# OSRA Announcements and News

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## [About the OSRA Announcements and News category](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/about-the-osra-announcements-and-news-category/44272)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/about-the-osra-announcements-and-news-category/44272 "2025-06-13T03:51:07Z")

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Follow this category to get all the latest news from the Open Source Robotics Alliance.

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## [Interop SIG, 03 September 2026: Discrete Event Simulation (DES) in Bevy](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-03-september-2026-discrete-event-simulation-des-in-bevy/57674)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-03-september-2026-discrete-event-simulation-des-in-bevy/57674 "2026-09-08T19:31:12Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-09-03T15:00:00Z (UTC) At our next session, we’ll be joined by Reuben Thomas who developed a Discrete Event Simulation framework based on the Bevy video game engine, to support the Open-…

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## [Interop SIG, 06 August 2026: Google Summer of Code for Open-RMF](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-06-august-2026-google-summer-of-code-for-open-rmf/57124)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-06-august-2026-google-summer-of-code-for-open-rmf/57124 "2026-08-24T16:44:24Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-08-06T15:00:00Z (UTC) This year the Open-RMF project participated in Google Summer of Code with two contributors to help with different aspects of the Next Generation initiative. At thi…

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## [SIG For Physical AI Meeting, August 21st: Surveying AI usage in ROS - Andrea Miller – CMU](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sig-for-physical-ai-meeting-august-21st-surveying-ai-usage-in-ros-andrea-miller-cmu/57513)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
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**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sig-for-physical-ai-meeting-august-21st-surveying-ai-usage-in-ros-andrea-miller-cmu/57513 "2026-08-19T04:08:23Z")

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This week the ROS Special Interest Group for Physical AI is happy to share that we will be hosting Andrea Miller from CMU to share her research on how people are using AI in robotics development. You may have seen one of…

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## [SIG for Physical AI Meeting, August 7th with Encord](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sig-for-physical-ai-meeting-august-7th-with-encord/57199)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sig-for-physical-ai-meeting-august-7th-with-encord/57199 "2026-08-06T02:04:33Z")

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This week the ROS Special Interest Group for Physical AI is happy to share that we will be hosting Encord to share how their work connects to the work of the SIG. The meeting will be at 2026-08-07T15:00:00Z (UTC) for me…

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## [Interop SIG, 02 July 2026: Natural-Language Control of Open-RMF Fleets via the Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-02-july-2026-natural-language-control-of-open-rmf-fleets-via-the-model-context-protocol-mcp/55687)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-02-july-2026-natural-language-control-of-open-rmf-fleets-via-the-model-context-protocol-mcp/55687 "2026-07-08T20:29:50Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-07-02T15:00:00Z (UTC) At this month’s session, @shashank\_br will present on Nayantra: I’ll present an MCP server that exposes the Open-RMF REST API as LLM-callable tools, and an agent…

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## [Interop SIG, 7 May 2026: Open-RMF Upcoming Zone Feature](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-7-may-2026-open-rmf-upcoming-zone-feature/54490)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-7-may-2026-open-rmf-upcoming-zone-feature/54490 "2026-07-08T20:24:26Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-05-07T15:00:00Z (UTC) As part of the RMF-2.0 Project, the Centre for Healthcare Assistive & Robotics Technology (CHART) has developed several new features for Open-RMF which will be rol…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for March, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-march-2026/55276)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-march-2026/55276 "2026-06-05T00:54:20Z")

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Here are the meeting minutes for the March regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 26th of March 2026. You can find the official minutes in the repository, as well as a Markdown version below. …

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## [Interop SIG, 4 June 2026: Open Discussion](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-4-june-2026-open-discussion/55234)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-4-june-2026-open-discussion/55234 "2026-06-02T15:13:51Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-06-04T15:00:00Z (UTC) We have no specific presentation planned for this month. This time around we’ll have an open discussion about how we want to facilitate a gathering of this special…

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## [OSRA announces technology strategy for 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-announces-technology-strategy-for-2026/54010)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-announces-technology-strategy-for-2026/54010 "2026-04-14T06:46:09Z")

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The OSRA is pleased to announce that the Open Robotics Technology Strategy for 2026 has been published. The OSRA’s technology strategy defines the long-term aspirational goals that all OSRA projects strive for, and sp…

