# ROS News for the Week of October 14th, 2024
**URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141
**Category:** Community News
**Tags:** weekly-update
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141 "2024-10-17T22:10:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/1 "2024-10-17T22:10:52Z")
# ROS News for the Week of October 14th, 2024
ROSCon is next week! There will be a [free live stream](http://bit.ly/ROSCon24Live) that should go live Tuesday morning CEST. If you are attending event all of the local action and planning is on [WhoVa](https://whova.com/), our surprisingly good event app.
I’ve talked @methylDragon and @Lethic_Z of [Red Rabbit Robotics](https://www.redrabbitrobotics.cc/) fame into being our guest speakers at [ROS By-The-Bay next month.](https://www.meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/events/304048212/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events) Please consider this event our local ROSCon after party.
I am happy to report that the OSRA picked up another gold sponsor this week! [AMD](https://www.amd.com/en.html) has joined the Alliance as a Gold Member on top of already sponsoring ROSCon and the [ROSCon 2024 Live Stream](https://bit.ly/ROSCon24Live).
[TurtleBot4 Now Supports Jazzy Jalisco!](https://clearpathrobotics.com/blog/2024/10/turtlebot-4-now-supports-ros-2-jazzy/) Binaries should drop today or tomorrow.
This week the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society announced a new journal, [“IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice (RA-P).”](http://discourse.ros.org/t/ieee-robotics-and-automation-practice-ra-p/40060) This new journal is specifically focused on publish results from real robots deployed out in the field.
Our Spanish colleagues @ahcorde @jrivero @caguero along with @bsb808 have launched a new ROS company this week, [Honu Robotics.](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-robotics-company-honu-robotics/40129). If you are looking some help from ROS / Gazebo core devs you might want to check them out.
_Editor’s Note: I am posting this week’s news a bit early as I have a flight to Denmark to catch. 🛫 🇩🇰 Depending on how that week goes there may not be a news post on October 25th. I am going on an actual vacation the week after ROSCon and there will not be a news post on November 1st. Rest assured there will be a mega news post the following week!_
# Events
- [2024-10-21 → 2024-10-24 ROSCon 2024 in Odense, Denmark](https://roscon.ros.org/2024/)
- [2024-10-21 ROSCon 2024 Odense Aerial Robotics Meetup](http://discourse.ros.org/t/roscon-2024-odense-aerial-robotics-meetup/39972)
- [2024-10-21 MoveIt Pro Happy Hour at ROSCon 2024 (Denmark)](http://discourse.ros.org/t/moveit-pro-happy-hour-at-roscon-2024-denmark/39975)
- [2024-10-22 → 2024-10-24 AgRobot FIRA in Sacramento](https://fira-usa.com/)
- [2024-10-24 → 2024-10-25 ROS Industrial Conference EU in Odense](https://rosindustrial.org/events/2024/ros-industrial-conference-2024)
- [2024-10-23 → 2024-10-25 16th International Conference on Social Robotics +AI](https://icsr2024.dk/)
- [2024-10-23 Berlin Robotics Meetup](https://www.linkedin.com/events/berlinroboticsmeetup7247184109897207808/)
- [2024-10-29 Maritime Community Group Meeting](http://discourse.ros.org/t/maritime-community-group-meeting-oct-2024-goby3-in-ros-2-ocean-foss-ecosystem-proposal/40116)
- [2024-11-02 → 2024-11-03 ROSCon China in Shenzhen](http://roscon.roseducation.org.cn/2024/en/)
- [2024-11-6 Conference on Robot Learning](https://www.corl.org/home)
- [2024-11-6 → 2024-11-7 ROS-Industrial APAC Summit](https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/ros-industrial-consortium-asia-pacific-annual-summit-2024-tickets-906578319157?aff=oddtdtcreator) – [More](https://a-star-engagementportal.glueup.com/event/ros-industrial-consortium-asia-pacific-annual-summit-2024-116803/)
- [2024-11-11 CFP for International Workshop on Robotics Software Engineering](http://discourse.ros.org/t/7th-international-workshop-on-robotics-software-engineering/39901)
- [2024-11-14 ROS By-The-Bay wsg Red Rabbit Robotic and @methyldragon](https://www.meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/events/304048212/?eventOrigin=home_next_event_you_are_hosting)
- [CoRL Workshop on Lifelong Learning in Home Robotics](https://llhomerobots.github.io/)
- [2024-11-22 F1Tenth Learning to Trust Autonomy Workshop at BU](https://sites.bu.edu/learningautonomy/)
- [2024-12-03 ROSCon Germany](https://roscon2024.de/)
