Brian Gerkey

Apple, Amazon and now Google: It’s a pretty exciting day for robotics!

There is serious momentum in robotics these days, evidenced by recent news from Apple, Amazon and Google: Apple announced that they were investing $10.5 billion in supply chain robots and automati...

14 December 2013, by Frank Tobe

Is open source a good business model for robotics?

Open source vs. proprietary software is an age old question. Since the advent of robotics, we also have the question of open source hardware. In academia, where robotics researchers look to open so...

09 October 2013, by RBI Editors

DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge a practical step forward on the long road toward disaster-response capable humanoids

Based on a media rountable discussion with DRC Program Manager Gill Pratt and CEO of the Open Source Robotics Foundation Brian Gerkey. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster was a wake-up call...

24 July 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Brian Gerkey on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

The biggest obstacle to broader adoption of robotics is that only experienced roboticists can develop robotics applications. To make a robot reliably and robustly do something useful, you need a d...

15 May 2013, by Brian Gerkey

What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?

It has been said that we are on the edge of a 'robotic tipping point' … but where, exactly, is this edge? And what's holding us back? This month we asked our panelists to weigh in on what's keepin...

15 May 2013, by RBI Editors

ROSCon 2012: Keynote (part 1 of 2)

http://youtu.be/-E1O98qrfBY ROSCon 2012 Keynote, by Morgan Quigley, with introduction by Brian Gerkey, Part 1 of 2. (Duration 23:46) Post revised 08Aug2012....

24 May 2012, by John Payne

Open source robotics foundation announced

Announced via the Willow Garage website, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. Its mission is ...

17 May 2012, by John Payne