I am happy to announce that Red Hat just released their full five part documentary about the history of ROS. The documentary is called, “How to Start a Robot Revolution” and is part of an on-going documentary series called Open Source Stories. This documentary has been a year in the making and was initially supposed to be released back in April but it was postponed due to the pandemic. You should see a number of familiar faces in the documentary along with a full account of the history of ROS at Willow Garage. If you are unfamiliar with the history of ROS this is a great chance to learn about how we got here and the people behind ROS.
Really great series and awesome production quality! Only wish I was in college circa Willow to be an intern It got me thinking about what a project would be that I’d work on…
arson-o-bot: A PR2 that drives at full speed and randomly sets fires. For training firefighters, of course.
delivery-bot: A PR2 to open doors and get packages from UPS/Fedex and deliver them to the right people’s desks
espresso-mate: A PR2 that can make a mean latte with a turtle-shaped latte design