Open Source Robotics Foundation

ARIAC Qualifier 3 is now open

Open Source Robotics Foundation 21 Apr 2017

We are happy to announce that Qualifier 3 is now open for the Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC)! ARIAC is a simulation-based competition is designed to promote agility in in...

ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 2

Open Source Robotics Foundation 23 Mar 2016

ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...

DARPA takes its Robotics Fast Track program on a West Coast tour, Nov. 17-19

Open Source Robotics Foundation 12 Nov 2015

The Open Source Robotics Foundation is joining DARPA and Tandem National Security Innovations on the road to spread the word about DARPA’s Robotics Fast Track Program. We’re proud to support the o...

Frank Tobe on “Is open source a good business model for robotics?”

Frank Tobe 09 Oct 2013

To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master. Freedom means not using proprietary software. - Richard Stallman, o...