions. | 1992 |
| Hippo Harvest | A controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company that leverages plant science, machine learning and robotics to sustainably grow vegetables in greenhouse environments. Seeking for ROS roboticists to design, implement, deploy, and maintain software/systems for all things related to robotics/automation at their 150,000 square foot greenhouse in Pescadero, CA 108 | 2019 |
| Hiwonder | Produce educational robotics kits for children and hobbyists. Hiwonder JetHexa ROS Hexapod Robot Kit, powered by NVIDIA Jetson Nano and based on ROS. | 2015 |
| Honda Research Institute | Research in Artificial Intelligence and intelligent systems. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 100. | 2003 |
| Honeybee Robotics | Develop robotics systems for the space industry, includingactuators, drills, and sample collection systems for several Mars missions. ROS packages for interfacing with a NASA cFS system (see roscfs)109. |
1983 |
| Honeywell | Offer energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies. The company does have a presence in the robotics industry through its products and solutions for various applications. Drivers for Honeywell IMU (see hg_node). |
1906 |
| HOPE Technik | Deliver high performance engineering solutions. From creating a laparoscopic robot the size of a fingernail, to having autonomous robots run in global manufacturing plants. | 2006 |
| Hokuyo Automatic | Is a developer of optical data transmission devices, photo sensors, auto counters, and automatic doors. A ROS node to provide access to SCIP 2.0-compliant Hokuyo laser range finders (see hokuyo_node). A driver for Hokuyo 2D range sensors (LiDAR) that works with ROS2. |
1946 |
| Humatics | Create precise location and navigation data in places where these capabilities do not exist today to support multiple use cases in manufacturing, transportation, robotics, surgical, and more.. ROS drivers for the Piksi RTK GPS module (see ethz_piksi_ros). |
2015 |
| Husarion | A tech company which manufactures autonomous mobile robot platforms based on ROS & ROS 2 (see husarion)110. |
2013 |
| Husarnet | Peer-to-peer VPN network dedicated for robots, autonomous vehicles and industry 4.0 applications. It provides secure data link between connected devices such as: robots, servers, laptops, cell phones, microcontrollers and more. ROS 2 and DDS Implementation 111 | 2020 |
| Hyundai | Automotive manufacturer with various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns. ROS packages for Hyundai (see HYUNDAI-Robotics-Autonomous-Engineering). |
2000 |
| IAV | Develop computer app systems for the automotive industry. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)112. |
1983 |
| IBRobotics (Intelligent Behavior Robots) | Consulting company. It offers assitance in the the development of robotics systems with ROS 2; design of software architectures; implementation of perception, planning and control algorithms; navigation and manipulation; analysis of real time systems, integration of hardware; 3D simulation; development of behaviors and applications; legged and wheeled robots and manipulators. | 2020 |
| ICRA | Autonomous mobile robots for a better world. Currently developing Bogbot, an autonomous floor cleaning robot for large commercial spaces such as airports, train stations, retailers and supermarkets using ROS 1. | 2019 |
| Ignitarium | Silicon and embedded systems solution provider offering cutting-edge engineering solutions in IC design, system design, embedded software, multimedia, AI, mobility software and application development. The company has integration services experience in ROS, ROS 2 and Autoware. Rapid robot prototyping with ROS, Webinar recording. | 2012 |
| Imandra | Specializes in cloud-scale automated reasoning. Its platform is designed to deliver governance to algorithms113. Imandra ROS (see imandra-ros). |
2014 |
| incubed IT | Offer software solutions to operate autonomous, self-navigating114, and co-operative mobile shuttles. ROS2 Navigation Framework and System (see navigation2). |
2011 |
| Indoor Robotics | State-of-the-art automated security robot that combines the accuracy of sensors, visibility of cameras, the flexibility of drones, and mobility of humans. Infra based on ROScpp | 2018 |
| InDro Robotics | Market leader for ROS-guided Autonomous Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems and Mobile Robotics solutions. Integrates computational power and payloads onto drones and ground vehicles for ROS-enabled R&D and Commercial use. | 2014 |
| Infineon | Offer semiconductor solutions, microcontrollers, LED drivers, sensors and automotive and power management. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)115. |
1999 |
| Inertial Labs | Is supplies Inertial Navigation Systems, Orientation Systems, Motion Capture and Military Training Systems. ROS GNSS/INS driver for Inertial Labs positioning systems for the CARMA Platform (see inertiallabs_gnss_driver)116. |
2001 |
| Inertial Sense | Provide autonomy-as-a-service for robotics vehicles in outdoor applications. ROS node for InertialSense products (see inertial-sense-ros)[^]. |
2013 |
| iniVation | Provide neuromorphic visual systems that offer unprecedented advantages over conventional camera systems. ROS package for iniVation Dynamic Vision System's dv-sdk. (see dv_ros). |
2015 |
| Innok Robotics | Make robots that assist humans in their work. Their robots facilitate the work of their customers and take dangerous work. The Innok Robotics AMR platform offers robots117 for indoor and outdoor jobs. ROS driver for the Innok Heros robot plattform (see innok_heros_driver). |
2012 |
| Innoviz Technologies | Manufacture LiDAR sensors and perception software that enables the mass-production of autonomous vehicles. InnovizPRO control interface support ROS118 drivers. | 2016 |
| İnovasyon Mühendislik | Company conducts R&D projects on indoor and outdoor positioning systems, intelligent vehicles, robotics and machine learning. The evarobot is a mobile robot platform. The evarobot software system is written entirely in ROS (see evarobot). |
2010 |
| Intel | Silicon vendor. Create a robotics development environment for autonomous devices, which includes the ROS2 core as well as capability packages such as perception, planning, and control driver. Intel ROS Project to enable the object detection, 2D location, 3D location and tracking with GPU and Intel RealSense camera under ROS framework (see intel)119. |
1968 |
| Intrinsic | Robotics software and AI company at Alphabet (Google). Make industrial robotics accessible and usable for millions more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers through AI and ROS. | 2021 |
| IKNOWHOW SA | Provide software and services for the finance and insurance industries. ROS drivers for IKNOWHOW SA (see ikh-innovation). |
2004 |
| Intermodalics | Employs experts in the development of mathematical software and robotics. The business offers support for software for robot communication and control, artificial intelligence, and 2D and 3D machine vision. ROS drivers for Intermodalics (see Intermodalics). |
2010 |
| IR4 PTY LTD | Provide technology solutions and consulting services to a variety of industries, including healthcare, financial services, and government. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics / Mechatronics Engineer). | 2016 |
| Iron Ox | Use robots and artificial intelligence to control plantations. With ROS interface they control LEDS, vision cameras and Cartographer, is a system that provides real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations. ROS drivers for Iron Ox (see iron-ox)120. |
2015 |
| ISID | Is an IT service management company that provides private computer time-sharing service. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 28. | 1975 |
| IVEX | Develop safety co-pilot for autonomous cars. The company offers a cloud-based platform for developers to get information about their system. ROS drivers (see IVEX-AI). |
2018 |
| iXblue | Offer advanced navigation, photonics and maritime autonomy solutions. ROS driver for iXblue inertial sensors supporting StdBin protocol (see ixblue_ins_stdbin_driver). |
1998 |
| i-KINGTEC | Develop intelligent industrial drone and UAV systems. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS R&D Engineer). | 2017 |
| Jetbrain Robotics | Develop advanced robotic transportation solutions for multi speciality hospitals.. Hiring ROS engineers (Robot Software Developer ). | 2018 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Develop medical devices, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)121. |
1886 |
| John Deere | Manufacture agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)122. |
1837 |
| Jungheinrich PROFISHOP AG & Co. KG | Provide material handling and warehouse technology solutions. The company offers a wide range of products, including forklifts, pallet trucks, stackers, and reach trucks, as well as automated storage and retrieval systems. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2006 |
| Kamdhenu Robotics | Provide customized solutions for the development of ROS based robots. They offer Robots, accessories related to robots that supports ROS. | 2019 |
| Karelics | Offer a construction site robot that is completely autonomous for site monitoring and many other applications. Migrating Karelics Brain to ROS 2. | 2019 |
| KAWADA ROBOTICS CORPORATION | Develop humanoid robots that work with people. Nextage123 is an industrial robot that is highly versatile robot that works while recognizing the surrounding environment and the target of operation, and can flexibly respond to high-mix, variable-volume production. ROS-OpenRTM-based robot controller software for dual-armed robot Nextage (see rtmros_nextage). |
2013 |
| Kawasaki | The company produces a wide range of products, including motorcycles, trains, ships, aerospace equipment, and heavy machinery such as construction and mining equipment. In addition to these products, Kawasaki Heavy Industries is also involved in the production of power plants, robotics, and precision machinery. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Duaro (see Kawasaki-Robotics/khi_robot). |
1896 |
| KEBA Group | Work on new developments and industry solutions for industrial qutomation, banking and service automation and energy automation. KEBA integrates ROS124 and acquired ROS robotics companies125. | 1968 |
| Keybotic | ROS-based four-legged robots able to navigate complex environments for monitoring, inspection and mapping. | 2020 |
| Kinova Robotics | Design and manufacture robotics platforms and components that empowers people with disabilities to push beyond their current limitations. ROS packages for Jaco2126 and Mico robotic arms (see kinova-ros). |
2006 |
| KiQ Robotics | Develop autonomous robotic systems for the retail and e-commerce industries. Their technology is designed to automate various in-store operations, such as inventory management, order fulfillment, and customer service. ROS drivers for KiQ Robotics (see KiQ-Robotics). |
2019 |
| Kittyhawk | Construct a remotely piloted, electric single-person aircraft. With the intention of creating air taxis. ROS driver for Swift Navigation SBP devices (see swiftnav_ros). |
2010 |
| Kivnon | Develop automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see KivnonAgrobotics/navigation2). |
2007 |
| Kiwibot | Offer food delivery with robots for campus colleges. ROS Drivers for communicating with Kiwibot robots (see kiwicampus). |
2017 |
| Klepsydra Technologies | A professional software engineering and cloud computing tool for computationally intensive intelligent devices and embedded systems applications. It has a two-fold purpose: accelerate the development of complex embedded software, and optimise, or increase, the computational performance of the on-board software for complex tasks like sensor fusion or image processing. Klepsydra’s benchmark. On this occasion, ROS multithreading mechanisms and Klepsydra ROS plug-in were compared in an Odroid XU4 computer. | 2017 |
| Kopernikus Automotive | Develop automated valet parking technology127, which describes an autonomous driving solution. Pure Rust implementation of a ROS client library (see rosrust). |
2016 |
| KPIT | Global partner to the automotive and mobility ecosystem for making software-defined vehicles a reality. Hiring ROS talent128 | 1990 |
| Kudan | Provides artificial perception technologies based on SLAM, to use in autonomous driving, robotics, AR/VR and smart cities. Turtlebot running ROS with 2D LiDAR, and added Kudan SLAM as a ROS navigation module 129. | 2010 |
| KUKA | Is a manufacturer of robotic systems, offering a wide range of industrial robots and robot systems. ROS-Industrial KUKA support (see kuka). Actively seeking for ROS engineers130 |
1898 |
| Kyocera | Supply industrial and automotive components, semiconductor packages, electronic devices, smart energy systems, printers, copiers and mobile phones. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)131. |
1959 |
| Labrador Systems | Create practical robots that physically assist in everyday tasks using ROS132. | 2017 |
| Lanner | Hardware provider with design, engineering, and manufacturing services for advanced network appliances, ruggedized in-vehicle, industrial computers, power substation computers and edge AI appliances. Offers ROS 2 support through third party solutions in their embedded devices133. Also leverages ROS 2 hardware acceleration solutions. | 1978 |
| Lely | Create products for the agricultural sector. From milking robots, care products and automated feeding systems to barn cleaners. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)134. |
1948 |
| Lemvos | Offer data-collection solutions to the waterborne sector. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2022 |
| Leo Drive | Leo Drive is an experienced full-stack autonomous vehicle company that develops scalable and reliable autonomous hardware and software products. Leo Drive adopted ROS2-based Autoware project as the software framework for technology development. | 2015 |
| Leo Rover | Is an open-source project that provides developers the tools they need to accelerate the process of building. Leo Rover is an outdoor Robotics Development Kit. ROS packages for Leo Rover (see leo_common). |
2016 |
| LexxPluss | Design robots for logistics warehouses. Provide a robot that utilize autonomous driving mode and a guided driving. ROS driver for Locus Robotics robots (see LexxPluss). |
2020 |
| LG (SVL Simulator) | Simulation platform used for autonomous vehicle and robotic system development. ROS/ROS2 Multi-robot Simulator for Autonomous Vehicles (see simulator)135. |
2018 |
| LionsBot | Create cleaning robots as a service for commercial, industrial, and public spaces. Mohan Rajesh Elara, from Lionsbot presented the talk on 'The Rise of ROS Powered Maintenance Robots' during the ROS-Industrial Asia Pacific 136. | 2018 |
| Livox LiDAR | Provide high-reliability LiDAR products that are high performance, low cost and ready to be put around the world. Livox device driver under Ros2, support Lidar Mid-40, Mid-70, Tele-15, Horizon, Avia (see livox_ros2_driver). |
2016 |
| Locus Robotics | Build autonomous mobile robots that work with hardware and software infrastructure to convert source code into executable packages that can be deployed to the robots from the cloud. ROS driver for Locus Robotics robots (see locusrobotics). |
