# ROS News for the Week of January 19th, 2026

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**Tags:** weekly-update\
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-january-19th-2026/52057 "2026-01-23T20:15:16Z")\
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# ROS News for the Week of January 19th, 2026
  

 ![ROSConKR](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/8/c/8c5ae7d33f37d64f72640824a129a11cba09f745.png)  
🦾 🇰🇷 [This week marked our first ever regional ROSCon in South Korea!](https://roscon.ros.org/kr/2026/)

  

 ![ROSBTBJan26 (1) (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/5/3/534914034b75d63125d45854d8c54e9c873caf97.jpeg) ![Copy of GCMJan26 (1200 x 1200 px)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/4/8/48a8f4b373e78ce54f0b292fbd3727c1f625187e.jpeg)  
 ![ROSSG-Jan26 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/5/c/5cbc4a4bdf15f8e2e114f5b22f93874efb053ce4.jpeg)  
 ![fcc1467d668eaa4afd0dab39ef933465952c8175_2_1035x582](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/8/9/89cfa19b53e50ed613695f61a6c58e264d791ddf.jpeg)  
 ![Regional-Meetup-Belgium@2x-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/a/3/a3c0df5c1de3aeddfeb1c8971c30af638903c866.jpeg)

Our ROS social calendar has filled back up again. There is a [Gazebo Community Meeting on Forest3D next Wednesday](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/community-meeting-forest3d/51735) and [ROS By-The-Bay with Main Street Autonomy and @skye.galaxy](https://www.meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/events/312903769/) next Thursday. The following week there is a [robotics Dev room at FOSDEM](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/fosdem-2026-robotics-simulation-devroom-2nd-edition/50828) and a [Dronecode Meetup in Leuven, Belgium](https://dronecode.org/dronecode-septentrio-meetup-leuven-belgium/). This week we also announced a [ROS Singapore Meetup in February](https://www.meetup.com/singapore-ros-meetup/events/312984251) and a [ROS Heilbronn Meetup at Bildungscampus](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-heilbronn-meetup-at-bildungscampus-23-march-2026/52035) in March. Tickets for [Open Hardware Summit at TU Berlin](https://ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/) also went on sale this week.

  

 ![Screenshot From 2026-01-23 11-27-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/3/3/33e0552d60272bd88c63a65cfe6f698dcf54a7a3.png)

@skye.galaxy released a fantastic new [ROS Benchmarking tool from iRobot this week!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/irobots-ros-benchmarking-suite-now-available/51921) it is worth checking out!

 ![cover](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/e/8/e80ce5bb382e898c569ce519dcc61b11d3dae3a3.jpeg)  
[In the good vibe codes only department, check out this slick ROS 2 YOLO package](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-yolos-cpp-high-performance-ros-2-wrappers-for-yolos-cpp-all-models-all-tasks/51964). It provides This package provides composable and lifecycle-managed ROS 2 nodes for real-time object detection, instance segmentation, pose estimation, oriented bounding boxes, and image classification.

# Events

- [2026-01-28 The Canonical Observability Stack with Guillaume Beuzeboc](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/the-canonical-observability-stack-with-guillaume-beuzeboc-cloud-robotics-wg-meeting-2026-01-28/51963)
- [2026-01-28 Gazebo Community Meeting: Forest3D](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/community-meeting-forest3d/51735)
- [2026-01-28 Urban Autonomy Summit in San Franisco](https://luma.com/ftfq97iw?tk=vHsNIG)
- [2026-01-29 ROS By-The-Bay with Main Street Autonomy](https://www.meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/events/312903769/)
- [2026-01-30 Dronecode + Septentrio Meetup: Leuven, Belgium](https://dronecode.org/dronecode-septentrio-meetup-leuven-belgium/)
- [2026-1-31 =\> 2026-02-01 FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2026/) - [Robot Dev Room](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/fosdem-2026-robotics-simulation-devroom-2nd-edition/50828)
- [2026-01-31 = \> 2026-02-01 Physical AI Hackathon San Francisco](https://luma.com/8ca2z1rr) – [Details](https://physicalaihack.com/)
- [2026-02-10 SG ROS Meetup: 2026 kickoff of ROS Meetup Singapore](https://www.meetup.com/singapore-ros-meetup/events/312984251/?slug=singapore-ros-meetup&eventId=312984251&isFirstPublish=true)
- [2026-02-17 REK Robot Boxing in San Francisco](https://rek.com/rek1?utm_source=email&utm_medium=burst&utm_campaign=rek1_launch)
- [2026-02-12 Mass Robotics Form Function Challenge Application Deadline](https://www.massrobotics.org/form-function-challenge/)
- [2026-02-11 Intrinsic AI for Industry Challenge Deadline](https://www.intrinsic.ai/go/register-for-the-ai-for-industry-challenge?utm_source=multi-channel&utm_medium=internal_outreach&utm_campaign=challenge-2026&utm_term=kat)
- [2026-03-23 ROS Heilbronn Meetup at Bildungscampus](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-heilbronn-meetup-at-bildungscampus-23-march-2026/52035)
- [2026-05-22 Stanford Robotics Drone Hackathon](https://www.stanfordhorizons.com/)
- [2026-05-23 Open Hardware Summit at TU Berlin](https://ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/)
- [2026-06-21 =\> 2026-06-26 RPL Summer school in robotics, perception and learning, Stockholm, Sweden.](https://summer-school.rpl.eecs.kth.se/)
- [2026-07-29 =\> 2026-08-04 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems in Prague](https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/summer-school/index.html)

