# \#release

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## [OpenAMRobot 2.0: open-source dual-arm mobile manipulator on ROS 2, rc.1 on 20 November](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/openamrobot-2-0-open-source-dual-arm-mobile-manipulator-on-ros-2-rc-1-on-20-november/58998)

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**Author:** [@Botshare\_Company](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Botshare_Company)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/openamrobot-2-0-open-source-dual-arm-mobile-manipulator-on-ros-2-rc-1-on-20-november/58998 "2026-10-23T19:03:48Z")

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Hi everyone, A quick update on OpenAMRobot since the v0.0.1 release in July. We are now building OpenAMRobot 2.0: a general-purpose, open-source dual-arm mobile manipulator with an embodied AI software layer. The idea …

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## [Is OTA for ROS 2 robots a solved problem?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-ota-for-ros-2-robots-a-solved-problem/58933)

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**Author:** [@maxh1t](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/maxh1t)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-ota-for-ros-2-robots-a-solved-problem/58933 "2026-10-23T16:34:48Z")

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I could not find anything out there built specifically for OTA updates in the ROS 2 ecosystem. Coming from the web I wanted to see how close I could get to the developer experience I know, so I built a small project on a…

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## [OpenAMRobot v0.0.1 - Open-source ROS 2 mobile robot platform](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/openamrobot-v0-0-1-open-source-ros-2-mobile-robot-platform/56515)

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**Author:** [@Botshare\_Company](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Botshare_Company)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/openamrobot-v0-0-1-open-source-ros-2-mobile-robot-platform/56515 "2026-10-20T22:29:07Z")

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Hi everyone, We have released OpenAMRobot v0.0.1, the first public product-level release of our open-source mobile robotics platform. OpenAMRobot is built around ROS 2 Jazzy and is intended for robotics research, ed…

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## [Impactful roles on Aussie medical imaging robot!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/impactful-roles-on-aussie-medical-imaging-robot/57100)

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**Author:** [@dhood](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/dhood)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/impactful-roles-on-aussie-medical-imaging-robot/57100 "2026-10-16T20:10:09Z")

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Many robotics engineers were excited to support Vexev’s mission after my ROSCon keynote - now we have space for more team members in Sydney. We work on cutting edge robotics in a real (=impactful) medical device that we…

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## [ros2\_cuda\_ipc: Zero-copy GPU data sharing between ROS 2 processes](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-cuda-ipc-zero-copy-gpu-data-sharing-between-ros-2-processes/57157)

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**Author:** [@Daisuke\_Kato](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Daisuke_Kato)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-cuda-ipc-zero-copy-gpu-data-sharing-between-ros-2-processes/57157 "2026-10-15T18:28:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I would like to introduce ros2\_cuda\_ipc, an experimental ROS 2 library for sharing GPU-resident data between processes without copying it through CPU memory. Motivation GPU-accelerated perception pipelin…

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## [New packages for Humble Hawksbill 2026-10-12](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-humble-hawksbill-2026-10-12/58802)

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**Author:** [@christophebedard](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/christophebedard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-humble-hawksbill-2026-10-12/58802 "2026-10-12T16:55:48Z")

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We’re happy to announce 40 new packages and 446 updates to ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill :humble: This sync was tagged as humble/2026-10-12. ▶ amd64 (40 new, 446 updates) ▶ arm64 (115 new, 446 updates) Thanks to all ROS maintai…

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## [Rokoko Device SDK update: more robust USB stream, OTA-ready Smartgloves II and a pinch detector example](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-device-sdk-update-more-robust-usb-stream-ota-ready-smartgloves-ii-and-a-pinch-detector-example/58800)

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**Author:** [@Olivia\_Rokoko](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Olivia_Rokoko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-device-sdk-update-more-robust-usb-stream-ota-ready-smartgloves-ii-and-a-pinch-detector-example/58800 "2026-10-12T16:27:43Z")

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Hi everyone :blush: This follows up on our ROS 2 bridge for Smartgloves II. We’ve released a new version of the Rokoko Device SDK, which the bridge is built on. What’s new: More robust USB data stream: handles the SD…

