# ROS News of the Week for August 31st, 2026

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# ROS News of the Week for August 31st, 2026

 ![20260903_183526(1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/b/8/b864f5e031188d96344df2697d35570fa1a4942d.jpeg) ![ROSBTBSept26 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/f/9/f92eff5090d2da6264b3beb32b52b4bdbc3375f6.jpeg)  
 ![Waterloo Robotics Tour](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/9/5/95912f6e226cb90cf3102ddc9c1e46f5908881b1.jpeg)  
 ![HACKATHON (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/6/b/6bec8e8c992ff72cdaafd66f81fa539eb4542fa6.jpeg)  
 ![unnamed (11)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/d/3/d35fe4f7f2035f5025718cba79156161a68a23b9.jpeg)

A big thank you to our colleagues at Bosch for hosting ROS By-The-Bay last night! Last night was our last local ROS event before ROSCon Global in Toronto.

If you are attending [ROSCon Global in Toronto](https://roscon.ros.org/2026/) you should have received an email that details all of our amazing after hours events including a mixer on workshop day, a bus tour of the Waterloo robotics ecosystem, and our post-ROSCon hackathon.

  

![followme](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/f/e/fe1d0a7bc6909847cfadc33dc1066290fc32d40b.gif)  
[Fares Espiro](https://github.com/EspiroFares), a grad student in Sweden, just released the source code for his grad work on an indoor following robot with a full simulation stack based on Gazebo and ROS 2. [It is definitely worth a look.](https://github.com/EspiroFares/Autonomous-UAV)

  

![bimo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/9/7/973effa8bfcd3f124c4f138c673c5f185faa1ef5.webp)  
Another open source biped robot has entered the chat. This one is called Bimo and you [can learn more here.](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/bimo-an-open-source-bipedal-robotics-kit-with-sim-to-real-transfer/57846) We’re not quite at the pre-orders phase of the project, but this looks pretty cool.

  

![rmf](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/4/4/4483403adb5211e91fb402706f999c267b03f500.gif)  
Most of our summer Google Summer of Code students wrapped up this week. Two of the students posted final reports this week that are worth your attention:

- @mo_mo did a lot of work on [quality assurance of Gazebo reset of core systems.](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gsoc-2026-qa-of-reset-of-core-systems/57775/2) RL training in Gazebo should run a whole lot smoother now.
- @ArizmendiWan has a suite of [UI/UX improvements for the Open-RMF Crossflow diagram editor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ui-ux-improvements-to-the-crossflow-diagram-editor/57838).

🎉 _I want to extend a giant thank you to all of our wonderful students who spent their summer supporting our open source projects!_

  

# Events

- [2026-09-04 Open Ocean Software Community Day UK](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-open-ocean-software-community-day-uk-4-september-2026/56020)
- [2026-09-06 Roboracer VTC 2026](https://vtc2026-race.roboracer.ai/)
- [2026-09-08 ROS Meet Up Stockholm @ Nordic Tech Week](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-meet-up-stockholm-nordic-tech-week-september-8th/57373)
- [2026-09-10 Silly Robots Contest in SF](https://luma.com/sillybot?tk=ADK5pr)
- [2026-09-15 ROS Meetup in Malmö Sweden @ Autonomy](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/2nd-ros-meetup-malmo-sweden-autonomy-september-15th/57579)
- [2026-09-17 ROS Meetup Barcelona 8th Edition](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-meetup-barcelona-8th-edition/56814)
- [2026-09-18 ROS Japan UG #64](https://rosjp.connpass.com/event/403418/?utm_campaign=event_participate_to_follower&utm_source=notifications&utm_medium=twitter)
- [2026-10-24 Weaponized Plastic Fighting League in Austin](https://weaponizedplastic.com/event/2026/08/14/austin.html)
- [2026-11-05 International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, Innovation & Leadership](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/international-conference-on-humanoid-robotics-innovation-leadership/53922)
- [Bi-weekly ROS Asia Pacific Developer Meeting](https://github.com/fujitatomoya/ros-apac-developer-meeting)