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## [Interop SIG, 2 April 2026: OpenRobOps](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-2-april-2026-openrobops/53645)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-2-april-2026-openrobops/53645 "2026-04-13T17:15:24Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z (UTC) The robotics industry faces a fragmentation crisis in operations parallel to the early days of robot software development. While ROS standardized the device layer …

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## [OSRA Projects Documentation Overhaul: New Information Architecture Design Complete](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-projects-documentation-overhaul-new-information-architecture-design-complete/53682)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-projects-documentation-overhaul-new-information-architecture-design-complete/53682 "2026-03-31T02:20:36Z")

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Late last year, the Open Source Robotics Alliance’s (OSRA) Technical Governance Committee approved funding to begin an overhaul of the documentation for all of our projects, including ROS, ros-controls, Gazebo, and Open-…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for January, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-january-2026/53680)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-january-2026/53680 "2026-03-31T02:07:23Z")

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Here are the meeting minutes for the January regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 22nd of January, 2026. You can find the official minutes in the repository, as well as a Markdown version be…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for December, 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-december-2025/53679)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-december-2025/53679 "2026-03-31T02:06:16Z")

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Here are the meeting minutes for the December regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 4th of December, 2025. You can find the official minutes in the repository, as well as a Markdown version b…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for October, 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-october-2025/53678)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-october-2025/53678 "2026-03-31T02:05:00Z")

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Here are the meeting minutes for the October regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 23rd of October, 2025. You can find the official minutes in the repository, as well as a Markdown version be…

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## [Interop SIG, 5 March 2026: Industrial Use-Case for the Crossflow Executor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-5-march-2026-industrial-use-case-for-the-crossflow-executor/52828)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interop-sig-5-march-2026-industrial-use-case-for-the-crossflow-executor/52828 "2026-03-06T01:16:09Z")

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Industrial Use-Case for the Crossflow Executor Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-03-05T15:00:00Z (UTC) At this month’s session, Dillon Chew from ROS-Industrial Consortium Asia-Pacific will present on his team’s recent e…

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## [New TGC Special Interest Group on Physical AI](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-tgc-special-interest-group-on-physical-ai/50002)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
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**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-tgc-special-interest-group-on-physical-ai/50002 "2026-02-23T23:01:36Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce that the OSRA TGC has chartered a new Special Interest Group (SIG) for Physical AI. The goal of this new SIG is to research, develop and standardize new messages, features, capabilitie…

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## [Interoperability Special Interest Group, 5 February 2026: Making Multi-Agent Path Finding Real-World Ready](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-5-february-2026-making-multi-agent-path-finding-real-world-ready/52263)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-5-february-2026-making-multi-agent-path-finding-real-world-ready/52263 "2026-02-23T17:16:36Z")

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Resilient Execution for Mixed Fleets via Spatio-temporal Bounds Meeting Link Calendar Link 2026-02-05T15:00:00Z (UTC) When moving a diverse fleet of robots—varying in size and speed—the biggest challenge isn’t just fi…

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## [Discussion on ISO draft on mobile robot interoperability - Interoperability Special Interest Group, 4 December 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/discussion-on-iso-draft-on-mobile-robot-interoperability-interoperability-special-interest-group-4-december-2025/51223)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/discussion-on-iso-draft-on-mobile-robot-interoperability-interoperability-special-interest-group-4-december-2025/51223 "2026-02-03T19:12:18Z")

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Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-12-04T15:00:00Z (UTC) This week our friend Andrei Ionescu from Rockwell will introduce us to the ISO 21423 draft on communications and interoperability for industrial mobile robots. Thi…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for August, 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-august-2025/51168)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-august-2025/51168 "2025-11-26T07:01:35Z")

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It didn’t take long to fall off the schedule again, but here are the meeting minutes for the August regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 28th of August, 2025. You can find the official minut…

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## [Interoperability Special Interest Group, 6 November 2025: Setting up a project with the site editor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-6-november-2025-setting-up-a-project-with-the-site-editor/50842)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-6-november-2025-setting-up-a-project-with-the-site-editor/50842 "2025-11-13T19:29:37Z")