2014 |
| Lulav.Space | Develop Citros - a simulation & DevOps platform for robotics developers. The platform can wrap any blend of robotics development tools, such as ROS, Matlab, Simulink, Python, C++, C, or any other tool. Using the platform, developers can run system-level simulations from day one of the project, optimizing and accelerating development. | 2021 |
| Luminar Technologies | Is an autonomous vehicle and lidar technology company for passenger cars, commercial trucking and robo-taxi. ROS drivers for Luminar (see luminartech). |
2012 |
| LuxAI | Robotic solutions for education, health-care and entertainment. Their mission is to make robots that work improving the health and education of people. Repository contains the LuxAI QTrobot137 open-source softwares and the relevant ROS messages (see software). |
2016 |
| Luxonis | Develops human-Level perception in embedded systems with permissive open-source MIT-licensed hardware, software, and AI-training. ROS Drivers for DepthAI software DepthAI (see luxonis). |
2018 |
| Lynxmotion | Specialize in providing robot kits, parts, and accessories for robot enthusiasts, hobbyists, and professionals. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of robotics products, including robot arms, grippers, servo motors, sensors, controllers, and software. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Servo Erector Arm. | 1995 |
| Machani Robotics | Building humanoids with ROS, in particular seeks for ROS talent138 to build a robotics application using ROS to control the robotic arm. | 2020 |
| Magazino GmbH | Creates and constructs mobile, perception-controlled robots for intralogistics. Individual objects can be located using 2D and 3D cameras and identified on the shelf using Magazinos technology. This technology was created with warehouses in mind. ROS Drivers for communicating with Magazino robots (see magazino)139. |
2014 |
| Magna International | Mobility tech company and auto supplier that engages in body exteriors, structures, power, vision, and seating. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)140. |
1957 |
| MakarenaLabs SRL | The company offers software design, development, analysis with cutting-edge technologies, hardware acceleration with Xilinx FPGA tools, embedded system design. MuseBox is a real-time machine learning system designed for real-time AV Broadcasting applications. You can also connect the core system to your industrial system through a standard protocol like ROS. | 2016 |
| Mamezou Co | Offer computerization and optimization of IoT systems in the business and AI area. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 28. | 2000 |
| Mammotion Tech | Offers new-generation electric autonomous robotic lawn mowers for parks, gardens, agriculture and forestry. Inheriting AgileX Robotics’ robotics chassis-based hardware and algorithm technology. | 2022 |
| MAN TRUCK & BUS INDIA | Manufacture and sell a range of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses, and engines, for various applications in the Indian market. Hiring ROS engineers (Technical expert). | 1915 |
| Marel | Manufactures and provides equipment, systems, software and services to the poultry, meat and fish processing industries. They use ROS2 as a middle layer in various robotics solutions. | 1983 |
| Maria Medical Technology | Develop a laser and energy-based aesthetic and medical device solutions for healthcare field. Also enters the field of medical cobots by designing and developing the i LASER. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2020 |
| marinom GmbH | Provide maritime technology solutions. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2021 |
| Marvelmind Robotics | Is an autonomous robotics company. They design, manufacture and sell autonomous robots and robotic systems for logistics, factory automation and research. ROS drivers for Marvelmind Robotics (see MarvelmindRobotics). |
2005 |
| Matician | Build autonomous home machines. Using sensors and algorithms they design the devices with Level-5 autonomy and mobility. A ROS package tool to analyze the IMU performance (see MaticianInc/imu_utils). |
2017 |
| MathWorks | Develop mathematical computing software. ROS Toolbox provides an interface connecting MATLAB (used for mathematical calculations) and Simulink (modeling and simulating complex systems) with the ROS and ROS 2, enabling to create a network of ROS nodes. This project relies on ROS Toolbox functionality (see Message-De-Serializer-for-ROS)141. |
1984 |
| Maxon | Develop and build high precision electric drive systems. In addition, they also work in different industries: medical technology, industrial automation, mobility solutions, and aerospace. ROS package for MAXON motor and EPOS driver (see maxon_epos_ros). |
1961 |
| Mech-Mind Robotics | Is dedicated to giving intelligence to industrial robots. ROS interface for Mech-Eye cameras (see mecheye_ros_interface). |
2016 |
| MediaTek | Semiconductor company that designs and develops a range of integrated circuits (ICs) and other electronic components. ROS Driver for the MediaTek MT3339 GPS (see ROS Driver for the MediaTek MT3339 GPS). |
1997 |
| Meka Robotics | Develop advanced robotic systems for use in research, industry, and defense. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the M3. | 2007 |
| Merlin Systems | Design and develop of Process Control and Management Systems. The Merlin MiabotPRO is a small autonomous mobile robot, has an onboard firmware API with PID and full feature access via simple ASCII interface, making control of the robot from any programming language. ROS Merlin Miabot Pro Robot Driver (see ROSMiabotDriver). |
1984 |
| Microchip | Silicon vendor. Embedded control solutions. Well known for microcontrollers and FPGA solutions. PolarFire SoC family. | 1989 |
| Microsoft | Software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)142. |
1975 |
| Milrem Robotics | Multi-role defence and military robots. Some commercial solutions as well. Their development is based in ROS and ROS 2143 | 2013 |
| Milvus Robotics | Offer Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). SEIT144 robots move materials with no human intervention required. ROS Drivers for communicating with Milvus Robotics products (see milvusrobotics). |
2011 |
| MindHome | Transform home experience with robots designed to cook, clean and fold laundry. ROS drivers for MindHome robots (see MindHome-Inc). |
2018 |
| MITRE | US defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, homeland security, the judiciary and transportation firm. Hiring robotic engineers with ROS skills 145 | 1958 |
| Miso Robotics | Robots-as-a-Service and intelligent automation solutions for the food industry, specially restaurants and fast-food production. Examples include robotic frying stations, vision-enabled grill systems and automatic beverage dispensers. Using ROS both at the edge and in the cloud146. | 2016 |
| Mission Robotics | Building ROS 2-based observation and inspection ROVs and AUVs (focused on marine platforms) for enterprise and academic users147. They also offer consulting services around robotics and ROS 2/DDS 148. | 2020 |
| Mitsubishi Electric | Manufacture and sell electric and electronic equipment used in various systems and appliances. Mitsubishi supports ROS functions 149. | 1921 |
| Mobile Industrial Robots | Produce and develop mobile autonomous robots for industry and manufacturing companies. Robot communication systems are built on ROS. They employ the drivers for scanners and camera systems. ROS support for the MiR Robots. This is a community project to use the MiR Robots with ROS (see mir_robot). |
2013 |
| Momentum Robotics | Offer a range of products and services related to robotics, including consulting, design, development, and integration. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Developer). | 2019 |
| Motius | Provide consulting, software development, and research and development services. ROS drivers for Motius (see motius). |
2013 |
| Motiv Space Systems | Provider of advanced robotic systems for research, industrial applications, disaster relief, defense, and extreme environments. Installation and user instructions for all Motiv ROS Software. | 2014 |
| MoviĜo Robotics | Specialize in developing, delivering and implementing AGV industry 4.0 solutions. They offer ROS150 Development and complete data integration services with existing back-office and database systems. | 2018 |
| MOV.AI | A Robotics Engine platform based on ROS and packaged in intuitive web based interface. It contains everything needed to build, deploy and operate intelligent robots. The IDE that brings visualization and structure to ROS (see movai-flow)151. |
2016 |
| mu Space Corp | Focus on developing and launching satellite and space technologies and services for a variety of applications, including telecommunications, earth observation, and space exploration. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics software engineer). | 2017 |
| Multiway Robotics | An logistics solutions provider. ROS2 drivers for Multiway Robotics (see movebot). |
2019 |
| Naïo Technologies | Develop autonomous robot for agriculture in close collaboration with farmers. Ted, the first robot dedicated to vineyards. CanOpen-to-ROS bridge (see kacanopen). |
2011 |
| Nala Robotics | Design custom kitchen robots that work in a fully automated way. (Nala)[https://nalarobotics.com/nala-chef-one-point-one-product.html) is the first AI and ML-powered multi-cuisine Chef. Being AI-powered, Nala Chef, a customizable robot that uses machine learning to cook infinite recipes. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS Engineer). | 2017 |
| Nauticus Robotics | Developer of ocean robots, autonomy software and services delivered to the ocean industries. Using ROS and hiring ROS talent152. | 2014 |
| NavVis | SLAM-based mobile mapping solutions to generate high-quality data and digital twins. They use ROS and PCL in their engineering teams153 | 2013 |
| Nature Robots | Nature Robots promotes regenerative and ecological agriculture through AI and robotics by supporting perennial and diverse farming systems through innovative software and hardware solutions. Maintaining the software stack for navigation on meshes (see mesh_navigation and mesh_tools). |
2022 |
| NCS Group | Provide services and solutions in consulting, digital, technology and cybersecurity. Robotmanager is a product developed by NCS Robotics, provides a highly extensible approach that allows robot vendors and developers to easily integrate 3rd-party business apps and support more A.I. capabilities.Sponsor of the ROScon. | 1981 |
| Neo Cybernetica | Next-gen cybernetics start-up backed by a few top-tier investors. Our R&D blends robotics, machine learning, and high-fidelity simulation. We aim to push the boundaries of what intelligent systems are capable of achieving both autonomously and in collaboration with humans. Uses ROS 2 to communicate through its pipeline from AI Agent to simulated and real world robot bodies in conjunction with NVIDIA Isaac Sim. | 2021 |
| Nerian Vision | Manufacturer of 3D depth sensors for robotics, automation, surveillance and other industries. ROS driver for Nerian Vision sensors (see nerian-vision). |
2015 |
| NEURA Robotics | Develop robotics solutions for various applications. The company provides innovative robotics technology, such as autonomous robots and smart machines, for industries such as logistics, agriculture, and construction. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2019 |
| NEUROMEKA | Specializes in robot technology and creates a robot platform business for manufacturing companies. ROS drivers for NEUROMEKA robots (see neuromeka-robotics). |
2013 |
| Neobotix GmbH | Design, develop and manufacture mobile robot, robot arms and omnidirectional robots, with full ROS support can support industrial requirements. ROS and ROS-2 packages (see neobotix)154. |
2010 |
| Nexuni Co. Ltd. | Provide automation solutions in dessert and beverage shops and parking lot management. Our robotic systems incorporate a human-like cognitive learning process to continuously improve its decision-making model based on actual management data. ROS drivers for Nexuni robots (see nexuni). |
2019 |
| Niryo | Design industrial robotic solutions composed of robot arms, vision, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. The Ned2155, 6-axis collaborative robot designed for Education. Ned ros stack (see ned_ros). |
2016 |
| Nissan | Global car manufacturer. Looking for ROS talent156 in their Alliance Innovation Lab – Silicon Valley (AIL-SV) | 1933 |
| nLink mobile robotics | Developing mobile robotic systems. Helps to realize robotics visions, and robotize repetitive and dangerous job tasks. With his Cloud Robotics Software help robots fleet to stay synchronized and productive at all times 157. | 2012 |
| Nokia Bell Labs | Is the industrial research arm of Nokia, having invented many of the foundational technologies that underpin information and communications networks and all digital devices and systems. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 1925 |
| NOKOV Motion Capture | Company focused on optical 3D motion capture system in researching, developing, manufacturing and relative technical services. ROS nodes for working with the Nokov motion capture system (see mocap_nokov). |
2015 |
| Nobleo Technology | Develop advanced technologies and solutions for the automotive industry. They focus on creating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving, and connected vehicle technologies. They use ROS to develop and implement advanced features such as perception, navigation, and control in their robots. | 2011 |
| Noosware BV | Offer business and cloud intelligence solutions through open collaborative online environments. A few ROS-based tutorials using the NOOS Cloud Robotics platform (see NoosWare/noos_ros_tutorials). |
2018 |
| Novium | Robotics engineering firm serving the space and automation industries. Using ROS throughout their engineering services. Actively seeking for ROS talent158 | 2021 |
| NTT Disruption | NTT Disruption is an information technology company dedicated to technical support and enterprise software design. They are known to purchase the social robot Jibo's IP159 and to use ROS to program it for various demonstrators and healthcare applications | 2019 |
| Numurus | Behind NEPI, a turnkey, ROS-based Linux software distribution for Edge AI and robotic applications. | 2017 |
| Nuro | Custom electric autonomous vehicles for home deliveries. Looking for ROS talent in their vehicle infrastructure team160 | 2016 |
| NVIDIA | Silicon vendor. High-performance GPU-based computing including CPU and GPU solutions. Jetson family of products. | 1993 |
| NXP Semiconductors | Provide technology solutions targeting the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. Produce secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications. Installing ROS on NXP i.MX boards | 2006 |
| NXROBO | Build China's largest ROS community "Spark Plan", dedicated to the research and development of ROS commercial-grade product technology and empowering education. Its core business is to provide AI & The overall solution for robotic labs and practical courses. The ROS wrapper of Sparks's driver plus various ROS applications (see spark). |