# News

- [ROSCon Korea 2026](https://roscon.ros.org/kr/2026/)
- [ROS PMC Minutes for January 20, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-pmc-minutes-for-january-20-2026/52015)
- [ROS PMC Minutes for January 13th](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-pmc-minutes-for-january-13th/52013)
- [ROS PMC Minutes for January 6, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-pmc-minutes-for-january-6-2026/52011)
- 🆒 [Draft REP 0156:2026 `ros2log` Command Line Interface - Call for Discussion](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/draft-rep-0156-2026-ros2log-command-line-interface-call-for-discussion/51913)
- [Why Serve Robotics is acquiring a hospital assistant robot company](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/why-serve-robotics-is-acquiring-a-hospital-assistant-robot-company/)
- [Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/oshen-built-the-first-ocean-robot-to-collect-data-in-a-category-5-hurricane/)
- [iRobot emerges from Chapter 11 as restructured Picea U.S. subsidiary](https://www.therobotreport.com/irobot-emerges-from-chapter-11-picea-u-s-subsidiary/)
- [Zipline raises over $600M in funding, surpasses 2M commercial drone deliveries](https://www.therobotreport.com/zipline-raises-over-600m-in-funding-surpasses-2m-commercial-drone-deliveries/)
- [Boston Dynamics releases Spot and Orbit 5.1 with new Spot Cam](https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-releases-spot-and-orbit-5-1-with-new-spot-cam/)
- [Microsoft Research reveals Rho-alpha vision-language-action model for robots](https://www.therobotreport.com/microsoft-research-reveals-rho-alpha-vision-language-action-model-for-robots/)
- [Serve Robotics to acquire hospital logistics provider Diligent Robotics](https://www.therobotreport.com/serve-robotics-acquires-diligent-robotics/)
- [Botsync brings in investment from SGInnovate to continue scaling robots, software](https://www.therobotreport.com/botsync-brings-in-investment-from-sginnovate-to-continue-scaling-robots-software/)
- [Robot Videos: DARPA Triage Challenge, Extreme Cold Test](https://spectrum.ieee.org/darpa-triage-challenge-robot?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=hero&utm_campaign=hero-2026-01-23&utm_content=hero3)
- [MassRobotics opens applications for fourth Form and Function Robotics Challenge](https://www.therobotreport.com/massrobotics-opens-applications-for-fourth-form-and-function-robotics-challenge/)
- [Weekly Robotics #344](https://www.weeklyrobotics.com/weekly-robotics-344)
- [Software-Defined Everything from RTI](https://www.rti.com/podcast?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=social-podcast)