# ROSCons

- [2026-09-22 =\> 2026-09-24 Global ROSCon 2026 in Toronto](https://roscon.ros.org/2026/) - Three days remain for regular tickets.
- [2026-10-21 =\> 2026-10-23 ROSCon UK in Edinburg](https://roscon.org.uk/2026/) - registration now open
- [2026-10-23 =\> 2026-10-26 ROScon Singapore](https://roscon.ros.org/sg/2026/) - applications open
- [2026-10-27 =\> 2026-10-28 ROSCon Spain in Valencia](https://roscon.org.es/roscon2026/ROSConES2026.html) - reg open!
- [2026-11-03 ROSCon Italy in Bologna](https://roscon.ros.org/it/2026/)
- [2026-11-25 =\> 2026-11-26 ROSCon Belgium in Nivelles](https://roscon.ros.org/be/2026/) - reg is open!
- [2026-12-03 =\> 2026-12-04 ROScon Turkey in Istanbul](https://roscon.ros.org/tr/2026/) - CFP opens soon
- [2026-12-03 =\> 2026-12-04 ROS-Industrial Conference Europe 2026](https://rosindustrial.org/events/2026/12/3/ros-industrial-conference-europe-2026)

# News

- [ROS PMC Minutes for September 1st, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-pmc-minutes-for-september-1st-2026/57808)
- [ROS PMC Minutes for August 25th, 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-pmc-minutes-for-august-25th-2026/57793)
- [Gazebo PMC Meeting Minutes 2026-08-31](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-pmc-meeting-minutes-2026-08-31/57806)
- [Open Robotics Zulip Hits 1000 Actual Humans](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/zulip-hits-1000-open-roboticists/57768)
- [Robot Videos: Agility Robotics’ Digit Drags a Couch](https://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-agility-robotics-digit?itm_source=homepage&itm_medium=hero&itm_campaign=hero-2026-09-04&itm_content=hero3)
- [NVIDIA plans to acquire Hugging Face and keep AI development platform open](https://www.therobotreport.com/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face-and-keep-ai-develpment-platform-open/)
- [ROS Meet Up Stockholm - Nordic Tech Week](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-meet-up-stockholm-nordic-tech-week-september-8th/57373)
- [Reframe Systems raises $40M to scale its robotic microfactories for home building](https://www.therobotreport.com/reframe-systems-raises-40m-scale-robotic-microfactories-home-building/)
- [Deere faces headwinds in Q3 update and announces Reservoir R&D partnership](https://www.therobotreport.com/deere-faces-headwinds-in-q3-update-and-announces-10m-reservoir-rd-partnership/)
- [Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence](https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/atlas)
- [Reshaping the Physical World: Gravis Robotics Raises $200M for Construction Autonomy](https://www.gravisrobotics.com/series-a)
- [D-Robotics RDK S100P - A 128 TOPS alternative to NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB with Cortex-A78AE/R52+](https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/31/d-robotics-rdk-s100p-a-128-tops-alternative-to-nvidia-jetson-orin-nx-16gb-with-cortex-a78ae-r52-cores/)
- [Arduino Core on Zephyr 1.0.0 is here!](https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/03/arduino-core-on-zephyr-1-0-0-is-here/)
- [Weekly Robotics #374](https://www.weeklyrobotics.com/weekly-robotics-374)