2015 |
| NXTGEN Robotics | Robotics and Data Intelligence company. Offers different robotic control solutions like Robotic Autonomous Navigation, Robotic Vision and Perception Systems, Motion Control, Obstacle Avoidance and 3D Mapping. ROS drivers for NXTGEN Robotics (see NXTGEN-Robotics). |
2019 |
| Object Computing | Deliver software solutions that accelerate business outcomes. Sponsor of the ROScon 2020. ROSCon is a developers conference 161. | 1993 |
| Ocado | End-to-end eCommerce, fulfilment and logistics platform. Using ROS in their engineering efforts 162 | 2000 |
| Oceaneering | Design logistic solutions based on autonomous mobile robot technology. ROS drivers for the Piksi RTK GPS module (see ethz_piksi_ros). |
1964 |
| Octobotics Tech | Build marine and aero robotic platforms with modular manipulators for atonomous inspection. They combine the principles of control and balance with mechanical designs, cutting-edge hardware and electronics. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS Engineer (Robotics)). | 2020 |
| Odd.Bot | Produce autonomous, mobile weed removal robots. Hiring ROS engineers (Robot Network Engineer). | 2018 |
| OffWorld | Develop AI-powered rugged robots for heavy industrial jobs in the mining, infrastructure, and space sectors. Provides the ROS over CAN protocol proxy (see Offworld-Robotics/ROC2). |
2016 |
| Ola Electric | Indian electric mobility company that provides electric vehicles and charging solutions. Hiring ROS engineers (Embedded Developer). | 2017 |
| Olive Robotics | Reprogrammable plug and play ROS and ROS 2 native robot hardware components. Modular ROS 2 native actuators and sensors. Empowering everyone to build robots intuitively. | 2022 |
| OMRON Group | Manufacture and sale automation components, equipment and systems. ROS Packages for Omron Mobile Robot (see Omron_LD_ROS_Package). |
1933 |
| Open Robotics | Open software and hardware platforms for robotics. Maintainers of ROS, Gazebo and Open-RMF. | 2012 |
| Optonic | Reliable and innovative partner for our customers for industrial solutions in the field of 2D and 3D camera systems, image processing, as well as machine and robot control. They provide stereo 3D cameras, control systems and complete ROS-based turnkey vision systems that enable the automation of industrial processes163. | 2020 |
| Orangewood Labs | Develop robotic arms. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS Engineer). | 2016 |
| Orbital Composites | 3D printing robots for on-orbit manufacturing of advanced materials. Flexible and modular systems utilize ROS and ROS2 for the planning and control of collaborative multi-agent systems. Orbital is an official system partner of KUKA and is driving forward support for KUKA robots in ROS Industrial. | 2015 |
| Organifarms | Agriculture company that provides sustainable and efficient agriculture solutions. It uses technology such as vertical farming and hydroponics to grow crops in an indoor environment. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2020 |
| OttonomyIO | Develop autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries in both indoor and outdoor environments. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2020 |
| Ouster | Build digital lidar sensors and perception tools for robots. ROS is used as the middleware, providing inter-process communication between the software components as well as robot-specific libraries and visualizers. This repository contains Ouster SDK source code to connect ouster sensors, reading and visualizing data, and interfacing with ROS. (see ouster_example). |
2015 |
| Outrider | Autonomous yard operations with robotic systems. Seeking for ROS talent in their autonomy team164 | 2017 |
| Oversonic | Design and build cognitive computing systems, applying them, in particular, to the field of robotics. ROS driver for Oversonic (see OversonicRobotics). |
2020 |
| PAL Robotics | Design, craft and customize humanoid and mobile robots, and modular robotic parts that adjust to people’s needs, enabled with ROS framework. Software package and ROS wrappers (see pal-robotics)165. |
2004 |
| Panasonic | Manufacture and sell various electronic and electric products. Panasonic Industry fields electronic and industrial devices for industry, telecommunications, and automobiles. ROS-driver for a Panasonic robot (see panasonic)166. |
1918 |
| Parker Microstrain | Make tiny sensors and systems that are used in a wide range of applications. Use ROS internally and to enable customers. Provide ROS drivers for their sensors and devices167. | 1924 |
| Parrot | Leading European group in the drones industry. Various aerial solutions for commercial and professional applications which offer various ROS connectors and integrations (e.g. see slamdunk_ros)168. |
1994 |
| Peer Robotics | Collaborative mobile robotics company building material handling solutions for manufacturing industries. Robots designed to work with humans and built with ROS at its core. | 2019 |
| Pepperl+Fuchs Group | Manufacture electronic sensors, safety and explosion protection technology. Pepperl+Fuchs R2000 Driver (see pepperl_fuchs)169. |
1945 |
| Peppermint Robots | Design, make and deploy intelligent housekeeping robots for industries and commercial spaces. ROS packages (see Peppermint-Robots). |
2019 |
| PerceptIn | Provide the all-in-one perception, insight, and intelligence solutions for robots and autonomous driving. This package lets you use the Ironsides visual inertial computing module with ROS. (see IRONSIDES). |
2016 |
| Percipio Robotics | Develop micro-gripper and micro-assembly robotics solutions. It offers precision robotic micromanipulation, micromechanics, dimensional measurement, chronograph, interfaces, robotic control, and platform solutions. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2011 |
| Phoenix Contact | Provide electrical engineering and automation solutions. It offers a wide range of products including electrical components, automation systems, and software solutions for industrial and building automation. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1923 |
| Photoneo | Provide robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo develop highest-resolution and highest-accuracy 3D camera (Phoxi). ROS Package for PhoXi Scanner/Camera. (see phoxi_camera). |
2013 |
| Promwad | Design robotic devices for a wide variety of uses. Autonomous lawnmowers, instructional robots, drones, and quadcopters are just a few examples of the solutions we create for our customers. They cover the full development stack, including custom firmware, drivers, cloud solutions and other software based on Linux and ROS. | 2004 |
| PROPHESEE | Is the inventor of the most advanced neuromorphic vision systems 170. ROS driver for Prophesee event-based sensors (see prophesee_ros_wrapper)[^]. |
2014 |
| PI (Physik Instrumente) | Provide hardware and software interfaces for the application environment. Develop and produce robots with combinations of different axes. Hexapods provide motion in six degrees of freedom. ROS driver for PI-Hexapods (see PI_ROS_Driver). |
1970 |
| Piaggio Fast Forward | Build semi-autonomous self driving mobility platforms 171. ROS driver for the Roboclaw172 motor controllers (see roboclaw_ros). |
2015 |
| PickNik Robotics | Create, integrate, patch, or provide training for robotic applications. Particulary in ROS (see PickNikRobotics), using a open robotics software platform to help companies to reduce risks, development time and costsassociated with robotic applications. |
2015 |
| Pilz | Develop and sell products, systems and services for safe automation including sensors173, safety relays174, control175 systems and drives176. The pilz_robots packages provide ROS (see PilzDE) support for controlling the Pilz manipulator module PRBT (see pilz_robots) and include robot description and launch files. |
1948 |
| Pixelink | Pixelink is a trusted supplier to OEMs around the world offering cutting-edge camera customization and solutions for robotics, medical and life science instruments, research and industrial equipment. Our official ROS 2 package can be used to incorperate our cameras into your ROS2 application (see pixelink_ros2). |
1992 |
| PIX Moving | Offers one-stop solution with self-driving software and hardware stack, from drive-by-wire chassis, batch customization manufacturing of vehicles to self-driving software integration. ROS Drivers for PIX Moving robots177 (see pixmoving-moveit). |
2017 |
| Pixel Robotics | Pixel Robotics builds intelligent, perception-controlled robots tailored for logistics. With its unique AI vision infrastructure a digital twin of the operating area is created. Using this real-time twin, Pixel Robotics’s robots work together with their human colleagues - autonomous, safe and with an unmatched level of flexibility. Pixel Robotics was one of the first companies to use ROS2 in a production environment, and is proud to actively contribute to the stack (see tricycle_controller) | 2020 |
| Plus | Level 4 Autonomous Trucking Technology. Powered by ROS. Actively seeking for ROS experts178. | 2016 |
| Plus One Robotics | Builds robot perception software and solutions. They give robots the eye-hand coordination to pick and place objects in the warehouses and distribution centers using 3D and AI-powered perception. ROS communications-related packages, core client libraries (roscpp, rospy, roslisp) and graph introspection tools (rostopic, rosnode, rosservice, rosparam) (see ros_comm)179. |
2016 |
| Point One Navigation | Provide pecise location as a service, is tailored for autonomous systems including self driving vehicles, commercial drones and other robotic applications where localization is required. ROS drivers for GNSS receiver (see septentrio_gnss_driver). |
2016 |
| PPM Robotics AS | Develop solutions within the field of advanced, highly-flexible industrial robot systems. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)180. |
2000 |
| Process Champ | Develop AI software solutions for positional alignment, machinery guidance, autonomous inspection and quality reporting, predictive failure analysis, and digital twin process optimization. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)181. |
2016 |
| PushCorp | Manufacture robotic material removal end-of-arm tooling. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)182. |
1993 |
| qbrobotics | Produce actuators, devices and systems for soft robotics as robotic hands, handles, delta robots and VSA. ROS package for SoftHand device (see ROS-SoftHand)183. |
2011 |
| QuadSat | Supply airborne antenna testing solutions. QuadSAT system combines advanced drone technology with a custom RF pointing payload. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)184. |
2014 |
| Qualcomm | Silicon vendor. Their robotics platform offer compact connectivity-oriented (Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, 5G) high-performance (CPU, GPU, DSP) solutions. Seeking ROS expertise for ADAS software engineering185. | 1985 |
| Quanergy | Develop solid state sensors used to offer smart sensing services for self-driving cars. ROS driver wrapping the QuanergyClient library to produce ROS cloud messages from Quanergy sensors. (see quanergy_client_ros)[^]. |
2012 |
| Quasi Robotics | Offer a range of products and services, including industrial robots, collaborative robots, mobile robots, and custom robotic solutions. ROS2 drivers for Quasi Robotics (see quasi-robotics). |
2017 |
| Rainbow Robotics | Is engaged in the development and production of robots. ROS Wrapper for the RB5 Robotic Arm. Contains the program to interface with the robot as well as the ROS nodes to control with ROS (see rb5-ros-wrapper). |
2011 |
| RangeAero | Provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related services for a variety of applications. Offer a range of products and services, including UAS design, development, and manufacturing, as well as UAS operations and support. Hiring ROS engineers (Control System Engineer). | 2020 |
| Rapyuta Robotics | Builds cloud 186 robotics solutions. Rapyuta Robotics’ platform makes it easier for businesses to deploy robotics solutions. By integrating robot hardware, software, sensor data, and applications in the cloud. ROS Drivers for cloud and different robotics solutions187 (see rapyuta-robotics). |
2014 |
| Realtime Robotics | Invent a specialized processor for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds, enabling robots to function in unstructured, collaborative work-spaces, reacting to other motions as soon as they are perceived. ROS drivers (see RealtimeRobotics). |
2016 |
| Redwire Space | Provide space hardware and technology solutions. The company designs and manufactures advanced components and systems for the commercial, civil, and military space industries, including payloads, structures, and advanced robotics. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2020 |
| Relativity Space | Provide fully automated rocket production and launch services. The company uses advanced robotic technology to manufacture rockets. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2016 |
| Relay Robotics | Supplier of autonomous service robots that work with humans. ROS communications-related packages, including core client libraries and graph introspection tools (see ros_comm). Their job offers also hint the use of ROS188. |
2013 |
| REMY Robotics | Develop autonomous robotic kitchens to enhance sustainability for people, the planet and food service operators. Use ROS to control robot arms. | 2018 |
| Renesas Electronics | Provide semiconductor solutions, including microcontrollers, SoC solutions, and analog and power devices. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 28. | 2002 |
| Renu Robotics | Automating operations and maintenance for the solar industry. Develop and produce robots powered by ROS that mow, spray, clean, and inspect solar panels for utility-scale solar189. | 2018 |
| Rethink Robotics GmbH | Working on ROS-based collaborative robotic arms to reduce the load on humans when it comes to dangerous, dirty, and dull tasks. Sawyer 190, together with its user-friendly UI Intera, was one of the first ROS-based industrial robotic arms in the market. With the Intera SDK, a ROS-based platform for development of custom applications is provided. (see RethinkRobotics). |
2018 |
| RevoAI | Tools, software components and services to validate and guarantee the overall safety performance of autonomous systems and robots. They use ROS on customer projects. | 2021 |
| RIF Robotics | Develop robots for hospital logistics. ROS2 drivers for RIF Robotics (see RIF-Robotics). |
2020 |
| RIOS Intelligent Machines | Create automated robotic workcells powered by AI for factories. Robotics and AI can be used to transform labor-intensive workplaces into smart factories. | 2018 |
| Rivelin Robotics | Creators of autonomous metal finishing robots called NetShape®. Unlike manual labour & casting automation, Rivelin NetShape® is repeatable AND flexible. ROS-I and Noetic drivers (see RivelinRobotics). |
2018 |
| Robertshaw | They offer expertise in integrating electronics with our electro-mechanical and mechanical components to create more original product designs.production more efficient and cost-competitive. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1899 |