# ROS

- 🆒 [Update on ROS native buffers](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/update-on-ros-native-buffers/51771)
- 🆒 [iRobot’s ROS benchmarking suite now available!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/irobots-ros-benchmarking-suite-now-available/51921)
- [ROS 2 Robotics 2026: Jetson Nano or Raspberry Pi 5 Kit?](https://www.hackster.io/HiwonderRobot/ros2-robotics-2026-jetson-nano-or-raspberry-pi-5-kit-ba5299)
- [Supporting newer versions of Ubuntu](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/supporting-newer-versions-of-ubuntu/51924)
- [Gazebo Fuel Model Feedback](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-fuel-model-feedback/51884)
- [New packages for Kilted Kaiju 2026-01-22](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-kilted-kaiju-2026-01-22/52022)
- [New Packages for ROS 2 Rolling Ridley 2026-01-21](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-ros-2-rolling-ridley-2026-01-21/51970)
- 🆒 [Ros2\_yolos\_cpp High-Performance ROS 2 Wrappers for YOLOs-CPP](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-yolos-cpp-high-performance-ros-2-wrappers-for-yolos-cpp-all-models-all-tasks/51964)
- [Pixi as a co-official way of installing ROS on Linux](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pixi-as-a-co-official-way-of-installing-ros-on-linux/51764)
- 🆒 [beluga vs amcl the localization upgrade you didnt know you needed](https://ekumenlabs.com/ebooks/beluga-vs-amcl-the-localization-upgrade-you-didnt-know-you-needed.pdf)
- [Deployment and Implementation of RDA\_planner](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/deployment-and-implementation-of-rda-planner/51956)
- [Gazebo Kura Roadmap](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-kura-roadmap/51820)
- [Can anyone recommend a C++ GUI framework where I can embed or integrate a 3D engine?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-c-gui-framework-where-i-can-embed-or-integrate-a-3d-engine/51906)
- 🦀 [Announcement: rclrs 0.7.0 Release](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-rclrs-0-7-0-release/51896)
- [LinkForge: Robot modeling does not have to be complicated](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/linkforge-robot-modeling-does-not-have-to-be-complicated/51883)
- [Autonomous Path Planning Using Deep Reinforcement Learning (ROS2 Foxy+ Gazebo Classic)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/autonomous-path-planning-using-deep-reinforcement-learning-ros2-foxy-gazebo-classic/51877)
- [ROS 2 in the Wild: Scaling Robotics from Lab to Production](https://www.lawrenceharvey.com/newsroom/ros2-in-the-wild-scaling-robotics-from-lab-to-production)
- [PRBonn/rko\_lio: A Robust Approach for LiDAR-Inertial Odometry Without Sensor-Specific Modelling](https://github.com/PRBonn/rko_lio)
- [From Sea to Space: Advancing Perception in Harsh Domains @ ICRA 2026](https://sites.google.com/view/icra-2026-s2s-perception/)
- [ros2\_medkit: Modern, SOVD-compatible diagnostics for ROS 2 robots (runtime discovery, introspection, remote troubleshooting).](https://github.com/selfpatch/ros2_medkit)
- [ROS Bag Conversion Tool](https://github.com/comrob/ros_bag_conversion)
- [CoinFT: A Coin-Sized, Capacitive 6-axis Force/Torque Sensor for Robotic Applications](https://coin-ft.github.io/)
- [Robot Simulation Software: A 2026 Perspective](https://www.blackcoffeerobotics.com/blog/which-robot-simulation-software-to-use)
- [Tinymovr-ROS: ROS 2 Hardware Interface for the Tinymovr Motor Controller](https://github.com/tinymovr/Tinymovr-ROS)
- [Download models from IKEA website, potentially for simulation](https://github.com/apinanaivot/IKEA-3D-Model-Download-Button)
- [Alpamayo ROS package for Autoware integration is now available](https://github.com/orgs/autowarefoundation/discussions/6747)
- [Example ROS 2 / Unity Simulation](https://github.com/REACT-ROBOT/Unity_ROS2_sample)
- [How PuppyPi Robotic Dog Achieves Its Remarkably Stable Gait](https://www.hackster.io/HiwonderRobot/how-puppypi-robotic-dog-achieves-its-remarkably-stable-gait-cac6ba)
- [Autonomous navigation software stack for the mobile robot “TERABO”, built with ROS 2 Humble and Docker](https://github.com/TERAKATA-Robotics/terabo-navigation)
- [Learning exercise to understand ArduPilot–MAVROS–ROS2 integration](https://github.com/pseudo-kd/drone-uno)
- [ShapeR – Robust Conditional 3D Shape Generation from Casual Captures](https://facebookresearch.github.io/ShapeR/)

# Got a Minute? ⏰

Here are some recently created ROS and Gazebo Issues that we could use some help with! We’re also always looking for PR reviewers! Checking out a PR, building it, testing it, and giving the code a read-through really helps us move new features along.

- Help Wanted in ros2/ros2cli [add unit tests for sub-command tab completer](https://github.com/ros2/ros2cli/issues/1173)
- Help Wanted in ros2/rmw\_zenoh [Just like fastdds\_backend\_statistics](https://github.com/ros2/rmw_zenoh/issues/882)
- Help Wanted in ros2/ros2\_documentation [Canonical URL generation logic can lead to incorrect mirror results](https://github.com/ros2/ros2_documentation/issues/6112)
- Help Wanted in ros2/common\_interfaces [the function read\_points() of pointcloud2.py seems to change the cloud itemsize, breaks do\_transform\_cloud](https://github.com/ros2/common_interfaces/issues/305)
- Help Wanted in ros2/teleop\_twist\_joy [Feature: Add normalize\_axes parameter for circular input mapping](https://github.com/ros2/teleop_twist_joy/issues/65)
- Help Wanted in ros2/rosbag2 [A way to convert ros2 bags from one distribution to another](https://github.com/ros2/rosbag2/issues/1895)
- Help Wanted in ros2/rviz [Request FrameAligned view, as in ROS1](https://github.com/ros2/rviz/issues/1320)
- Help Wanted in gazebosim/gz-sim [Show selected entity when opening Component Inspector](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/issues/177)
- Help Wanted in gazebosim/gz-cmake [Find one of multiple packages](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-cmake/issues/4)

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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:** [January 23, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-january-19th-2026/52057/2 "2026-01-23T23:23:46Z")

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I forgot to add this awesome video watched last night!

[Simulating 4,000,000 double pendulums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVogdTJESw)

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**Author:** ![ruffsl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/ruffsl/32/83_2.png) [@ruffsl](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ruffsl)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-january-19th-2026/52057/3 "2026-01-27T16:18:16Z")

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Another good video on double pendulums explored through **sound** as well as fractals:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/9/b/9b19a25ed7c34aed85febd047af0ed80fca46c86.jpeg "Double Pendulums are Chaoticn't") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjb2OhEQcU)