# Brian Gerkey from Open Robotics discusses the development of ROS

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2022-07-01
- Length: 1h 05m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros

## Summary

Brian Gerkey, CEO and co-founder of Open Robotics, discusses the 13-year evolution of the Robot Operating System (ROS) from its origins at Willow Garage to its current status as an industry standard. He details the architectural shift from ROS 1 to ROS 2, emphasizing the addition of security, real-time capabilities, and certification readiness for mission-critical applications in automotive and aerospace sectors. Gerkey also explains Open Robotics' business model of funding open-source development through customer R&D contracts and highlights new initiatives like FogROS for cloud offloading and Open RMF for multi-vendor robot interoperability.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=8) Introduction and News: Analog Devices Camera and Ag Tech
- [11:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=677) The History of ROS and Open Robotics
- [15:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=944) ROS 2 Architecture and Certification
- [20:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=1225) Commercial Adoption and Migration from ROS 1
- [28:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=1680) ROS Industrial and Mobile Manipulation
- [32:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=1970) FogROS and MicroROS for Edge/Cloud Computing
- [40:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=2431) NVIDIA Partnership and Hardware Acceleration
- [43:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=2636) Interoperability and Open RMF
- [59:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-07-01-brian-gerkey-from-open-robotics-discusses-the-development-of-ros#t=3549) Open Robotics Business Model and Future Roadmap

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

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## Mentioned

- Open Robotics (company)
- ROS (product)
- Willow Garage (company)
- PR2 (product)
- ROS 2 (product)
- Humble Hawksbill (product)
- Apex AI (company)
- PX4 (product)
- Tyrion (company)
- Mission Robotics (company)
- ROS Industrial (product)
- FogROS (product)
- MicroROS (product)
- NVIDIA (company)
- Jetson (product)
- Open RMF (product)
- Mass Robotics (company)
- Gazebo (product)
- Astro Bots (product)
- NASA (company)

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