| RoboDeck | Outdoor manteinance robots powered by ROS and developed/controlled by ROS-ecosystem tools and extensions 191. | 2022 |
| Roboception GmbH | Develop software and hardware products for real-time perception and localisation of robotic systems192. ROS interface for the Roboception rc_visard 3D sensor (see rc_visard_ros). |
2015 |
| Robolaunch | Build ROS/ROS2 based GPU offloaded robots and geographically distributed fleets. Cloudy is a fully open-source and autonomous robotics learning platform based on ROS framework. | 2020 |
| RoboSense | Is an environment perception solutions provider of autonomous driving LiDAR. RoboSense LiDAR SDK for ROS & ROS2 (see rslidar_sdk). |
2014 |
| Robotec.AI | Develops high-tech solutions for automated and connected vehicles. Support in applying ROS and ROS2 middleware to develop robotic applications. Make LIDARs-based modules for localization, perception and motion planning. A ROS/ROS2 Multi-robot Simulator for Autonomous Vehicles (see simulator), more ROS Drivers (see RobotecAI). |
2019 |
| RoboTech Vision | Develop advanced vision systems for robots. The company's primary focus is on developing and integrating cutting-edge computer vision technology into robots. ROS2 drivers for RoboTech Vision (see robotechvision). |
2013 |
| Robotic Solutions, Inc. | A robotic systems integrator that specializes in Milling applications. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2004 |
| Robotican | Develop cutting-edge robotics technology systems. Offer modular robotics systems for research applications, solutions building robotics and mechatronics systems. ROS Drivers for communicating with Robotican products (see robotican). |
2011 |
| Robotiq | Manufacture flexible, plug & play robotic grippers and sensors. Robotiq ROS packages (see robotiq). |
2008 |
| ROBOTIS | Developer of smart servos, industrial actuators, manipulators, open-source humanoid platforms, and educational robotic kits, like the Turtlebot3 (see turtlebot3). The ROS packages for the different robots (see ROBOTIS-GIT). |
1999 |
| Rope Robotics | Develop robotic solutions for inspection, maintenance, and repair of offshore energy installations such as wind turbines, oil rigs, and subsea pipelines. ROS drivers for Rope Robotics (see Rope-Robotics). |
2016 |
| ROSEN | Public safety cutting-edge solutions in all areas of the integrity process chain. Using ROS and ROS 2 for developing robotic systems. Looking for ROS talent 193 | 1981 |
| Rover Robotics | Make robotics hardware ready for research and development, compatible with ROS194 and cutting edge computers from NVIDIA and ADLINK. ROS Drivers for communicating with Rover Robotics products(see RoverRobotics)[^]. |
2018 |
| RT Corporation | Is a robotics research company which has developed products such as robot humanoid, robot arm and a basic robot kit for learning and education. The company also indulges in developing custom service robots, PCB developing machines and AI for robots. ROS drivers for RT products195 (see rt-net). |
2005 |
| RTI (Real-Time Innovations) | Provides the real-time communications platform for the IoT. RTI Connext DDS 196 allows devices to intelligently share information and work together as one integrated system. Docker images for ROS 2 development with RTI Connext DDS (see rticonnextdds-ros2-docker). |
1991 |
| Rucha Yantra LLP | Manufacture mobile robotic systems for industrial and commercial applications. They provide automated material handling equipment in series called RAGHAV, SAEVK and VAMEN, each having different specifications & capacity as per industrial requirements. We also provide automated sansitization robots an autonomous delivery robots for healthcare. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2019 |
| RUVU | Helps robot OEMs and integrators develop useful robot applications by providing software and integration services. Offers software for localization, navigation, and environment perception. ROS Navigation stack (see navigation). |
2017 |
| Ryberg | Autonomous disinfection robots built with ROS 197. Combines the latest in computer vision, robotics and medical science. OMNIA robot | 2020 |
| Sabi Agri | Design, manufacture and market the first electrical agricultural equipment dedicated to agro-ecology powered by ROS198 | 2017 |
| SafeAI | Retrofit existing construction and mining vehicles with autonomous driving technology to enable safer, more productive and connected worksites. Hiring ROS engineers (Software Engineer). | 2018 |
| SAGA ROBOTICS | Develop autonomous robots capable of performing a wide variety of agricultural operations. Thorvald platform is a multi-functional robot,iIt can be used for autonomous tasks around the farm or vineyard. ROS drivers for SAGA ROBOTICS(see SAGARobotics). |
2016 |
| SARCOS | Industrial robotic systems that augment human performance (mostly exoeskeletons). Looking for ROS and ROS 2 talent to develop their robotic solutions199 | 1983 |
| Sastra Robotics | Build Robotic solutions for human-like automated functional testing of real physical devices. Since 2013, our products are being used by OEM’s/TIER-1’s and Service Providers to expedite test cycles and reduce the time-to-market for their products. ROS packages of SR-SCARA-HX Manipulator (see sr_scara_hx_ros). |
2013 |
| SBG Systems | Provide inertial sensors200 that use ROS package. ROS 2 driver for SBG Systems IMU/AHRS/INS units such as ELLIPSE or QUANTA (see sbg_ros2_driver)201. |
2007 |
| Schaeffler | Automotive and industrial supplier. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)202. |
1975 |
| Schindler Group | Involved in the integration of robotics and automation into its products and services, particularly in elevators and escalators. The company has developed technology that allows elevators to operate more efficiently and with greater intelligence. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1874 |
| SCHUNK | Develop clamping technology203 and gripping systems204. ROS Buildfarm for SCHUNK modular robots (see schunk_modular_robotics). |
1945 |
| Scythe Robotics | Developer of an autonomous, fully electric commercial lawnmower helping to overcome the industry's labor crisis while simultaneously becoming the greenest option possible. Smell Gas Not Grass. Scythe develops its autonomy in-house and leverages ROS for tooling and IPC. They use and financially support the rosrust project. | 2018 |
| SDLE | Provides expertise in logistics, maintenance and R+D in military, defence, aeronautic and robotic fields. Using ROS2 for aerial and terrestrial robotics. SDLE-RAS | 2009 |
| Seasony | Fully autonomous vertical farming robots built with ROS | 2018 |
| SEC Co. | Provide real-time software and solutions in the social and public fields and cutting-edge fields. Sponsor of the ROScon 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 19. | 1970 |
| Seed Robotics | Develop humanoid robots and assorted technologies such as robotic hands and machine learning. ROS Package for Seed Robotics' FTS and SINGLEX tactile sensors (see ros_fts). |
2015 |
| Segway Robotics | Develope first Robotic Mobile Platform (RMP) product line. Company has been continuously developing, and marketing robotic products. Its wide product lineup including the self-balancing robot Loomo, restaurant service robot, indoor delivery robot, outdoor delivery robot. ROS package for interfacing with Segway's RMP{50,100,200,400} series robotic platforms (see segway_rmp). |
2001 |
| Seoul Robotics | Build deep learning based Lidar205 perception module for self-driving cars and robots. ROS drivers for Seoul Robotics(see seoulrobotics)[^]. |
2017 |
| Septentrio | Design and manufacture high-precision OEM GNSS receivers and surveying/GIS equipment. Used by prominent dredging, UAV and agricultural companies. ROS 1 & 2 driver for Septentrio GNSS & INS receivers (see septentrio_gnss_driver). |
2000 |
| SEQSENSE | Autonomous mobile robot and solution provider in Japan. Applying an original laser sensor technology, manufacturing and business development of new service robots. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2021. ROSCon is a developers conference 206. Using ROS 1 internally in their systems. Thinking of moving to ROS 2. | 2016 |
| SESTO Robotics | Develop autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial automation and logistics. Hiring ROS engineers (Automation & Controls Engineer). | 2017 |
| Sevensense Robotics | Accelerate robotics industry by enabling robots to safely and autonomously navigate. Alphasense Position207 is a multi-camera, industrial grade, Visual-SLAM-in-a-box solution for mobile robots. Source code of the ACP-ROS bridge for Alphasense Position (see alphasense_acp_bridge). |
2018 |
| Shadow Robot | Desing and manufacture anthropomorphic robot hands208. Shadow Robot’s humanoid hands are ROS programmable off the shelf. Drivers and controllers for Shadow Robot's EtherCAT Hand (see shadow-robot). |
1987 |
| Shenzhen EAI Technology | Supply LiDAR sensors as well as intelligent robot mobile solution provider. Together with optimized robot mobile solution for autonomous mapping, real-time positioning, planning navigation, and automatic obstacle avoidance, EAI products has been widely used on service robots, robot vacuums, AGV, warehouse robots for commercial application, research and education. Ydlidar driver package under ros (see ydlidar_ros_driver). |
2015 |
| Shield AI | Produce AI and autonomy stack for aircraft. ROS2 drivers for Shield AI (see shield-ai). |
2015 |
| SICK Sensor Intelligence | Provides sensor intelligence and application solutions that create the basis for controlling processes securely. Use ROS2 Driver to read the raw data from the SICK Scanners. Sick_scan is an open-source project to support the laser scanner of the company SICK using the ROS-framework (see sick_scan)209. |
1946 |
| Shunya Ekai Technologies | Build new age IoT devices and autonomous mobility bots to automate operations, solve challenges across various industries and improve human efficiency and lifestyle. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer/Trainee - Visual SLAM/ROS). | 2020 |
| Siemens | Is an engineering and electronics company that specializes in the fields of industry, energy, transportation, and healthcare. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)210. |
1847 |
| Simbe Robotics | Builds automation solutions for the retail industry. Simbe’s first product, Tally, is the world’s first fully autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution. ROS Wrapper for Intel® RealSense™ Devices (see realsense-ros). |
2014 |
| Simelabs | Offer a software solution in business mobility, omnichannel, IoT, cloud, and blockchain technology. Also, offer solutions for robots. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2014 |
| Skarv Technologies | Developadvanced underwater robotic systems. The company leverages the latest advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence, and underwater technology to develop innovative solutions for various applications in the marine and offshore industries. Gazebo/ROS packages for underwater robotics simulation (see skarvtech/uuv_simulator). |
2019 |
| Skyline Robotics | Provide building maintenance services using drones and robotic systems. They develop and operate a range of drones and robots that can perform tasks such as window cleaning, inspection, and maintenance on tall buildings, bridges and structures. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2017 |
| SLAMcore | Provide location, mapping and perception software for robots and other autonomous machines to become spatially intelligent. ROS dockers for SLAMcore (see slamcore). |
2016 |
| SNCF | Is a travel and logistic service provider company. SNCF runs and manages SNCF voyage. Sponsor of the ROScon 2019. ROSCon is a developers conference 80. | 1938 |
| Small Robot Company | An agricultural start-up developing autonomous scanning and weeding robotics. Full field scans at a per-plant level are then visualised on a web interface which dictates job-planning and data analysis. Utilising ROS1 for communication, localization and state-control. | 2017 |
| Smark | Robotic micro warehouses built with ROS and as automated shopping and pick-up-stations for food retailers online. Hiring ROS developers actively211. | 2016 |
| Smart Robotics | Developer of cutting-edge robot solutions in the logistics space. Building pick and place robots using deep learning for vision and self-developed motion planning for robust and fast robotic solutions. Using ROS as the backbone for communication within the application. Always looking for awesome robotic engineers. | 2015 |
| SoftBank Robotics | Create robots and explores and commercializes the robotic solutions. Pepper212 is social humanoid robot able to recognize faces and basic human emotions. Robot uses NaoQI framework, we can use naoqi_driver ROS driver that is common for Nao213, Pepper, and Romeo. | 2005 |
| solectrix GmbH | Provide electronics and software solutions for a variety of applications. Offers a range of products and services, including electronics design, software development, and system integration. The company's products and services are used in a variety of industries, including automation, aerospace, and medical technology. The use of proFRAME in different SW platforms or working environments (ROS). | 2005 |
| Soltrex | Design and manufacture of solar-tracking systems for large-scale solar power projects. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2021 |
| Sony | Develop and manufacture audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Known to use ROS and ROS 2 in their latest robotics products (Aibo214 and Airpeak S1215). Sponsor of the ROScon across multiple years. | 1946 |
| SOSLAB | Manufacture LiDAR sensor products. ML(Mobility LiDAR) is a solid-state scanning type with no mechanical moving components. GL essential 2D LiDAR for industrial robots and factory automation. ROS drivers for GL (see ros_)[^]. |
2016 |
| Southwest Research Institute | Develop automation and robotics solutions. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has used the ROS to develop complex intelligent systems. SwRI has leveraged ROS applications in the areas of: Industrial Robotics & Automation216, Robotics Research & Development217, ROS-Industrial218 and Automated Driving Systems & UGVs219. (see swri-robotics)220. ROS drivers |
1947 |
| SpaceTime Labs | Artificial intelligence firm that develops and operates automated platforms. Hiring ROS engineers (Senior Robotics Engineer). | 2014 |
| Sphero | Platform for robotic education that combines robots and digital technology. You may develop your programming skills, computational thinking, and problem-solving abilities with the Sphero four coding robots. Sphero packages for ROS Kinetic (see Sphero-ROS). |
2010 |
| spinbotics | Develop actuators for automation, manipulation, and manufacturing. ROS drivers for spinbotics (see Spinbotics-s-r-o). |
2020 |
| Spirit Aerosystems | Manufacture component parts and assemblies for commercial aircraft. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)221. |
2005 |
| STÄUBLI | Company that designs, manufactures, and sells robotic solutions for industrial automation. The company's main focus is on developing robots for a range of applications such as material handling, assembly, packaging, and cleanroom environments. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the rx160 (see ros-industrial/staubli). |
