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Episode 123: Standardising robot programming - Nick Thompson

Robot Talk · 30 May 2025 · 18m · Episode 123

What this episode covers

Nick Thompson, CEO of BOW, explains how his company’s SDK abstracts the complexity of robot programming by providing a unified, hardware-agnostic layer that works across simulation and real-world hardware. He details how BOW complements ROS by handling low-level communication and inverse kinematics, allowing developers to write applications that are decoupled from specific robot form factors like quadrupeds or drones. Thompson highlights a key use case with the ORE Catapult’s Cyrus project, where BOW unifies aerial, underwater, and surface vessels for offshore wind inspection, and outlines plans for an App Store marketplace to monetize reusable robotic skills.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
BOW, One Beyond Ltd, ORE Catapult, Kure Ocean, Innovate UK
Products
Cyrus
Also
ROS, ROS 2

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