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Community Page Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-11-06T15:00:00Z (UTC) Since the earliest days of the Open-RMF project we have depended on the traffic-editor to lay out facilities, sketch the traffic rules, and generat…

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## [Open Robotics launches Zulip chat server](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-robotics-launches-zulip-chat-server/50673)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-robotics-launches-zulip-chat-server/50673 "2025-10-29T16:43:08Z")

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Good news, everyone! After the successful migration of all our discussion fora into this single instance of Discourse, expanding its use to all of the OSRA’s projects, we have moved on to our next target for improving c…

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## [Launch of the OSRA's new Robotics Enhancement Proposal (REP) process](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/launch-of-the-osras-new-robotics-enhancement-proposal-rep-process/50668)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/launch-of-the-osras-new-robotics-enhancement-proposal-rep-process/50668 "2025-10-23T16:03:53Z")

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Hi everyone, I have some exciting news! The OSRA Technical Governance Committee (TGC) has ratified a new process for developing technical specifications for the OSRA’s family of projects - ROS, ros-controls, Gazebo, Ope…

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## [Interoperability Special Interest Group October 2, 2025: Open Discussion](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-october-2-2025-open-discussion/50365)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-october-2-2025-open-discussion/50365 "2025-10-01T17:15:47Z")

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Community Page Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-10-02T15:00:00Z (UTC) With preparation for ROSCon going on, there is no agenda for this month’s session. Instead we will leave it open for general discussion about any t…

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## [\[Irregular Timing\] Interoperability Special Interest Group September 3, 2025: Traffic Management Interfaces (part 3)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/irregular-timing-interoperability-special-interest-group-september-3-2025-traffic-management-interfaces-part-3/49792)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/irregular-timing-interoperability-special-interest-group-september-3-2025-traffic-management-interfaces-part-3/49792 "2025-09-26T22:59:53Z")

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Community Page Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-09-03T13:00:00Z (UTC) Moving to a different time slot just for September, we’ll continue the last session’s discussion which covered message definitions related to defin…

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## [Interoperability Special Interest Group August 7, 2025: Traffic Management Interfaces (part 2)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-august-7-2025-traffic-management-interfaces-part-2/49433)

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**Author:** [@grey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/grey)\
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**Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-august-7-2025-traffic-management-interfaces-part-2/49433 "2025-09-06T15:06:22Z")

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Community Page Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-08-07T15:00:00Z (UTC) Continuing from the last session’s discussion which covered the overall topology of topics in the next generation traffic management interfaces pro…

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## [Interoperability Special Interest Group July 3, 2025: Traffic Management Interfaces](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-july-3-2025-traffic-management-interfaces/44421)

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**Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/interoperability-special-interest-group-july-3-2025-traffic-management-interfaces/44421 "2025-09-04T23:59:43Z")

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Community Page Meeting Link Calendar Link 2025-07-03T15:00:00Z (UTC) The Open-RMF PMC has recently kicked off a discussion on traffic management interfaces for the next generation of the Open-RMF project. At the n…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for July, 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-july-2025/49877)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-july-2025/49877 "2025-09-03T08:06:33Z")

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Back on schedule, here are the meeting minutes for the July regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee, held on the 24th of July, 2025. You can find the official minutes in the repository, as well as a Markdow…

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## [OSRA's Technical Governance Committee Approves $250,000 Funding for Infrastructure and Documentation Enhancement](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osras-technical-governance-committee-approves-250-000-funding-for-infrastructure-and-documentation-enhancement/49373)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osras-technical-governance-committee-approves-250-000-funding-for-infrastructure-and-documentation-enhancement/49373 "2025-08-07T14:31:11Z")

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The Technical Governance Committee (TGC) of the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA) has approved funding of US$250,000 to significantly enhance project infrastructure and documentation across the OSRA ecosystem. This fu…

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## [OSRA TGC meeting minutes for May, 2025 and June, 2025](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-may-2025-and-june-2025/49339)

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**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
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**Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/osra-tgc-meeting-minutes-for-may-2025-and-june-2025/49339 "2025-07-30T06:57:14Z")

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Even more belatedly than last time, the meeting minutes for the regular meeting of the Technical Governance Committee held on the 22nd of May, 2025, and 26th of June, 2025, were approved in the subsequent meetings and ar…

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