# ROS

- 🆒 [Name the next Gazebo release! Gazebo M](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/name-the-next-gazebo-release-gazebo-m/57723)
- 🆒 [SnakeROS — a pure-Python ROS 2 client for MicroPython](https://github.com/kevinmcaleer/SnakeROS)
- 🆒 [Bimo, an open-source bipedal robotics kit with sim-to-real transfer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/bimo-an-open-source-bipedal-robotics-kit-with-sim-to-real-transfer/57846)
- 🆒 [Going through the AI for Industry Challenge](https://www.mcguirerobotics.com/blog/2026/09/01/going-through-the-ai-for-industry-challenge/)
- 🆒 [Sim-first ROS 2 autonomy stack for an indoor person-following drone](https://github.com/EspiroFares/Autonomous-UAV)
- GSoC 2026: [QA of Reset of Core Systems](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gsoc-2026-qa-of-reset-of-core-systems/57775/2)
- GSoC 2026: [UI/UX Improvements to the Crossflow Diagram Editor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ui-ux-improvements-to-the-crossflow-diagram-editor/57838)
- [Reinforcement Learning for Robotics Part 6: AI-Powered RC Balance Bot (Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VQMQIoELYc)
- [A standardized benchmark for robotics workloads on various compute platforms](https://github.com/open-navigation/opennav_robotics_workload_benchmark)
- [Draft REP 158: OpenUSD Conventions for Simulation Asset Interoperability in Open Source Robotics](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/draft-rep-158-openusd-conventions-for-simulation-asset-interoperability-in-open-source-robotics/55526/21)
- [LIVESTREAM: Indy Autonomous Challenge at ‪Laguna Seca‬ 2026 (Video)](https://www.youtube.com/live/L_HBfhxSUIo)
- [Accurate Camera Calibration In The Wild - OpenCV Live! (Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILUo4hGbJXo)
- [Why we did not extend /diagnostics?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/why-we-did-not-extend-diagnostics/57859)
- [A one-command installer for the apt-based ROS 2 path](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/a-one-command-installer-for-the-apt-based-ros-2-path/57843)
- [Ament index ressources through unified cli interface](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ament-index-ressources-through-unified-cli-interface/57841/1)
- [GPS says ~5m accuracy but the fixes agree to 9 cm. Anyone else seen this?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gps-says-5m-accuracy-but-the-fixes-agree-to-9-cm-anyone-else-seen-this/57831)
- [Embodied-sync: Synchronize, calibrate, align, and validate multimodal robot-learning data across sensors, clocks, live sessions, and recordings](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/embodied-sync-synchronize-calibrate-align-and-validate-multimodal-robot-learning-data-across-sensors-clocks-live-sessions-and-recordings/57766/4)
- [Upcoming webinar on using Ouster Colored Lidar](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/upcoming-webinar-on-using-ouster-colored-lidar/57811)
- [Remote Teleop for arms](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/remote-teleop-for-arms/57788)
- [Humanoid Robotics Use In Manufacturing?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/humanoid-robotics-use-in-manufacturing/57784)
- [Homebrew dropping support for macOS intel / amd64](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/homebrew-dropping-support-for-macos-intel-amd64/57731)
- [Smart Pick-and-Place on OMY with GraspNet and Gemini](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/smart-pick-and-place-on-omy-with-graspnet-and-gemini/57718)
- [Adaptive-clearance local controller for ROS 2 Nav2, balancing obstacle clearance with narrow-passage traversal](https://github.com/hijimasa/bilateral_arc_clearance_controller)
- [Hybrid Event Frame Sensors: Modeling, Calibration, and Simulation](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.18037) – [source](https://github.com/yunfanLu/HESIM)
- [How to Train a Cross-Embodiment Robot Navigation Policy with AI Agent](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-to-train-a-cross-embodiment-robot-navigation-policy-with-ai-agents)
- [Intelligent Robotics Labs Pixi workshop materials](https://github.com/IntelligentRoboticsLabs/workshop-pixi)
- [Low(er)-Cost Humanoid Robot Leverages DIY Actuators](https://hackaday.com/2026/08/30/lower-cost-humanoid-robot-leverages-diy-actuators/)
- [RoboticsAcademy: SKU-Based Palletizing with a UR10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOOyq5eReyc)
- [Visual & visual-inertial SLAM, SfM, and localization in pure Rust](https://github.com/rsasaki0109/visloc-rs)
- [SKD-1, a skid-steer ground vehicle running ROS 2](https://github.com/gmsanchez/skd1)
- [oriented\_field\_localization: 3-DoF pose from a single 2D LiDAR scan with no initial guess](https://github.com/hijimasa/oriented_field_localization)
- [3D IMU Visualization using ROS 2 Jazzy and ESP32S3 with MPU6050](https://github.com/AhamedRaafiq/imu_visualizer)

# Got a Minute?

I’m working on my slides for ROSCon. Here’s a shameless plug for my ROSCon talk and a reminder!

## 🫵 **WE NEED YOU TO HELP REVIEW ROS PULL REQUESTS** 🫵

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