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## [Decentralized multi-drone formation control with obstacle avoidance in ROS 2 Jazzy / Gazebo Harmonic](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/decentralized-multi-drone-formation-control-with-obstacle-avoidance-in-ros-2-jazzy-gazebo-harmonic/58735)

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**Author:** [@Trigodil](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Trigodil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/decentralized-multi-drone-formation-control-with-obstacle-avoidance-in-ros-2-jazzy-gazebo-harmonic/58735 "2026-10-09T19:16:24Z")

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I’ve recently been working on a project called Flockwork, an open-source decentralized drone swarm controller in ROS 2 Jazzy and Gazebo Harmonic. Instead of leaning on PX4/ArduPilot, the whole control stack is written fr…

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## [New packages and patch release for Humble Hawksbill 2026-09-14](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-and-patch-release-for-humble-hawksbill-2026-09-14/58121)

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**Author:** [@christophebedard](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/christophebedard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-and-patch-release-for-humble-hawksbill-2026-09-14/58121 "2026-10-08T23:40:02Z")

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We’re happy to announce a new Humble patch release (2026-09-14)! :humble: The sync brings 77 new packages and 687 updates to ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill. This sync was tagged as humble/2026-09-14. Package Updates for humbl…

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## [Rokoko ROS 2 bridge for Smartgloves II is released](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-ros-2-bridge-for-smartgloves-ii-is-released/58658)

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**Author:** [@Olivia\_Rokoko](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Olivia_Rokoko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-ros-2-bridge-for-smartgloves-ii-is-released/58658 "2026-10-07T16:11:22Z")

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We’ve released an open-source ROS 2 bridge for the Rokoko Device SDK. It takes solved hand data from Smartgloves II and publishes it natively into ROS 2. What’s included: 26-joint hand poses per solved frame, in Op…

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## [New Packages for Jazzy Jalisco 2026-10-05](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-jazzy-jalisco-2026-10-05/58622)

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**Author:** [@marcogg](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/marcogg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-jazzy-jalisco-2026-10-05/58622 "2026-10-07T04:46:40Z")

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Hello there everyone! We’re happy to announce 190 new packages and 312 updates are now available in ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco :jazzy: :jazzy: :jazzy: . This sync was tagged as jazzy/2026-10-05. Package Updates for jazzy Not…

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## [Preparing for Lyrical Sync 2026-10-05](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-lyrical-sync-2026-10-05/58544)

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**Author:** [@sloretz](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sloretz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-lyrical-sync-2026-10-05/58544 "2026-10-05T22:59:24Z")

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Hello Lyrical maintainers! Starting now, I will be holding new Lyrical ros/rosdistro release PRs with a plan to sync ROS Lyrical packages to the main apt repo on 2026-10-05. Please comment here if there are any issues I…

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## [New Packages for Lyrical 2026-10-05](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-lyrical-2026-10-05/58605)

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**Author:** [@sloretz](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sloretz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-lyrical-2026-10-05/58605 "2026-10-05T22:55:57Z")

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We’re happy to announce 29 new packages and 265 updates are now available in ROS Lyrical. This sync was tagged as lyrical/2026-10-05. Thank you to every maintainer and contributor who made these updates available! Pack…

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## [RoboStacker: describe your robot, get a ROS 2 stack and a workspace to build (feedback welcome)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/robostacker-describe-your-robot-get-a-ros-2-stack-and-a-workspace-to-build-feedback-welcome/58579)

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**Author:** [@lenprovo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/lenprovo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/robostacker-describe-your-robot-get-a-ros-2-stack-and-a-workspace-to-build-feedback-welcome/58579 "2026-10-05T00:13:57Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been building RoboStacker (https://robostacker.app), a free tool that helps you plan the software for a ROS 2 robot, and I’d love to hear from people at every level, from a first robot to a production …

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## [New Packages for Lyrical 2026-09-18](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-lyrical-2026-09-18/58251)

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**Author:** [@sloretz](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sloretz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-lyrical-2026-09-18/58251 "2026-10-01T14:13:03Z")

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We’re happy to announce 46 new packages and 315 updates are now available in ROS Lyrical. This sync was tagged as lyrical/2026-09-18. Thank you to every maintainer and contributor who made these updates available! Pack…