- [2024-12-05 ROSCon India](http://discourse.ros.org/t/roscon-india-2024/39338)
- [2024-12-11 =\>2024-12-12 Humanoids Summit Bay Area](https://humanoidssummit.com/)
- [2024-12-16 =\> 2024-12-19 F1Tenth Sim Racing League at CDC 2024](https://autodrive-ecosystem.github.io/competitions/f1tenth-sim-racing-cdc-2024/)
- [2024-12-22 Open Hardware Summit CFP Deadline](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiuWtUClyQ2Aj-CBFwZacpfL9xxgG_ZA8ImF0SF9sT2-sqKA/viewform)
- [2024-12-31 Deadline for Natural Robotics Contest](https://www.naturalroboticscontest.com/)
- [2025-04-28 International Workshop on Robotics Software Engineering](http://discourse.ros.org/t/7th-international-workshop-on-robotics-software-engineering/39901)
- [2025-05-30 =\> 2025-05-31 2025 Open Hardware Summit in Edinburgh](https://2025.oshwa.org/)
# News
- [New ROS Friendly IEEE RAS Publication](http://discourse.ros.org/t/ieee-robotics-and-automation-practice-ra-p/40060)
- [Honu Robotics – A new company fom ROS / Gazebo Core Devs](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-robotics-company-honu-robotics/40129)
- [Olive Robotics Raises $1M Seed Round](https://olive-robotics.com/?p=4379)
- [TRI and Boston Dynamics Team Up](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/16/boston-dynamics-teams-with-tri-to-bring-ai-smarts-to-atlas-humanoid-robot/) – [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-toyota-research)
- [Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the ‘We, Robot’ event](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/tesla-optimus-bots-were-controlled-by-humans-during-the-we-robot-event/)
- [Is anyone aware of ROS projects in laboratory automation?](http://discourse.ros.org/t/is-anyone-aware-of-ros-projects-in-laboratory-automation/40099)
- [Mistubishi MELFA ROS 2 Package](http://discourse.ros.org/t/official-ros2-driver-release-for-mitsubishi-electric-industrial-robot-melfa-melfa-ros2-driver/40133)
- [OSHWA T-Shirt Sale](https://www.customink.com/fundraising/open-hardware-month-fundraiser)
- [UMI Data – Distributed Data Collection](https://umi-data.github.io/)
- [2024 Blender User Survey](https://www.blender.org/press/blender-survey-2024/)
- [ROSA Demo at JPL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTrSg7tEsA)
- [Meet the UVA Indy Autonomous Challenge Team](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgh5gMFhFYE)
- [🆒 Low-Cost Air Hockey Robot Using a Five-Bar Linkage Mechanism Driven by Position-Control Servomotors](https://omron-sinicx.github.io/air-hockey-robot-v1/)
# ROS
- [TurtleBot4 Now Supports Jazzy](https://clearpathrobotics.com/blog/2024/10/turtlebot-4-now-supports-ros-2-jazzy/)
- [🆒 3D Gausian Rendering Playground for ROS](http://discourse.ros.org/t/github-gimpelzhang-gaussianrpg-3d-gaussian-rendering-playground-an-open-source/40095)
- [ROS 2 Bag Exporter: A Versatile Tool for ROS2 Bag Data Extraction](http://discourse.ros.org/t/ros2-bag-exporter-a-versatile-tool-for-ros2-bag-data-extraction/40069)
- [Articulated Robotics: How To Upgrade to Modern Gazebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH4gkIFZ6W8)
- [From Code to Canvas: A SOM-Powered Robotic Writing Arm](https://www.hackster.io/adam-taylor/from-code-to-canvas-a-som-powered-robotic-writing-arm-4e02e8)
- [Your First Robot Arm: Building a Smart Pick-and-Place System with Edge Impulse](https://www.edgeimpulse.com/blog/building-a-pick-and-place-system-with-edge-impulse/)
- [Robot & Chisel: A New Local Planner](https://www.robotandchisel.com/2024/10/14/graceful-controller/)
- [ROS 2 Bag Exporter](https://github.com/Geekgineer/ros2_bag_exporter)
- [Tiago Object Manipulation ROS](https://github.com/KiaRational/Tiago_Object_Manipulation_ROS)
- [Wall edge mapping and localization from RGB-D Data](https://www.hackster.io/thapapawan03/wall-edge-mapping-and-localization-from-rgb-d-data-7da672)
- [ROS 2 / Gazebo Rover](http://discourse.ros.org/t/maritime-community-group-meeting-oct-2024-goby3-in-ros-2-ocean-foss-ecosystem-proposal/40116)
- [Simple 2D Navigation Sim](https://github.com/yendiDev/autonavsim2d)
- [NeurCADRecon: Neural Representation for Reconstructing CAD Surfaces by Enforcing Zero Gaussian Curvature](https://github.com/QiujieDong/NeurCADRecon)
- [Open Hardware for PSI1 Quadruped](https://github.com/tokirobot/PSI1_Hardware)
- [PyRoboSim 3.1.0](https://github.com/sea-bass/pyrobosim/releases/tag/3.1.0)
- [Switching Sampling Space of Model Predictive Path-Integral Controller to Balance Efficiency and Safety in 4WIDS Vehicle Navigation](https://mizuhoaoki.github.io/projects/iros2024.html)
