# \#wg-safety-critical **URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/tag/wg-safety-critical/101.md [Latest](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/tags.md) --- ## [Open Source Safety Consortium: sharing safety evidence, not just code](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-source-safety-consortium-sharing-safety-evidence-not-just-code/57992)
**Author:** [@Iliabara](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Iliabara)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-source-safety-consortium-sharing-safety-evidence-not-just-code/57992 "2026-09-09T20:38:35Z")
I’d like the next autonomy team to spend less time reconstructing basic safety analysis, and more time finding what was missed. That’s why I helped start the Open Source Safety Consortium (opensourcesafe.com), with Poly… --- ## [Adding Bazel as an official alternative build system for ROS2 Iron?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/adding-bazel-as-an-official-alternative-build-system-for-ros2-iron/28476)
**Author:** [@kisg](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/kisg)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/adding-bazel-as-an-official-alternative-build-system-for-ros2-iron/28476 "2025-01-15T06:21:41Z")
Hi Everyone, I think that there are a lot of use cases, where using Bazel to provide completely controlled, traceable, and reproducible builds would have a lot of benefits, especially when trying to build safety-critica… --- ## [DRIVE Orin achieves safety certification for ISO26262](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/drive-orin-achieves-safety-certification-for-iso26262/31027)
**Author:** [@ggrigor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ggrigor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/drive-orin-achieves-safety-certification-for-iso26262/31027 "2023-04-24T23:44:37Z")
We are please to share that NVIDIA DRIVE Orin has achieved safety certifications for ISO26262 for Automotive applications. Working with TÜV SÜD the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin SoC completed concept and product assessments and … --- ## [Vulkan SC for safety critical & real time graphics](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/vulkan-sc-for-safety-critical-real-time-graphics/27316)
**Author:** [@ggrigor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ggrigor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/vulkan-sc-for-safety-critical-real-time-graphics/27316 "2022-09-14T16:30:43Z")
We have released Vulkan SC (Safety Critical) support in NVIDIA Jetson and DRIVE platforms. Earlier this year, Vulkan SC was released to provide a standard for safety critical graphics and real-time GPU processing. I… --- ## [Safety Critical WG 2022 Roadmap: Safety Education](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-2022-roadmap-safety-education/24382)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Schaerer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Shawn_Schaerer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-2022-roadmap-safety-education/24382 "2022-03-09T14:23:41Z")
The Safety Critical WG has two topics that we will be working on in 2022. Is around quality (there will be a separate post providing full details) Is safety education. Regarding safety education the plan that was disc… --- ## [Safety Critical WG 2022 Roadmap: Quality declaration improvements](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-2022-roadmap-quality-declaration-improvements/24518)
**Author:** [@moss](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/moss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-2022-roadmap-quality-declaration-improvements/24518 "2022-03-02T14:18:09Z")
As announced previously, the ROS 2 Safety Critical WG plans to work on two topics in 2022. One of the topics we have identified for 2022 is the advancement and possibly extension of the quality declaration template for … --- ## [Safety Working Group survey on ROS 2 Safety](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-survey-on-ros-2-safety/23511)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Schaerer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Shawn_Schaerer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-survey-on-ros-2-safety/23511 "2022-02-04T09:06:10Z")
The Safety Working Group has put together a survey about safety in ROS 2. We are gathering feedback from the community on various safety topics with the goal of focusing the work of the Safety Working Group in 2022. If… --- ## [Results of the Safety Working group poll](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/results-of-the-safety-working-group-poll/24149)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Schaerer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Shawn_Schaerer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/results-of-the-safety-working-group-poll/24149 "2022-02-03T06:49:58Z")
The Safety Working group put out a poll that closed in early January. The goal of the poll was to understand the pain points of developing safety critical systems using ROS and to focus the group’s efforts in 2022. Her… --- ## [Safety-critical WG](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg/8884)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg/8884 "2022-01-02T14:02:39Z")
Some time ago I was asked to lead a working group looking at the use of ROS 2 in safety-critical systems. These are systems that may potentially cause harm to people or the environment, and I think that most of us agree … --- ## [Safety engineering and open source safety poll](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-engineering-and-open-source-safety-poll/23055)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Schaerer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Shawn_Schaerer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-engineering-and-open-source-safety-poll/23055 "2021-11-16T14:29:16Z")
I am part of the Safety Critical Working group and from our meetings I have found that safety is a huge unknown for a lot of companies and the ROS community. My company Northstar Robotics has been developing safety crit… --- ## [Safety-Critical ROS Cookbook](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-ros-cookbook/12559)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-ros-cookbook/12559 "2021-05-12T22:44:13Z")
During yesterday’s Safety WG meeting, a proposal was made to provide information that would help developers new to ROS and experienced ROS users new to safety-critical development with using ROS correctly in building rob… --- ## [Software watchdog examples](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/software-watchdog-examples/15387)
**Author:** [@philipp](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/philipp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/software-watchdog-examples/15387 "2020-07-13T22:57:51Z")
Based on a previous discussion in the Safety Critical WG, I put together a set of software watchdogs based on DDS Quality of Service (QoS) policies and ROS 2 lifecycle nodes. The current draft is maintained at MaplessAI … --- ## [Safety working group is back on!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-is-back-on/14117)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-is-back-on/14117 "2020-06-26T08:21:39Z")
Thanks to some recent new members who apparently have time to spare for the really fun stuff, the safety working group is starting up again. We’re taking a look at improving one of the fundamental parts of building safet… --- ## [No Safety Critical WG meeting today](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/no-safety-critical-wg-meeting-today/13206)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/no-safety-critical-wg-meeting-today/13206 "2020-03-12T12:18:00Z")
Unfortunately I have some things to attend to and won’t be able to run the meeting this week. The next meeting is in two weeks on the 26th of March. --- ## [Safety working group meeting and call for participation](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-meeting-and-call-for-participation/12489)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-working-group-meeting-and-call-for-participation/12489 "2020-01-30T19:40:58Z")
The ROS 2 Safety working group will be meeting this week on Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:00 PM (UTC). We haven’t met since early December and we have not done a great job of achieving our goals, so this meeting will be … --- ## [Safety Critical WG meeting #20191124 minutes](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-20191124-minutes/11600)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-20191124-minutes/11600 "2019-11-21T15:47:06Z")
The safety critical working group held its biweekly meeting today. The minutes can be found here: http://www.ros2.org/safety\_working\_group/meeting\_minutes/20191121.html --- ## [Safety-critical working group - Call for contributions](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-working-group-call-for-contributions/11187)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-working-group-call-for-contributions/11187 "2019-10-24T14:28:08Z")
The Safety-Critical working group is (finally) up and running and ready for contributions! We have chosen as our first goal, and no doubt an ongoing goal in parallel with any future activities, to create a catalogue of a… --- ## [Safety Critical WG meeting #20190822](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-20190822/10335)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-20190822/10335 "2019-08-22T14:43:51Z")
I see in my calendar an entry for the next safety critical working group, but I don’t see an announcement here about it. I’m going to assume that we decided the next time in the previous meeting but I forgot to make a to… --- ## [Safety Critical WG meeting #4](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-4/9996)
**Author:** [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/safety-critical-wg-meeting-4/9996 "2019-08-14T01:20:26Z")
Everyone interested in safety-critical applications of ROS has had some time to stew and a few more people have risen up to offer their services, so I’d like to start organising our next meeting. Please answer the poll b…