Can Willow Garage’s “Linux for Robots” Spur Internet-Scale Growth? (Xconomy)

Xconomy looks at Willow Garage and its open source software for robots. “Called the Robot Operating System, or ROS, it’s a collection of algorithms that handle standard tasks required of every mobile robot—things like making sense of a visual scene, planning a path around obstacles. Unlike PR2, ROS is completely free, and is already being adapted by hundreds of robotics labs and companies around the world. It’s spreading so fast that [CEO Steve] Cousins says Willow Garage is considering creating a non-profit foundation, similar to the Apache Software Foundation, that could organize the developer community, collect donations, and act as an independent steward and champion for the software.” LWN covered a talk by Willow Garage’s Tully Foote from SCALE 10x in January.

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