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## [ROS 2 engineering skills for coding agents: v1.5.0](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-engineering-skills-for-coding-agents-v1-5-0/58016)

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**Author:** [@dbwls99706](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/dbwls99706)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-engineering-skills-for-coding-agents-v1-5-0/58016 "2026-09-30T15:34:38Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m YuJin Hong, a robotics software developer based in South Korea. I’ve been building ros2-engineering-skills, a collection of guidance, reference docs, and validation tools that coding agents such as Clau…

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## [Official ROS2 Driver Release for Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Robot MELFA: MELFA ROS2 Driver](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/official-ros2-driver-release-for-mitsubishi-electric-industrial-robot-melfa-melfa-ros2-driver/40133)

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**Author:** [@offinliu](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/offinliu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/official-ros2-driver-release-for-mitsubishi-electric-industrial-robot-melfa-melfa-ros2-driver/40133 "2026-09-30T15:34:19Z")

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Mitsubishi Electric aims to integrate their MELFA robots into the ROS2 ecosystem, allowing robotics developers and integrators to utilize their industry proven platform seamlessly in ROS-based applications. By develop…

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## [Nav2 Ready v0.1.0 — A CLI readiness checker for custom Nav2 robots](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/nav2-ready-v0-1-0-a-cli-readiness-checker-for-custom-nav2-robots/58095)

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**Author:** [@Issey-Kubota](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Issey-Kubota)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/nav2-ready-v0-1-0-a-cli-readiness-checker-for-custom-nav2-robots/58095 "2026-09-26T12:58:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I have released Nav2 Ready v0.1.0, an open-source CLI tool that checks whether a custom ROS 2 robot meets the basic runtime prerequisites for using Nav2. GitHub release: The problem Nav2 often works suc…

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## [Ros2\_unbag is now available via the ROS 2 buildfarm 📦](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-unbag-is-now-available-via-the-ros-2-buildfarm/58367)

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**Author:** [@lostendo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/lostendo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-unbag-is-now-available-via-the-ros-2-buildfarm/58367 "2026-09-24T10:24:44Z")

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Hi everyone, A small-but-important update for ros2\_unbag Starting with v1.3.0, ros2\_unbag is now released through the official ROS 2 buildfarm. That means installation is now as simple as: sudo apt install ros-\<di…

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## [MOOS-IvP Skills plugin for coding agents: v1.4.12](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/moos-ivp-skills-plugin-for-coding-agents-v1-4-12/58296)

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**Author:** [@Charlie\_Benjamin](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Charlie_Benjamin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/moos-ivp-skills-plugin-for-coding-agents-v1-4-12/58296 "2026-09-21T13:32:43Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m Charles Benjamin, a CS undergrad from McGill and core contributor to the MOOS-IvP community. I’ve been building MOOS-IvP Skills, a collection of agent skills for developing and validating software in M…

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## [\[Announcement\] Gazebo Event Camera Plugin for ROS 2 Jazzy + Gazebo Harmonic](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-gazebo-event-camera-plugin-for-ros-2-jazzy-gazebo-harmonic/58040)

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**Author:** [@Rahul1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Rahul1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-gazebo-event-camera-plugin-for-ros-2-jazzy-gazebo-harmonic/58040 "2026-09-21T02:54:12Z")

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Hi everyone, We are happy to share a new event camera simulation plugin for Gazebo Harmonic and ROS 2 Jazzy. The goal of this project is to provide a practical way to simulate an event camera directly in Gazebo and gen…

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## [Preparing for Lyrical Sync 2026-09-17](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-lyrical-sync-2026-09-17/58150)

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**Author:** [@sloretz](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sloretz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-lyrical-sync-2026-09-17/58150 "2026-09-18T22:46:57Z")

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Hello Lyrical maintainers! Starting now, I will be holding new Lyrical ros/rosdistro release PRs with a plan to sync ROS Lyrical packages to the main apt repo on 2026-09-17. Please comment here if there are any issues I…

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## [AssemblyGrid v1: benchmarking multi-robot production, handoffs, coalitions, and concurrency](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/assemblygrid-v1-benchmarking-multi-robot-production-handoffs-coalitions-and-concurrency/58223)