1892 |
| Stellantis | World leading automakers and mobility provider. Seeking for ROS talent in their Cockpit AI team222. Acquired aiMotive which uses ROS 2. | 2021 |
| Starship Technologies | Is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods. C++ ROS bag reader (see bag_rdr). |
2014 |
| Steatite Limited | Design and manufacture of rugged electronics and embedded systems. Steatite robotics controllers are optimised for use with ROS2 to simplify product development and reduce time to market. | 1938 |
| STMicroelectronics | Semiconductor seller. Micro-ROS module for STM32CubeMX. | 1987 |
| Stereolabs | Is the leading provider of 3D depth and motion sensing solutions based on stereo vision and artificial intelligence. From robots to drones and cars, Stereolabs empowers machines with the ability to see and understand the world in 3D. Stereo cameras for robotics: ZED-X - ZED2i. ROS223 and ROS2224 drivers, with examples and tutorials225226. | 2010 |
| Stogl Robotics | Is the consulting and engineering services company specialized on Robot Control, software and hardware integration, and use of ROS and ROS2. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)227. |
2021 |
| ST Robotics | Manufacture bench top robots. Their most popular products are the robotic arms228,ROS package providing moveit support for the ST Robotics arms, including controller configuration (see ST-ROBOTICS). |
1986 |
| Stratom | Develop autonomous systems, including drones and robotics. The company use artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous technology to develop innovative solutions for various industries, such as defense, logistics, and agriculture. ROS2 drivers for Stratom (see StratomInc). |
2001 |
| Sundance Multiprocessor Technology | Provide embedded signal processing solutions. Sponsor of the ROScon 2020. ROSCon is a developers conference 161. | 1989 |
| Svenzva Robotics | Specializes in design the hardware and software to power high-performance robotics. This broader accessibility facilitates rapid development towards robotic manipulation and automation. the premier product, Revel229, is a robotic manipulator. ROS Drivers for the svenzva arm product line (see svenzva_ros). |
2017 |
| Swift Navigation | Offer hardware and software that makes GPS positioning technology available for autonomous vehicle and device guidance. ROS drivers for Swift Navigation (see swift-nav). |
2012 |
| Synapticon | Provide drives for decentralized system topologies as well as unrivaled options for integrating drives into motion axes. EtherCAT ROS support based on IgH Master and Motorcortex (see ros_ethercat_igh)230. |
2012 |
| SyncBotic | Provides software-defined synchronization robot components and makes rugged robot controllers and research & education robot platforms that run ROS and ROS 2. | 2021 |
| Synersight | Provide companies the automation of workflows with automated guided vehicles (AGV). Hiring ROS engineers (ROS SOFTWARE Programmer). | 2017 |
| Synkar Autonomous | Develop autonomous systems for various industries, such as transportation, logistics, and agriculture. ROS2 drivers for Synkar Autonomous (see Synkar). |
2019 |
| Systems Engineering Consultants Co., LTD. | Specialist in real-time technology company that contribute to the safety and development of the networked society and strategic focus on network-based real-time services.. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)184. |
1970 |
| Systemtrio | Provide software and hardware solutions for the transportation and logistics industries. ROS drivers for SystemTrio Robotics (see SystemTrio-Robotics). |
2014 |
| Tangram Vision | Helps perception teams accelerate development of critical foundations like calibration, fusion, and sensor multiplexing. It can be used with service robots, industrial robots, drones, industrial automation, products with embedded vision. Drivers for reading ROS bag files (see rosbag-rs). |
2020 |
| Tata Elxsi | Provider of design and technology services across industries including Automotive, Broadcast, Communications, and Healthcare. Hiring ROS engineers (Automotive Application SW Developer). | 1989 |
| TechMagic | Integrates technologies such as machine learning of artificial intelligence with hardware to make robots intelligent that solve problems in the food industry. Repositories that provides ROS support (see TechMagicKK). |
2018 |
| TECNALIA | Provide technology solutions and services to companies, governments, and other organizations. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2010 |
| TelemeThing | Create components for an autonomous drone robotics platform for applications focusing on autonomous navigation, searching, tracking, and visualization. There are three platforms involved: Onboard, Ground Station, and HoloLens. ROS drivers for drone control and playloads (see telemething). |
2018 |
| teTra aviation corp | Research, development, manufacture and sales of new aircraft. Hiring ROS engineers (ROS Engineer). | 2018 |
| Tettix | Designs and manufactures industrial automation systems mostly through AMRs. Acting mainly as a robot integrator using ROS and ROS 2. | 2009 |
| Textron | Multi-industry company focused on aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses. Using ROS in their robotics activities. Actitively seeking for ROS expertise231. | 1923 |
| TDS Technology | Is an industrial automation company for the factory, marine, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)232. |
1996 |
| TECHMAN ROBOT | Develop collaborative robots, also known as cobots. These robots are designed to work alongside humans in various industries, such as manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the TM5-700 (see kentsai0319/techman_robot). |
2016 |
| TerraClear | Manufacturing of automation machinery233, an automated agricultural implement that clears rocks out of fields. Integrate aerial sensing, machine vision, high-accuracy GPS, and advanced robotics solution. URDF model for Gazebo integrated with ROS (see rosbot_description). |
2017 |
| Texas Instruments | Silicon vendor. Analog and embedded silicon technologies to build robots (microcontrollers, servo drive controllers, power management). | 1930 |
| The Construct | Provider of both a platform and online robotics training courses around ROS and ROS 2 to grow your robotics skills. | 2015 |
| The ePlane Company | Manufacturing of aviation and aerospace components. Hiring ROS engineers (Navigation Engineer: Motion Planning). | 2017 |
| The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Ltd | Develop an autonomous driver assistive systems for commercial and industrial vehicles. Hiring ROS engineers (Software Deployment Engineer). | 2014 |
| Tider | Tider can collect things from the floor in consumers' households and put them into branded baskets. Tider creates a new experience of a 24/7 tidy house. ROS1 in prototype. Plan to switch to ROS2 in production version. | 2022 |
| TIER IV | Building autonomous-driving cars with ROS and Autoware234. Provides solutions for the commercialization of autonomous vehicles based on the Autoware software. Extension commands for rosbag in ROS 2 (see ros2bag_extensions). |
2015 |
| TinyMobileRobots | Specializes in high-precision outdoor robots that perform marking and stake-out. Combine advanced robotics software with artificial intelligence and high-precision technologies from the land surveying industry to make robots. Code for testing a mobile robot using ROS (see Frobit-Simple-Code-Snippets). |
2015 |
| TIS inc. | Offers solutions to improve urban management, help by robots and AI. Sponsor of the ROScon JP 2018. ROSCon is a developers conference 100. | 1971 |
| TMC | Business and tech consulting and services. ROS is used and seeked in their robotics engineering team235 | 2000 |
| TokyoRobotics | Create humanoid robots and robotic applications. Torobo is a robot developed to accelerate research into industrial applications of full-body humanoid robots236. The robots software is based on ROS (see toroboeye_ros)237. |
2015 |
| Toposens | Build robust and low-cost near-field 3D ultrasonic vision technology for robotics and autonomous vehicles. Custom ROS packages for prototyping with Toposens 3D ultrasound sensors. (see ros-packages)238. |
2015 |
| Torc Robotics | Develops automated Level 4, Class 8 trucks with Daimler. Provides end-to-end self-driving239 software for mobility, trucking, mining, and defense markets. Mapping and localization engineer for Torc Robotics(see karanvivekbhargava)240. Hiring ROS expertise proactively241 |
2005 |
| Tormach | Manufacture engineering products including CNC mills, routers, grinders, lathes and CNC accessories. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)242. |
2001 |
| Toyota Research Institute | Use artificial intelligence to make automobiles safer. By using ROS, to design the software of the robots and Gazebo for simulation tests. | 2016 |
| Toyota Woven Planet | Group formed to expand and improve operations of Toyota Research Institute for the purpose of developing innovative products that will enable its vision, "Mobility to Love, Safety to Live”. Uses ROS 2 forks to develop autonomous platforms243244245 | 2021 |
| TRACLabs | Develop control software, human-robot interfaces, electronic procedure systems, on-board satellite autonomous planning and execution solutions, and other solutions in the field of robotics and automation. Sponsor of the ROScon 2020. ROSCon is a developers conference 161. ROS drivers for TRACLabs (see traclabs) |
1994 |
| Transforma Robotics | Develop modular collaborative robotic platforms with data analytics and artificial intelligence to enable safe, cost-effective, and efficient construction. They offer robots and robotic services to the construction industry: Quality Inspectionand Assessment Robot (QuicaBot) for construction quality assessment and Spray Painting Robot ([PictoBot(https://www.transformarobotics.com/pictobot)) for indoor wall painting. Hiring ROS engineers (Software/Robotic Positions at TransformaRobotics). | 2017 |
| Traversal Robotics | We are developing perception algorithms to uncover latent capacity from industrial workflows. We’re increasing the operational visibility of industrial processes by performing machine learning on heterogeneous operational data, including data captured from robots. ROS is used in our Research and Development efforts. | 2021 |
| Trend Micro | Create a secure environment for companies and individuals to exchange digital information with Internet content security and threat management solutions. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)246. |
1988 |
| Trimble | Develop positioning technology solutions for surveying, construction, agriculture, public safety and mapping purposes. An NMEA-based ROS driver for the Trimble BD960 GPS (see ros-trimble-bd960)247. |
1978 |
| Triton Medical Robotics | Medical robotics devices built with ROS that enables doctors to reach deep into human anatomy. Their robots aim to disrupt flexible endoscopy and set a new standard in outcomes for decades to come. Looking for ROS talent248 | 2016 |
| Trossen Robotics | Focus on research and educational robotics who specializes in robotic manipulators / arms249. ROS Packages for Trossen robotics products (see interbotix). |
2005 |
| Tryo Labs | Machine learning consulting shop. Use ROS 2 in robotics projects250. | 2009 |
| Tsuk Arm Robotics | Develop technologies such as robot arms (xArm), robot vision, and IoT (Edge Computing), starting from the technology of "grabbing" objects with a robot arm. xARm users can extend their functions by providing SDKs for ROS 251. | 2021 |
| TuSimple | Is a self-driving truck company developing technology that allows them to drive from depot-to-depot without human intervention. ROS drivers for TuSimple product (see TuSimple). |
2015 |
| T-Systems International GmbH | Provide system security to manage the data in a big data analysis method. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)252. |
2000 |
| UBC AgroBot | The company hopes to help accelerate the implementation of automation and robotics in farming. Design a autonomous robot capable of traversing crop rows and performing targeted weed extermination, fertilization and collecting crop data. Incorporate ROS253 for communication between subsystems. | 2018 |
| Ubiquity Robotics | Build platforms with mobility, navigation, power and compute working. The most popular robot is Magni254, it is compatible with ROS (see magni_robot). |
2016 |
| Udacity | Develop an online learning platform offering programs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics sector. ROS package for Udacity (see udacity). |
2011 |
| UFACTORY | Develop and manufacture robotics systems. Focus on creating robotic arms. ROS Drivers for communicating with UFACTORY robotics arms (see uArm-Developer). |
2013 |
| Unbox Robotics | Builds software-defined robotics systems to enable logistics players to automate and radically improve their operations on-demand in a limited footprint and capital. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2019 |
| Unibap AB | Provide industrial automation and robotics solutions to a variety of industries. Focus on developing intelligent robotic systems that can be used in manufacturing, logistics, and other industrial applications. ROS drivers for Unibap AB (see Unibap). |
2013 |
| United Robots | Mobile robotic solutions for safer, cleaner and healthier spaces Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots. | 2016 |
| United Robotics Group | Young service robotics companies into a unique ecosystem by bundling hardware and software expertise under one roof. Using ROS across companies in the group. Acquired Robotnik who's a very active user of ROS255 | 2019 |
| Unitree | Focus on the development, production and sales of high-performance quadruped robots256. The company develop robot core components, motion control, robot perception, etc. ROS simulation packages for Unitree robots (see unitree_ros). |
2016 |
| Universal Robots | Develop and sell industrial robots that automate industrial processes. The ROS driver works with all UR cobots that come with a CB3 or UR series. Hosts drivers for usage with the ROS (see UniversalRobots)257 for CB3 and e-Series where RTDE is available. |
2005 |
| Unity | Experimentation platform that create and model highly customizable real-world situations for robot design and simulations. This is a central repository for tools, tutorials, resources, and documentation about ROS in Unity (see Unity-Robotics-Hub)258. |
2004 |
| Unlimited Robotics | Company trying to simplify robotic programming for developers using Gary, a pseudo-humanoid multi-functional robot. Their open source code259 hints they leverage ROS under the hood. | 2021 |
| Unmanned Life | Software platform for seamless orchestration of autonomous robotics. Unmanned Life software platform is capable of integrating different technologies, suchas AI, 5G and Edge computing with multiple robots such as drones and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). ROS2 drivers for Unmanned Life (see umdlife). |
2015 |
| UVD Robots | Autonomous disinfection robots using ultraviolet (UV) light. Their robots are powered by ROS. In particular, their UV-A and UV-B robots are built with MiR-100 which is ROS (1)-based. | 2016 |