- [Multi-camera multi-robot visual localization system](https://duckietown.com/multi-camera-multi-robot-visual-localization-system/?utm_campaign=Research%20Spotlights&utm_content=311418161&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-991690269975371776)
- [GSRM: Building Roadmaps for Query-Efficient and Near-Optimal Path Planning Using a Reaction Diffusion System](https://ct2034.github.io/miriam/iros2024/)
- [Kinematic-ICP: Enhancing LiDAR Odometry with Kinematic Constraints for Wheeled Mobile Robots Moving on Planar Surfaces](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10277)– [code](https://github.com/PRBonn/kinematic-icp)
- [AFLI-Calib: Robust LiDAR-IMU extrinsic self-calibration based on adaptive frame length LiDAR odometry](https://github.com/DCSI2022/AFLI_Calib) – [paper](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092427162300093X)
- [Fergs Calibrates a Robot](https://github.com/mikeferguson/robot_calibration)
- [ROS 2 Hand Eye Coordination](https://github.com/shengyangzhuang/handeye_calibration_ros2)
- [Crobotics Arm Wrapper](https://github.com/CroboticSolutions/arm_api2)
# Got a minute? 🕰
Most of the team is going to be at ROSCon this week, we could really use some help answering questions on [Robotics Stack Exchange](https://robotics.stackexchange.com/?tags=ros2).
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### Author:  [@Barry](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Barry)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/2 "2024-10-18T02:01:54Z")
Hi Katherine,
Just a friendly reminder that there is a change in the information for ROSCon China.
ROSCon China 2024 has been postponed to December 7-8, and the location has been changed to Shanghai.
> **[ROSCon China 2024](https://roscon.cn/2024/en/index.html)**
>
> The annual ROS developer conference for X.
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### Author:  [@Red24dog](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Red24dog)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/3 "2024-10-19T17:42:53Z")
1. Is the free live stream available to view on a MAC/PC Browser, where no App in available.
2. Can the live stream be viewed without a Conference Registration? I install the Whova app on a iPad , logged in and now asking for a Event Invitation Code
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### Author:  [@christophebedard](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/christophebedard)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/4 "2024-10-20T08:55:22Z")
I believe you do not need the app to view the livestream; the app is for in-person attendees. You should be able to just watch the livestream from any device.
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### Author:  [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/5 "2024-10-20T12:50:14Z")
Could you please post an announcement on ROS Discourse about the date change?
I’ll certainly update it when I get a chance.
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### Author:  [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/6 "2024-10-20T12:52:39Z")
@Red24dog
Not true. The live stream will be free on Vimeo. No app or registration required. I’ll re-post the full link once we’ve finalized the stream, probably around or about 2024-10-21T15:00:00Z
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### Author:  [@Red24dog](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Red24dog)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/7 "2024-10-20T13:30:11Z")
Appreciate the response & look forward to vieweing the event sessions..
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### Author:  [@Barry](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Barry)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-news-for-the-week-of-october-14th-2024/40141/8 "2024-10-21T09:00:19Z")
@Katherine_Scott
I create that topic about the date change.
> [@Information update for ROSCon China 2024](http://discourse.ros.org/t/information-update-for-roscon-china-2024/40191):
>
> The original meeting introduction is here. [http://discourse.ros.org/t/roscon-china-2024-empowering-the-robotics-community/38214](http://discourse.ros.org/t/roscon-china-2024-empowering-the-robotics-community/38214) Updated information: Dates : December 7th to 8th, 2024 Location : Shanghai, China Hosts : Shanghai Long Beach Music Hall [Chinese Website](https://roscon.cn/2024/index.html)[English Website](https://roscon.cn/2024/en/index.html) [image]