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**Author:** [@Fouad\_Bahrpeyma](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Fouad_Bahrpeyma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/assemblygrid-v1-benchmarking-multi-robot-production-handoffs-coalitions-and-concurrency/58223 "2026-09-17T16:50:29Z")

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Hi everyone, we have recently released AssemblyGrid v1, an open benchmark for studying decentralized multi-robot production. The motivation is that many multi-agent and multi-robot benchmarks abstract away some of the …

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## [Preparing for Humble sync and patch release 2026-09-14](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-humble-sync-and-patch-release-2026-09-14/57969)

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**Author:** [@christophebedard](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/christophebedard)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/preparing-for-humble-sync-and-patch-release-2026-09-14/57969 "2026-09-16T17:26:16Z")

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We’re planning for a Humble :humble: sync and patch release on 2026-09-14T07:00:00Z (UTC). There are currently 319 regressions\* and 666 packages to release. We will start holding rosdistro PRs for the sync today (2026-…

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## [Dropping armhf (32-bit ARM) binary packages for Gazebo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/dropping-armhf-32-bit-arm-binary-packages-for-gazebo/58156)

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**Author:** [@jrivero](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jrivero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/dropping-armhf-32-bit-arm-binary-packages-for-gazebo/58156 "2026-09-15T17:18:01Z")

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Hi all, The Gazebo team is going to stop producing .deb packages for the armhf (32-bit ARM hard-float) architecture. Going forward, the supported Debian/Ubuntu architectures for Gazebo binaries are amd64 and arm64. Why …

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## [Rethinking Rolling Syncs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rethinking-rolling-syncs/56842)

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**Author:** [@mjcarroll](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mjcarroll)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rethinking-rolling-syncs/56842 "2026-09-15T13:12:04Z")

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Lyrical Luth has shipped and Rolling is back to being the active development target for M Turtle (May 2027) and the cycles after it. We want to change how packages move from Rolling into the main distribution mirror. Cu…

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## [Ros2-project-gen — one command scaffolds a complete, ready-to-build ROS 2 project like create-react-app-style](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-project-gen-one-command-scaffolds-a-complete-ready-to-build-ros-2-project-like-create-react-app-style/58034)

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**Author:** [@zang7777](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/zang7777)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-project-gen-one-command-scaffolds-a-complete-ready-to-build-ros-2-project-like-create-react-app-style/58034 "2026-09-11T08:35:06Z")

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Every robotics team I know has the same “starter project” repo — a copy-paste graveyard. It’s stale, half-migrated to Humble and half to Jazzy, launches have quirky names, and CI exists on exactly one project. Onboarding…

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## [New Packages for Jazzy Jalisco 2026-09-11](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-jazzy-jalisco-2026-09-11/58027)

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**Author:** [@marcogg](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/marcogg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-packages-for-jazzy-jalisco-2026-09-11/58027 "2026-09-11T07:51:19Z")

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Hello there everyone! We’re happy to announce 180 new packages and 698 updates are now available in ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco :jazzy: :jazzy: :jazzy: . This sync was tagged as jazzy/2026-09-11. Package Updates for jazzy Not…

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## [The ros2\_utils\_tool finally hit version 1.0!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/the-ros2-utils-tool-finally-hit-version-1-0/57935)

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**Author:** [@MaxFleur](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/MaxFleur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/the-ros2-utils-tool-finally-hit-version-1-0/57935 "2026-09-08T18:11:54Z")

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One and a half years ago, I posted about the ros2\_utils\_tool, a toolkit for various daily ROS2 activities with full UI and partial CLI support. After countless hours of more development and testing, we’ve finally hit ver…

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## [Name the next Gazebo release! Gazebo M 💬](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/name-the-next-gazebo-release-gazebo-m/57723)

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**Author:** [@caguero](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/caguero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/name-the-next-gazebo-release-gazebo-m/57723 "2026-09-08T17:31:01Z")

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Hi, community! :gazebo: As discussed in this announcement, the next Gazebo version will be released in March 2027. And we need a new name! Gazebo’s naming scheme increases alphabetically and follows the “architecture” …

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