| UVify | Is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance drones, autonomous technologies, and related hardware and software. ROS drivers for UVify (see uvify). |
2014 |
| Valeo | Company innovating in automotive electrification & micromobility. Partner to all automakers worldwide. Using ROS in their development and engineering services. Actively seeking for ROS talent260. | 1923 |
| Vayu Robotics | Develop automotive sensing, autonomous vehicles, and robotics technology. The company builds robotics platforms using bio-inspired sensing, scalable machine learning, and purposeful robotic design. ROS2 drivers for Vayu Robotics (see Vayu-Robotics). |
2022 |
| Vecna Robotics | Create and commercialize health care solutions in the areas of robotics, patient safety, infection control, and patient self-service. Enhancing the efforts of hospital infection preventionists is the goal of Vecna's QC PathFinder infection control software. The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR), a humanoid robot with the ability to lift people, was developed to help remove injured soldiers from the battlefield. | 1998 |
| VECROS | Offer a range of products and services, including robotics consulting, design and development, and integration and deployment. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Development). | 2018 |
| VectorNav | Specializes in manufacturing high-performance navigation and inertial sensors. ROS Interface for the VectorNav IMU/GPS (see vectornav). |
2008 |
| Velodyne Lidar | Provide lidar solutions for autonomous vehicles, driver assistance, delivery solutions, robotics, industrial, infrastructure, navigation, mapping, and more. ROS support for Velodyne 3D LIDARs (see velodyne). |
2007 |
| Vention | Platform to Design, Automate, Order, and Deploy automated equipment. Looking for ROS talent for their automation equipment261. | 2016 |
| Vicarious | Is a firm that develops general intelligence for robots using artificial intelligence and the computational principles of the brain262. Wrappers, tools and additional API's for using ROS with the Gazebo simulator (see gazebo_ros_pkgs). |
2010 |
| Vistion | Hardware and software system integration. Machine vision systems. Use ROS across their offering263 | 2017 |
| Visteon Corporation | Design and manufactures vehicle cockpit electronics products, connected car & electrification solutions. Also, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Hiring ROS engineers (ADAS Systems Integration Engineer). | 2000 |
| Volador FlyTech | Provide drone solutions for various industries and applications. Their offerings include multi-rotor drones, software and hardware solutions, as well as services such as aerial photography and mapping. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics/UAS Control Engineer). | 2018 |
| Volvo Group | Manufacture trucks, buses, construction equipment, and marine and industrial engines. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)264. |
1927 |
| Wandelbots | Develop software for industrial robots. Their flagship product is Wandelbot, a collaborative robot (cobot) that can be trained by non-experts to perform a wide range of tasks using a simple, gesture-based interface. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 2017 |
| Waymo | Is an autonomous driving technology company. Improves transportation by building software and sensor technology. ROS package to connect Waymo open dataset to ROS (see waymo_ros). |
2009 |
| WeGo-Robotics | Company building solutions using ROS and doing system integration with it for labs, as well as Proof of Concepts. System integration using MoveIt for controlling Manipulator or Navigation Stack for controlling Mobile Robot or both for Mobile Manipulator. Mainly based on ROS, but started to support ROS2. (2022) (see WeGo-Robotics). |
2016 |
| Weston Robot | Develop integrated robotics solutions. The company's products include exoskeletons, outdoor robots, robotic arms and hands, warehousing and logistics robots. ROS drivers (see westonrobot). |
2019 |
| WHILL | Design and create personal mobility products. The robots' software is based on ROS 265. A ROS package is available for R&D purposes (see ros_whill)266. |
2012 |
| Wind River | Provide software and services for embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). Their products include operating systems, development tools, and middleware for embedded devices, as well as software for edge computing, industrial automation, and autonomous systems. ROS used for industrial use cases. Participation in ROS-Industrial Conference 2022. | 1981 |
| Wonik Robotics | Provide software and hardware solutions for the robotics research, development and educational communities. Their products include system modeling tools, a real-time dynamics simulator and robotics software SDKs, as well as robotic manipulator arms, hands267 and mobile platforms. ROS package to control the SimLab Allegro Hand (see allegro-hand-ros)267. |
2004 |
| Woodside | Is an exploration and production company. Woodside is the largest operator of oil and gas production in Australia and also it's largest independent dedicated oil and gas company. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)268. |
1954 |
| Wyca Robotics | Indoor autonomous mobile robot platform for system integrators that leverages ROS 2 subprojects269 for their Elodie robot. | 2015 |
| Xaxxon Technologies | Develop a surveillance robot called the Oculus Prime270 which can be used for automated surveillance of private property. ROS packages for Oculus Prime Robot (see oculusprime_ros). |
2008 |
| Xsens | Is a company specializing in the field of 3D motion tracking technologies. ROS node driver for Xsens devices. (see xsens_mti_ros_node). |
2000 |
| Yaskawa Motoman | Provided automation products and solutions for industry and robotic application. A wide range of robotic arms271. ROS-Industrial support for Yaskawa Motoman manipulators (metapackage). (see motoman). The motoman_experimental repository contains additional packages (see motoman_experimental). |
1989 |
| YoGoKo | Is a communication solutions provider for the connected, cooperative & autonomous vehicles evolving in intelligent environments. Can be integrated into a diversity of hardware and software platforms designed by third parties. ,also includes autonomous vehicle development software (ROS). | 2014 |
| Yokogawa | Is a electrical engineering and software company, with businesses based on its measurement, control, and information technologies. The company is currently member of ROS-Industrial, is an open-source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS to manufacturing automation and robotics (see ros-industrial)272. |
1957 |
| Yost Labs | Design sensors that allow drones and autonomous cars to navigate. YOST Lab’s 3-Space™ sensors and sensor fusion firmware are frontrunners in the category of Attitude Heading Reference Systems and Inertial Motion Units (AHRS/IMU). ROS based driver for Yostlab's 3-Space™ USB/RS232 (see yostlab_imu). |
2007 |
| Yujin Robot | Offer products and services such as factory automation, autonomous mobile robots, mobile platform demo kits for research purposes, LiDAR sensors, SLAM technology and navigation software. Tools and utilities for development with ROS build environments (see yujin_tools). |
1988 |
| Yuman | Develop autonomous mobile robots that automate the transport of small equipment in hospital wards that nurses need when caring for their patients. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Engineer). | 2022 |
| YZ Robot | Specializes in the research and development of AI products. Service robots273, intelligent housing systems, intelligent hardware, mobile app274 and user interface design are the core business of the company. ROS Drivers for communicating with YZ Robot products (see yzrobot). |
2014 |
| Zebra Technologies | Global leader in barcode printing and RTLS technology including printers, RFID, software and supplies. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 1969 |
| Zendar | Develop high-definition radar for autonomous vehicles. They offer satellite radar systems for cars, agriculture, robots and trucks. ROS drivers for Zendar radars (see ZendarInc). |
2017 |
| Zeropoint Robotics | Design and develop Autonomous Mobile Robots that collaborate with humans. Hiring ROS engineers (Robotics Software Engineer). | 2019 |
| ZettaScale Technology | The company develops open source communication middleware that underpins next-generation robotics, transportation and mission critical applications. Sponsor of the ROScon. | 2022 |
| ZF | Company supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology in four technology domains: Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility. They are known to be using ROS 2 forks275 to develop software. | 1915 |
| ZMP | Provide robot infrastructure, autonomous vehicles276, automotive technology and sensing technology277. ROS Nodes for RoboCar278 (see robocar110_ros). |
2001 |
| ZVISION | Provide automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR solution for autonomous driving applications. ROS driver for ZVISION Lidar (see zvision_ros_driver). |
2017 |
| Company | Description | Year Founded | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acutronic Robotics | DARPA and Sony backed company offering modularity for industrial robots. ROS 2-native hardware components for robots. System integration. H-ROS (Hardware Robot Operating System). | 2016 | Closed, lack of funding279 (2019) |
| aiMotive | Deliver software, tools and hardware products complemented by proprietary data management tools to use in automated driving. aiSim is a ASIL-D certified simulator tool, has integrated ROS2280. | 2015 | Acquired (2022, Stellantis) 281 282 |
| Aldebaran Robotics | Aldebaran Robotics designs, manufactures, and sells autonomous humanoid robots for entertainment purposes. | 2005 | Acquired (2012, Softbank Robotics, 100M USD) |
| Argo AI | Ford and VW-backed company that offered autonomy products and services. Argo designs its Autonomy Platform and Solutions to support autonomous ridesharing and goods delivery. Hiring ROS engineers (Hardware, Radar Integration Engineer). | 2016 | Closed, investors shift resources to developing advanced driver assistance systems (Level 2 and 3 autonomy), and not autonomous vehicle technology (Level 4 autonomy)283284 (2022) |
| AutonomousStuff | Autonomy-enabling technologies and world class services. Using ROS across products and services. Involved in various projects with architectures built with ROS. Authors of various ROS drivers. | 2010 | Acquired (2018, Hexagon) |
| Cruise | Build self-driving vehicles using ROS. Various community contributions, hiring actively for ROS expertise. | 2013 | Acquired285 (2016, General Motors) |
| Drag&bot | No-code robot programming software for flexible use of industrial robots with an easy-to-use UI. drag&bot uses an abstracted interface called robot-movemvent-interface (RMI) to command any industrial robot and kinematic in a unified way. ROS Noetic is currently the used distribution. The tf library aswell as the ROSBridge are core components for the software. Moreover drag&bot can be tested in the cloud for free using this link for registration. |
2017 | Acquired125 (2022, KEBA) |
| Erle Robotics | Linux and ROS-based autopilots for drones. DIY robotic kits | 2014 | Acquired (2016, Acutronic Robotics) |
| Fetch Robotics | Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for the warehousing. Designed with the ROS framework (see fetch_ros)286. |
2014 | Acquired287 (2021, Zebra Technologies, $290M288) |
| iRobot | Design and builds consumer robots, include mapping and navigation systems. Launched educational robot platform that support for ROS 2 289 | 1990 | Acquired290 (2021, Amazon, 1.7B USD) |
| Luxoft | Luxoft is the design, data and development arm of DXC Technology, providing bespoke, end-to-end technology solutions for mission critical systems, products and services. Hiring ROS engineers (Senior C++ Automotive Software Developer). | 2000 | Acquired (2019, DXC Technology291) |
| Modbot | ROS-enabled292293 innovative modular robotics platforms | 2014 | Inactive |
| Open Robotics | ROS and ROS 2 maintainers. Engineering services in robotics for creating both hardware and software solutions | 2012 | Acquired (2022, Intrinsic294) |
| Planck Aerosystems | Designs and builds autonomy and navigation solutions for unmanned systems using various open open source robotics technologies, including ROS and Gazebo. Job offers requiring ROS and Gazebo knowhow 295. | 2014 | Acquired (2022, AeroVironment296) |
| Rethink Robotics | Created ROS-based collaborative compliant robotic arms for use in manufacturing facilities190 (see RethinkRobotics). |
2008 | Closed (2018), short on cash as its sales failed to meet expectations, later integrated in HAHN Group |
| Robotnik | Manufacturer of service robots built with ROS. They design mobile robots, UGVs, and other mobile robots for industrial and logistics applications. ROS Drivers for collaborative robots (see RobotnikAutomation). |
2002 | Acquired (2023, United Robotics Group255) |
| Rocos | Cloud platform to build and manage your robot operations. Offered ROS 2 connectors. | 2017 | Acquired (2021, DroneDeploy) |
| Rovenso | Autonomous Robots for Security and Safety Monitoring of Industrial Sites. Using ROS to build their autonomy stack. | 2016 | Closed, out of cash297 (2022) |
| TechnoYantra | Developing robotic technologies using ROS for various applications like mapping. navigation, SLAM, image processing, etc... TortoiseBot is an ROS-based open-sourced mobile robot applications (see tortoisebot). |
2020 | Acquired (2022, Acceleration Robotics298) |
| Unbounded Robotics | Building the next generation of advanced, affordable, mobile manipulation platforms with ROS | 2013 | Closed (2014), issues with the Willow Garage spin-off agreement which prevented them from raising an A round |
| Verb Surgical | Building the next generation of advanced, affordable, mobile manipulation platforms with ROS | 2015 | Acquired287 (2019, Johnson & Johnson) |
| Waypoint Robotics | Build autonomous mobile robots. In addition to designing the robots, they also offer accessories. ROSBridge to use interfaces on Waypoint Robotics robots (see waypoint-rosbridge-ros-api). |
2016 | Acquired (2021, Locus Robotics) |
| Wind River | A global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. Behind VxWorks RTOS. Contributor to the ROS community and member of the TSC | 1981 | Acquired (2022, Aptiv, $3.5 billion29923) |
| Xilinx | Adaptive computing leader. Creator of the FPGA. Various robotics silicon solutions featuring CPUs and FPGAs. Kria SOMs robotics strategy was built around ROS 2300 | 1984 | Acquired (2021, AMD, $35 billion301) |
| 5D Robotics | 5D Robotics is a software company that accelerates human productivity and safety in an evolving, dynamic world. | 2009 | Acquired (2018, Humatics) |
| 6 River Systems | Manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) built with ROS, artificial intelligence and operational experience. Through the use of robotics302, they make warehouses more efficient303. | 2015 | Acquired (2019, Shopify, 450M USD) |
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Lists companies known to use popular ROS stacks.
