# ROS News for the Week of 12/14/2020

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-12-14-2020/18086>\
**Category:** Community News\
**Tags:** weekly-update\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-12-14-2020/18086 "2020-12-18T13:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katherine\_Scott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/katherine_scott/32/4434_2.png) [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-12-14-2020/18086/1 "2020-12-18T13:04:21Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/2X/7/7f5d813585097795308335680af27e4ca46c1a9b.jpeg)  
[Christmas is Cancelled from FZI](http://discourse.ros.org/t/christmas-cancelled-christmas-video-robot-wallpapers/17905)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/2X/c/c45d6886d0a796083d7fdb472d00721d81ce1298.jpeg)  
[CoBot Christmas](http://discourse.ros.org/t/mans-best-friends-robotic-friend-christmas-video/18040)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/2X/7/7e67eee9cebf29d97819d953b0af8cb76c442382.jpeg)  
I was gifted this by an aspiring engineer this week. If you have similar awesome technical drawnings please drop them in the comments.

_Seasons Greetings_

- [ROS 2 Advent Calendar in Japanese](https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2020/ros)
- _Note, there will be no update next week due to the holiday._
- [Holiday: Man’s Best Robotic Friend](http://discourse.ros.org/t/mans-best-friends-robotic-friend-christmas-video/18040)
- [Christmas Cancelled](http://discourse.ros.org/t/christmas-cancelled-christmas-video-robot-wallpapers/17905)

# Events

- [Bi-Weekly Eclipse IceOryx Developer Meetup](http://discourse.ros.org/t/announcing-bi-weekly-eclipse-iceoryx-developer-meetup/18038)
- [Webots ROS 2 Community Meeting](http://discourse.ros.org/t/webots-ros2-community-meeting/18025)

# ROS Related

- [ROS 2 Default Middleware for Galactic Selected](http://discourse.ros.org/t/ros-2-galactic-default-middleware-announced/18064)
- [2020 ROS 2 Middleware Report](https://osrf.github.io/TSC-RMW-Reports/) – includes code and data
- [Proposal for Common Messages in ROS 2](http://discourse.ros.org/t/common-messages-github-organization/18028)
- [macOS moved to Tier 3 for ROS 2 Galactic](http://discourse.ros.org/t/macos-support-in-ros-2-galactic-and-beyond/17891)
- [Last Update for ROS 2 Eloquent Elusor](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-packages-for-eloquent-2020-12-14/17907)
- [Input Needed: ROS OpenVINO Toolkit Roadmap](http://discourse.ros.org/t/discussion-ros-ros2-openvino-toolkit-new-features-in-y2021/17897)
- [ARViz – Augmented Reality RVIZ](https://github.com/intelligentroboticslabs/arviz)
- [MOCAP 4 ROS 2](https://github.com/MOCAP4ROS2-Project)
- [ROS Noetic Update](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-packages-for-noetic-2020-12-14/17894)
- [Italian ROS Group](http://discourse.ros.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-group-of-italian-speaking-users/18061/3)
- [Slow Your Roll: Nav2 Speed Restriction Support](http://discourse.ros.org/t/nav2-speed-restriction-support-now-available/18068/2)
- [Cargo Delivery ODD Kick-Off Meeting](http://discourse.ros.org/t/cargo-delivery-odd-kick-off-meeting/17864)
- [Multiwheel Differential Drive Plugin](http://discourse.ros.org/t/multiwheel-differential-drive-plugin/18030)
- [TurtleBot3 and Webots](http://discourse.ros.org/t/turtlebot3-and-webots/17880)
- [ROSout Log Monitoring Tool](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-rosout-log-monitoring-tool-log-viewer/17865)
- [@fmrico pluginlib / github actions tools](https://github.com/fmrico/gh-actions-tests)

# News

- [PickNik wins Good Robot Award](https://picknik.ai/moveit/open%20source/award/silicon%20valley%20robotics/2020/12/17/picknik-robotics-wins-the-silicon-valley-robotics-good-robot-industry-champion-award.html)
- [James Bruton keeps building his ROS robot](https://t.co/Oa2QvISJNY?amp=1)
- [Plus One Robotics Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ywtNro1zF9RNi8JMZWzGk?si=WxVYCwT-QGOoq2ee5dUi8g)
- [Cloud Simulation for CI/CD in Robotics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYoUl4UabD4&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=INESC-TECRobotics)
- [QuadSAT ROS for Testing Satellite Equipment](https://youtu.be/mSyXMLzWjIA)
- [Google X on Robots and Puppets](https://blog.x.company/a-puppet-and-a-robot-walk-into-a-moonshot-factory-561c383a96f2)
- [NanoSaur Robot](https://twitter.com/raffaello86/status/1337930296814088193)
- [ROS Industrial: Open Source is also establishing itself in industrial robotics](https://www.heise.de/news/ROS-Industrial-Open-Source-etabliert-sich-auch-in-der-Industrierobotik-4991132.html)
- [ROS Industrial Video Competition](https://rosindustrial.org/rosindustrial-video-competition-2020)

# ROS Questions

- [SystemD does not work with ROS 2](https://answers.ros.org/question/367935/systemd-does-not-work-with-ros2/)
- [Utility to Convert Point Cloud to Height Map](https://answers.ros.org/question/367785/converting-pointcloud-pcd-file-to-a-height-map/)
- [Adding external c library to a ROS2 node](https://answers.ros.org/question/367968/adding-external-c-library-to-a-ros2-node/)