Lists companies known to use the ROS Navigation stack.
| Company | Description | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|
| ADLATUS Robotics GmbH | Uses the Nav2 stack for autonomous mobile robots to use in industrial environments such as manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing (see adlatusrobotics/navigation2). |
2015 |
| ADLINK Technology | ADLINK is using Nav2 in their products like the ROScube-X series of embedded systems for robots. The ROScube-X series includes a range of powerful embedded computers that are pre-installed with the ROS 2 framework and the Nav2 stack (see Adlink-ROS/navigation2) |
1995 |
| Angsa Robotics | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see angsa-robotics/navigation2). |
2019 |
| Arendai | Use Nav2 Stack as an interface to control robots (simulations and own robots) (see Arendai/navigation2). |
2019 |
| BlueSpace.ai | Uses the Nav2 Stack to test and validate their autonomous navigation systems in simulated and real-world environments (see https://github.com/njtech-robomaster/navigation2). |
2019 |
| Bosch | Uses the Nav2 stack, an open-source robotic navigation stack, in their autonomous systems, such as AMRs and self-driving cars (see boschresearch/navigation2). |
1886 |
| BotsAndUs | They use the Nav2 stack to help their robots navigate autonomously in various environments. (see botsandus/navigation2). |
2015 |
| Brisa Robótica | Automate existing vehicles or develop new ones. Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see brisa-robotics/navigation2). |
2018 |
| Coalescent Mobile Robotics | Uses the Nav2 stack to help their robots navigate through various environments (see cmrobotics/navigation2). |
2018 |
| Dyno Robotics | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see DynoRobotics/navigation2). |
2018 |
| FastSense | Uses the Nav2 Stack to develop and implement navigation capabilities in their products (see FastSense/navigation2). |
2017 |
| FireFly Automatix | Uses Nav2 Stack to develop and implement autonomous navigation capabilities in their products (see fireflyautomatix/navigation2). |
2010 |
| FloMobility | Build autonomous lawnmowers, for the communication between electronics they are using ROS and Navigation stack. | 2019 |
| Helgen Technologies | They use the Nav2 Stack to create autonomous navigation solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and ground vehicles (see Helgen-Tech/navigation2). |
2021 |
| Hyundai | Uses the Nav2 Stack to develop and implement autonomous navigation capabilities in their vehicles. This includes using the stack to process sensor data, plan and execute safe and efficient routes, and make decisions in real-time to navigate the vehicle through its environment (see HYUNDAI-Robotics-Autonomous-Engineering/navigation2). |
2000 |
| InDro Robotics | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see indro-robotics/navigation2_velocity_smoother) |
2014 |
| Kivnon | Develop automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see KivnonAgrobotics/navigation2). |
2007 |
| Kiwibot | Uses Nav2 in their delivery robots to enable them to navigate and move around in the environment safely and efficiently (see kiwicampus/navigation2). |
2017 |
| Locus Robotics | Uses Nav2 in their autonomous mobile robots, which are designed for warehouse automation. These robots use the Nav2 stack to localize themselves in the warehouse environment, map the warehouse, and plan and execute safe and efficient paths to move products from one location to another. (see locusrobotics/navigation2). |
2014 |
| Motius | Uses Nav2 stack, a collection of open-source software tools and libraries, to develop and implement autonomous navigation capabilities for their clients. (see motius/navigation2). |
2013 |
| Neobotix GmbH | Uses the Nav2 Stack to integrate with other systems, such as mapping and localization tools, to further enhance the robot's navigation capabilities (see neobotix/navigation2). |
2010 |
| Nexuni Co. Ltd. | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see nexuni/navigation2). |
2019 |
| Nobleo Technology | Uses the Nav2 Stackto develop and implement navigation capabilities in their sensors (see nobleo/navigation2). |
2011 |
| PAL Robotics | Uses the Nav2 stack as a part of their navigation software system for autonomous robots (see pal-robotics-forks/navigation2). |
2004 |
| Peppermint Robots | Uses the Nav2 stack for its robot navigation and control system. Peppermint Robots leverages the Nav2 stack to provide accurate and reliable navigation for its robots (see Peppermint-Robots/navigation2). |
2019 |
| Pixel Robotics | The Nav2 Stack is integrated into Pixel Robotics' software platform and is used to ensure that its robots are able to navigate and interact with the environment in a safe and efficient manner (see pixel-robotics/navigation2). |
2020 |
| Quasi Robotics | Uses the Nav2 Stack as a navigation and control platform for its autonomous robots (see quasi-robotics/navigation2). |
2017 |
| RIF Robotics | The Nav2 Stack is an essential tool for RIF Robotics, helping them to create effective, efficient, and reliable autonomous systems (see RIF-Robotics/navigation2). |
2020 |
| Robolaunch | Uses Navigation stack to control Cloudy, is a fully open-source and autonomous robotics learning platform based on ROS framework. | 2020 |
| RoboTech Vision | Nav2 is a key component of RoboTech Vision's autonomous navigation capabilities, as it provides a robust and flexible solution for robot navigation, motion planning, and environment monitoring (see robotechvision/navigation2). |
2013 |
| ROBOTIS | Uses the Nav2 stack as the main navigation platform for their robots (see ROBOTIS-SYS/navigation2). |
1999 |
| Rover Robotics | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see RoverRobotics-forks/navigation). |
2018 |
| Skarv Technologies | Uses the Nav2 Stack to provide navigation solutions for their customers' robots (see skarvtech/navigation2). |
2019 |
| SLAMcore | SLAMcore uses the Nav2 Stack to provide real-time 6 DOF simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solutions for robotics and autonomous systems (see slamcore/navigation2). |
2016 |
| Stogl Robotics | The Nav2 stack provides a platform for developing autonomous systems, enabling Stogl Robotics to rapidly prototype and test new autonomous capabilities in their robots (see StoglRobotics-forks/navigation2). |
2021 |
| Stratom | Utilizes the Nav2 Stack for a variety of navigation tasks, including mapping and localization (see StratomInc/navigation2). |
2001 |
| Synkar Autonomous | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see Synkar/navigation2). |
2019 |
| TIER IV | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see tier4/navigation2). |
2015 |
| United Robots | Mobile robotic solutions for safer, cleaner and healthier spaces Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots. | 2016 |
| Unmanned Life | Uses ROS and Navigation stack to build their robots (see umdlife/navigation2). |
2015 |
| Vayu Robotics | Uses the Nav2 Stack for better integration with other systems, such as control and monitoring software, and provides a platform for further development and innovation (see Vayu-Robotics/navigation2). |
2022 |
| Wyca Robotics | Uses the Nav2 Stack to enable navigation and localization capabilities for their robots (see wyca-robotics/navigation2). |
2015 |
Lists companies known to use the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt).
| Company | Description | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Active8 Robots | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the AR10 Robotic Hand. | 2013 |
| Aivot | Develop humanoid robots and use the manipulation stack to control its arms and hands for manipulation tasks (see AivotRobotics/moveit). |
2017 |
| ASIMOV Robotics | The company uses the manipulation stack in some of its robots to perform manipulation tasks (see asimov-robust/moveit). |
2012 |
| AUBO Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the i3/i5/i7/i10 (see AuboRobot/aubo_robot). |
2013 |
| Barrett Technology | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the WAM. | 1990 |
| Bastian Solutions | The company uses the manipulation stack in a variety of projects aimed at creating automated material handling systems for its customers (see BastianSolutionsRandD/moveit). |
1952 |
| Bionic Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the BioRob Arm. | 2010 |
| Boston Dynamics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Atlas (see moveit_robots/tree/kinetic-devel/atlas_v3_moveit_config). |
1992 |
| Bowery Farming | The company employs the manipulation stack for governing its self-directed mobile robots that carry out a range of activities within the farming facility, including sowing seeds, supervising crop growth, and gathering crops at harvest time (see BoweryFarming/moveit). |
2015 |
| Canvas | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see Canvas-Construction/moveit). |
2017 |
| Comau | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the e.Do (see Comau/eDO_moveit). |
1973 |
| DENSO | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Robot (vs060). | 1947 |
| Doosan | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the M0609/M0617/M1013/M1509 (see doosan-robotics/doosan-robot). |
2012 |
| eBots | Use the MoveIt2 stack as part of their software to plan and execute motion for their robotic systems (see ebots-inc/moveit2). |
2017 |
| Elephant Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the MyCobot (see elephantrobotics/mycobot_ros). |
2016 |
| F&P Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the P-Rob 2R. | 2014 |
| FANUC | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the m10ia (see ros-industrial/fanuc). |
1972 |
| Forssea Robotics | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see forssea-robotics/moveit2). |
2016 |
| Franka Emika | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Panda (see frankaemika/franka_ros). |
2016 |
| Fujitsu | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the HOAP-3. | 1935 |
| GITAI | Utilizes the manipulation stack to execute different operations including object recognition, grasping, manipulation, and motion planning. (see GITAI/moveit). |
2016 |
| Griffin | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see Griffin-Focus-Project/moveit). |
2020 |
| Han's Robot | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Elfin3/Elfin5/Elfin5I/Elfin10/Elfin15 (see hans-robot/elfin_robot). |
2017 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai uses the Manipulation stack for its industrial robots to perform tasks such as welding, painting, and assembly in automotive manufacturing (see HYUNDAI-Robotics-Autonomous-Engineering/moveit). |
2000 |
| IKNOWHOW SA | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see ikh-innovation/moveit). |
2004 |
| Intermodalics | Intermodalics uses the Manipulation stack to enable their clients robots to perform complex motions efficiently and safely (see Intermodalics/moveit). |
2010 |
| IR4 PTY LTD | The manipulation stack allows them to develop motion planning and control solutions for their robotic systems (see sssmanufacturing/moveit-1). |
2016 |
| Iron Ox | Uses the ROS Manipulation stack to control the movement and positioning of their robotic arms (see iron-ox/moveit). |
2015 |
| KAWADA ROBOTICS CORPORATION | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the NEXTAGE. | 2013 |
| Kawasaki | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Duaro (see Kawasaki-Robotics/khi_robot). |
1896 |
| Kinova Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Jaco/Jaco2/MICO/Movo (see Kinovarobotics/kinova-ros/tree/master/kinova_moveit). |
2006 |
| KiQ Robotics | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see KiQ-Robotics/moveit2). |
2019 |
| KUKA | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the LBR/LWR (see ros-industrial/kuka_experimental). |
1898 |
| Lynxmotion | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Servo Erector Arm. | 1995 |
| Meka Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the M3. | 2007 |
| MindHome | Uses the ROS Manipulation stack to enable their robotic arm to pick up and manipulate objects in a home environment (see MindHome-Inc/moveit). |
2018 |
| Miso Robotics | Use the MoveIt2 stack as part of their software infrastructure to control the motion of their robotic systems and to perform complex tasks such as preparing food items in a commercial kitchen (see MisoRobotics/moveit2). |
2016 |
| Mitsubishi Electric | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the RV2F/RV4FLM. | 1921 |
| NEUROMEKA | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Indy 5/Indy 7/Indy RP/Indy RP2 (see neuromeka-robotics/ros_indy). |
2013 |
| Niryo | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Niryo One (see NiryoRobotics/niryo_one_ros). |
2016 |
| NXTGEN Robotics | Uses the ROS Manipulation stack to control and plan the motion of their robotic systems (see NXTGEN-Robotics/moveit). |
2019 |
| OMRON Group | OMRON Group uses the Manipulation stack for the development of their collaborative robots, the TM series. They have integrated MoveIt into the robot programming interface to enable users to easily program and simulate complex movements and tasks (see omron-sinicx/moveit). |
1933 |
| Optonic | They use the Manipulation stack to plan and execute precise and accurate movements of their robotics solutions for the agricultural industry (see isys-vision/moveit). |
2020 |
| Oversonic | Oversonic uses the Manipulation stack to control the movements of their robotic arms. They integrate MoveIt into their software to plan, execute, and monitor the motion of the robotic arms in real-time (see OversonicRobotics/moveit). |
2020 |
| PAL Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the ARI (see pal-robotics/ari_moveit_config). |
2004 |
| PickNik Robotics | Use the MoveIt2 stack as part of their software to plan and execute motion for their robotic systems (see PickNikRobotics/moveit2). |
2015 |
| Pilz | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the PRBT 6 (see PilzDE/pilz_robots). |
1948 |
| Quasi Robotics | Use the MoveIt2 stack as part of their software to plan and execute motion for their robotic systems (see quasi-robotics/moveit2). |
2017 |
| RIF Robotics | Uses ROS and Manipulation stack to build their robots (see RIF-Robotics/moveit2). |
2020 |
| Rivelin Robotics | Rivelin Robotics uses the ROS Manipulation stack to plan and control the motion of their robotic arms (see rivelinrobotics/rivelin_pilz). |
2018 |
| ROBOTIS | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Open Manipulator (see ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator). |
1999 |
| Rope Robotics | Uses the Manipulation stack for motion planning and control of their industrial robots (see Rope-Robotics/moveit). |
2016 |
| RT Corporation | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Crane-X7. | 2005 |
| RUVU | Uses the Manipulation stack for motion planning and control of their autonomous mobile robots (see [ruvu/moveit]https://github.com/ruvu/moveit)). |
2017 |
| SCHUNK | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the 7-DOF (https://moveit.ros.org/robots/). | 1945 |
| SESTO Robotics | SESTO Robotics leverages MoveIt for its Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) platform, called SESTO Magnus. The robot uses the ROS Manipulation stack to perform autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, and manipulation tasks (see hopetechnik/moveit). |
2017 |
| Shadow Robot | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the Arm and Hand. | 1987 |
| spinbotics | Use this software to develop and implement robotic applications that require motion planning and control (see Spinbotics-s-r-o/moveit2). |
2020 |
| STÄUBLI | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the rx160 (see ros-industrial/staubli). |
1892 |
| Stogl Robotics | Use the MoveIt2 stack as part of their software to plan and execute motion for their robotic systems (see StoglRobotics-forks/moveit2). |
2021 |
| ST Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the R12 (see ST-ROBOTICS/r12_moveit_config). |
1986 |
| TECHMAN ROBOT | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the TM5-700 (see kentsai0319/techman_robot). |
2016 |
| TRACLabs | Uses the Manipulation stack to control robotic manipulators, plan motion trajectories, and optimize grasping and manipulation tasks (see traclabs/moveit). |
1994 |
| Trossen Robotics | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the PhantomX Pincher. | 2005 |
| UFACTORY | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the xArm 5/ xArm 6/xArm 7 (see xArm-Developer/xarm_ros). |
2013 |
| Unibap AB | The Manipulation stack is utilized by Unibap AB to perform the motion planning and control of industrial robots (see Unibap/moveit). |
2013 |
| Universal Robots | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the UR3/UR5/UR10 (see ros-industrial/universal_robot). |
2005 |
| Yaskawa Motoman | The company uses the ROS Manipulation stack (MoveIt) in the MH12/MH50/MH12/SIA5D/SIA20/SIA10D (see ros-industrial/motoman_experimental). |
1989 |
Lists companies known to use the ROS Perception stack.
| Company | Description | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Acceleration Robotics | Hardware Acceleration solutions for robots using ROS 2. Use the ROS 2 perception stack actively in customer projects and serve ROBOTCORE® Perception, an optimized robotic perception stack that leverages hardware acceleration to provide a speedup in perception computations (while remaining API-compatible with the default ROS 2 perception stack). |
2021 |
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telemax EVO RECCE https://www.avinc.com/images/uploads/product_docs/telemax_EVO_Recce_Datasheet_v10_220418.pdf ↩
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AEye (Public LiDAR Company) looking for ROS1 and ROS2 developer https://discourse.ros.org/t/aeye-public-lidar-company-looking-for-ros1-and-ros2-developer/26493 ↩
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AGCO to Use Apex.OS SDK for Fendt Xaver Self Driving Agricultural Vehicle https://www.robotics247.com/article/agco_uses_apexos_sdk_fendt_xaver_self_driving_agricultural_vehicle ↩
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DroneCore.Suite https://www.airvolute.com/product/dronecore^ ↩
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Cybersecurity in the ROS 2 communication middleware, targeting the top 6 DDS implementations https://discourse.ros.org/t/cybersecurity-in-the-ros-2-communication-middleware-targeting-the-top-6-dds-implementations/23254 ↩
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https://roscon.ros.org/2015/presentations/ROSCon-Automated-Driving.pdf ↩
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Cartken - Electrical Engineer, https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3225632893/?refId=YRikzAx7QBbhMugJE4tlOg%3D%3D&trackingId=W%2F7%2FXS%2FypZ3Uy8XTnDkLbw%3D%3D&trk=d_flagship3_company ↩
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Cartken - Embedded Robotics Engineer, https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3242055034/?refId=YRikzAx7QBbhMugJE4tlOg%3D%3D&trackingId=SHZlCMEGKeWP%2FcNkWQPDqA%3D%3D&trk=d_flagship3_company ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#caterpillar ↩
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Pesticide spraying robot https://youtu.be/B8s5MSlwCGw ↩
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https://concurrent-rt.com/support/resources/white-papers/using-ros-with-redhawk-linux-on-the-nvidia-jetson-tx2/ ↩
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Continental Acquires Stake in Apex.AI for Software Development https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/continental-acquires-stake-in-apex-ai-for-software-development/ ↩
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Daimler Trucks becomes latest investor in Apex.AI to use its safety-certified software https://autoupdate.news/daimler-trucks-becomes-latest-investor-in-apex-ai-to-use-its-safety-certified-software/ ↩
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Webots open-source robot simulator https://github.com/cyberbotics/webots ↩
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Webots ROS 1 interface https://github.com/cyberbotics/webots_ros ↩
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Webots ROS 2 interface https://github.com/cyberbotics/webots_ros2 ↩
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Robot simulations on the web https://webots.cloud ↩
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Robot benchmarks on the web https://robotbenchmark.net ↩
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https://deka.applytojob.com/apply/EccMbHhXzC/Robotics-Software-Build-Engineer?source=Our%20Career%20Page%20Widget ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#delta-electronics ↩
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https://www.dfautomation.com/autonomous-mobile-robot-amr-series ↩
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https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/rbr50-company/diligent-robotics-introduces-moxi-mobile-manipulator-in-hospitals/ ↩
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https://www.dronedeploy.com/blog/connecting-robots-at-scale ↩
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https://www.eprosima.com/index.php/company-all/news/67-fast-rtps-is-adopted-by-ros ↩
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Pre-IPO Solar Energy Company (Erthos) Seeking Senior Software Engineer (C++ / Python / ROS) https://discourse.ros.org/t/pre-ipo-solar-energy-company-erthos-seeking-senior-software-engineer-c-python-ros/26224 ↩
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Erthos - Lead Software Engineer https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3117153546/ ↩
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eve autonomy launches Japan’s first unmanned transportation service using autonomous EV https://medium.com/tier-iv-tech-blog/eve-autonomy-launches-japans-first-unmanned-transportation-service-using-autonomous-ev-eve-d4ed20fa20e1 ↩
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https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/rbr50-company/formant-puts-data-collection-analysis-and-robot-management-in-the-cloud/ ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/washington-post-re-ghost-robotics-agx-ros2/17795 ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#glidewell-laboratories ↩
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GreyOrange Expands in U.S. Warehouse Automation Market https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/news/greyorange-expands-u-s-warehouse-automation/ ↩
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https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/Installation/DDS-Implementations/Working-with-GurumNetworks-GurumDDS.html ↩
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https://elfincollaborativerobot.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=878&lang=en ↩
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HEBI Developer APIs https://www.hebirobotics.com/apis ↩
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HEBI Robots examples https://wiki.ros.org/hebi_cpp_api_examples ↩
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https://hexagondownloads.blob.core.windows.net/public/AutonomouStuff/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Welcome_AutonomouStuff_Final.pdf ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/honeybee-robotics-software-engineer-brooklyn-new-york-usa/1769 ↩
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https://husarion.com/tutorials/ros-tutorials/1-ros-introduction/ ↩
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https://www.incubedit.com/product/robot-localization-and-navigation-software/ ↩
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https://resources.inertiallabs.com/en-us/knowledge-base/inertial-labs-ros-driver-package ↩
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https://innoviz.tech/wp-content/uploads/InnovizPro-datasheet_Jul_19.pdf ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/iron-ox-two-robotics-software-positions-for-automating-farming/9898 ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#johnson-johnson ↩
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https://www.keba.com/en/news/industrial-automation/keba-at-irex-2019 ↩
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https://www.therobotreport.com/keba-acquires-software-startup-drag-and-bot/ ↩ ↩2
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https://assistive.kinovarobotics.com/product/jaco-robotic-arm ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/senior-slam-engineer-labrador-systems/27502 ↩
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MOV.AI and Lanner Electronics Announce Fully Integrated Platform Powered by NVIDIA Isaac ROS to Accelerate Robotics Development and Improve Operational Efficiency in Industrial Environments https://www.lannerinc.com/news-and-events/latest-news/mov-ai-and-lanner-electronics-announce-fully-integrated-platform-powered-by-nvidia-isaac-ros-to-accelerate-robotics-development-and-improve-operational-efficiency-in-industrial-environments ↩
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https://luxai.com/humanoid-social-robot-for-research-and-teaching/ ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/news/2015/5/26/company-spotlight-magazino-gmbh ↩
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https://www.onlineexpo.com/en/key-to-the-future/meet-with-employers/milrem-robotics/robotics-software-engineer/ ↩
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AWS re:Invent 2022 - Building the industrial kitchen of the future with Miso Robotics (ROB201) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2UaDLjZs_I ↩
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ROS2 Embarks on a Mission to the Bottom of Lake Tahoe https://discourse.ros.org/t/ros2-embarks-on-a-mission-to-the-bottom-of-lake-tahoe/17139/1 ↩
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https://www.robotics247.com/article/mitsubishi_electric_announces_new_robot_control_system_designed_to_cut_production_times ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/software-project-manager-at-nauticus-robotics/27388 ↩
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https://niryo.com/robotic-solution-education-research/ned2-robotics-arm/ ↩
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https://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/studier/masteroppgaver/robin/nlink-masteroppgaver-2020.pdf ↩
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Jibo social robot assets acquired by NTT Disruption https://www.therobotreport.com/jibo-social-robot-assets-acquired-ntt-disruption/ ↩
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https://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/products/pt/industrial-robots ↩
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https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7020419329082966016?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7020419329082966016%2C7020576945654419456%29 ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#process-champ ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#pushcorp-inc- ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#systems-engineering-consultants-co-ltd- ↩ ↩2
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Robot Software Engineer at Relay Robotics https://discourse.ros.org/t/robot-software-engineer-at-relay-robotics/27244 ↩
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https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6998256160956891136 ↩
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https://roverrobotics.com/blogs/guides/rover-zero-ros-topic-list ↩
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https://discourse.ros.org/t/lead-software-engineer-ryberg-robotics-delft-the-netherlands/27460 ↩
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https://www.sbg-systems.com/support/technology/ros-driver-for-sbg-imu-ahrs-ins/ ↩
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https://schunk.com/us_en/clamping-technology/category/clamping-technology/ ↩
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https://schunk.com/us_en/gripping-systems/category/gripping-systems/ ↩
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ROSCon 2018 Madrid: aibo development using ROS https://vimeo.com/293292255 ↩
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First Sony drone uses Fast DDS https://www.eprosima.com/index.php/company-all/news/286-first-sony-drone-uses-fast-dds ↩
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https://www.swri.org/industries/industrial-robotics-automation ↩
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https://www.swri.org/industry/sensing-perception-automotive-software-unmanned-systems-automotive-software-electronics ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#spirit-aerosystems ↩
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ZED ROS Wrapper - https://github.com/stereolabs/zed-ros-wrapper ↩
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ZED ROS2 Wrapper - https://github.com/stereolabs/zed-ros2-wrapper ↩
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ZED ROS Examples - https://github.com/stereolabs/zed-ros-examples ↩
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ZED ROS2 Examples - https://github.com/stereolabs/zed-ros2-examples ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#stogl-robotics ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#tds-technology ↩
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https://torc.ai/kick-start-your-career-with-an-engineering-co-op/ ↩
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Toyota partners with Apex.AI to develop autonomous platform https://electrek.co/2021/04/14/toyota-partners-with-apex-ai-to-develop-autonomous-platform/ ↩
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Customer Success Story Toyota’s Woven Planet https://www.apex.ai/toyota-woven-planet ↩
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Toyota taps Apex.AI for its autonomous vehicle operating system https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/toyota-taps-apex-ai-for-its-autonomous-vehicle-operating-system/ ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#trend-micro ↩
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http://wiki.ros.org/gpsd_client/Tutorials/Configuration%20of%20a%20Trimble%20AgGPS%20Receiver ↩
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ROS: the framework to accelerate your next robotics project https://tryolabs.com/blog/2022/09/15/ros-the-framework-to-accelerate-your-next-robotics-project ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#t-systems-international-gmbh ↩
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https://cobiotx.unitedrobotics.group/uploads/PR_Robotnik_ENG.pdf ↩ ↩2
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https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/ur/application-installation/universal-robots-ros-driver/ ↩
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https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/ros-107085#description ↩
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Unlimited Robotics GitHub organization. https://github.com/Unlimited-Robotic ↩
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https://rosindustrial.org/ric/current-members/#volvo-group ↩
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Wyca relies on micro-ROS for autonomous indoor robot “Elodie” https://www.eprosima.com/index.php/company-all/news/206-wyca-relies-on-microros-for-robot-elodie ↩
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ZF Acquires a Stake in Apex.AI https://www.just-auto.com/news/zf-acquires-a-stake-in-apex-ai/ ↩
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Acutronic Robotics fails to find funding for H-ROS for robot hardware https://www.therobotreport.com/acutronic-robotics-h-ros-robot-hardware-fails/ ↩
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https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2022/november/stellantis-accelerates-autonomous-driving-journey-with-acquisition-of-aimotive-a-leading-artificial-intelligence-and-autonomous-driving-start-up?adobe_mc_ref= ↩
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https://aimotive.com/w/stellantis-accelerates-autonomous-driving-journey-with-acquisition-of-aimotive-a-leading-artificial-intelligence-and-autonomous-driving-start-up ↩
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https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/26/ford-vw-backed-argo-ai-is-shutting-down/ ↩
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https://www.therobotreport.com/ford-ceo-gives-insight-into-argo-ais-shutdown/ ↩
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https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2016/mar/0311-cruise.html ↩
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https://www.therobotreport.com/fetch-robotics-acquired-by-zebra-technologies-for-290m/ ↩ ↩2
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https://fetchrobotics.com/fetch-robotics-blog/zebra-technologies-to-acquire-fetch-robotics/ ↩
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https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/amazon-is-buying-irobot-for-1-7b/ ↩
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https://www.luxoft.com/pr/dxc-technology-completes-acquisition-of-leading-digital-innovator-luxoft/ ↩
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Modbot at Hannover Messe 2016, ROS-Industrial blog https://rosindustrial.org/news/tag/ModBot ↩
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Apply for Positions at Modbot Inc (SF based Modular Robotics Startup) https://www.ros.org/news/2015/08/apply-for-positions-at-modbot-inc-sf-based-modular-robotics-startup.html ↩
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/alphabet-intrinsic-open-robotics-acquisition ↩
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Drone Solutions Engineer Planck Aerosystems https://www.suasnews.com/2020/07/drone-solutions-engineer-planck-aerosystems/ ↩
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AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems, a Leading Provider of Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Navigation Solutions https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220815005622/en/AeroVironment-Acquires-Planck-Aerosystems-a-Leading-Provider-of-Advanced-Unmanned-Aircraft-Navigation-Solutions ↩
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https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6983427857892933633/ ↩
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https://news.accelerationrobotics.com/acceleration-robotics-expands-to-india-and-takes-over-technoyantra-to-grow-in-asia/ ↩
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https://www.therobotreport.com/aptiv-acquiring-wind-river-for-43b/ ↩
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Introducing the Kria Robotics Stack for Hardware Acceleration in Robotics https://www.xilinx.com/about/blogs/adaptable-advantage-blog/2021/introducing-the-kria-robotics-stack-for-hardware-acceleration-in.html ↩
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AMD to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry’s High Performance Computing Leader https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/977/amd-to-acquire-xilinx-creating-the-industrys-high ↩
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Shopify acquires 6 River Systems for $450 million to expand its AI-powered fulfillment network https://venturebeat.com/commerce/shopify-acquires-6-river-systems-for-450-million-to-expand-its-ai-powered-fulfillment-network/ ↩