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ROS Meetup

Source: Acceleration Robotics, January 4, 2023 [1]
We are excited to announce the first of many ROS (Robot Operating System) meetups in India! Meetups like this are an important opportunity for the ROS community to come together, share knowledge and experiences, and collaborate on projects. They are also a great way for new users to learn about ROS and get involved in the community.

This will be a free open for all event half day event, which will include talks from industry and academia regarding open source contributions, research as well as how ROS is being used in industries. We hope to see you all at the meetup in Pune.

Robots at CES 2023

Source: The Robot Report, January 4, 2023 [2]
CES 2023, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, is happening this week. CES 2023 features more than 60 robotics technology vendors. I've compiled a list of robotics companies that I have on my "hit list" to try and stop by for a visit.

Does 2+2=4? Microchip announces PolarFire 2; You do the math

Source: EEJournal, January 4, 2023 [3]
Microchip previewed its PolarFire 2 mid-range SoC FPGA family at the RISC-V Summit. Company provided very few product details, but dropped many hints. We'll find out if we're right in six months or so at Mi-V conference.

2023 robotics predictions from industry experts

Source: The Robot Report, January 3, 2023 [4]
With 2023 just underway, we asked some of the robotics industry’s leading minds to look to the future. Here’s what they’ll be keeping an eye on in 2023. This article will be updated if additional experts weigh in.

Sectors facing headwinds

Source: The Edge Markets, January 4, 2023 [5]
As investors bid goodbye to 2022, a year when equity prices lost ground as interest rates headed higher, we now take a look at the industry sectors that are likely to perform on favourable tailwinds and those that are facing challenges in 2023

Intel settles to escape $4b patent suit with VLSI

Source: The Register, December 29, 2022 [6]
Intel and VLSI Technology have settled a $4 billion patent dispute. The case was filed in Delaware District Court this week. Intel has already lost $3 billion in failed patent disputes to the patent troll over the past few years. It's been filed with prejudice, meaning the company can't refile the case.

NVIDIA announces major updates to Isaac Sim

Source: NVIDIA Blog, January 3, 2023 [7]
New AI capabilities and cloud access allow companies using the robotics platform to automate industries from logistics and manufacturing to energy, retail and more.

Computational model enables robots to learn new concepts

Source: TECH BRIEFS, January 1, 2023 [8]
Researchers have created a computational model for automated question generation and learning. The model enables a robot to ask effective questions based on its knowledge of the environment and to learn from the responses. This process of learning through dialogue works for learning new words, concepts, and even actions.

Era of software-defined storage coming to an end - report

Source: IT Brief Australia, December 30, 2022 [9]
The storage landscape is rapidly changing and the era of software-defined storage is coming to an end. Andrew Russell, Chief Revenue Officer of Nyriad, has outlined his views on the latest tech trends. He also offers his predictions for what's coming in 2023.

Simulating intelligent robots of the future with NVIDIA Isaac Sim 2022.2

Source: NVIDIA Technical Blog, January 3, 2023 [10]
The 2022.2 release of NVIDIA Isaac Sim accelerates the development, testing, training, and deployment of intelligent robots. The latest version is focused on improving performance and functionality for manufacturing and logistics robotics use cases. More assets and popular robots are pre-integrated to reduce the time until simulation.

Optimizing robot route planning with NVIDIA cuOpt for Isaac Sim

Source: NVIDIA Technical Blog, January 3, 2023 [11]
NVIDIA cuOpt is an operations research optimization API to help you create complex, real-time fleet routing. These APIs can be used to solve complex routing problems with multiple constraints. cuOpt for Isaac Sim extension is a deployment of the NVIDIA cuOpt engine integrated directly with the NVIDIA Isaac Sim robotics simulation environment.

Papers

Software engineering research on the Robot Operating System: A systematic mapping study

Source: ScienceDirect, December 2, 2022 [12]
The Robot Operating System (ROS) has become the de-facto standard framework for robotics software. For good quality, robotics software should rely on strong software engineering principles. Our goal is to analyze and evaluate such state-of-the-art regarding its relevance to the robotics software industry.

The good, the bad and the ugly: practices and perspectives on hardware acceleration for embedded image processing

Source: Research Square, December 6, 2022 [13]
Paper offers a primer on hardware acceleration of image processing, focusing on embedded, real-time applications. We show that hardware acceleration is not just a process of converting a piece of computation into a hardware equivalent. Different tools produce wildly different results across performance, size, and power consumption metrics.

Previous Hardware Acceleration in Robotics Newsletters

Past ROS 2 Hardware Acceleration Working Group meetings

  1. https://www.linkedin.com/events/rosmeetup7016643112433299457/comments/ ↩︎

  2. Oitzman, M. (2023, January 4). Robots at CES 2023. The Robot Report. https://www.therobotreport.com/robots-at-ces-2023/ ↩︎

  3. Leibson, S. (2023, January 4). Does 2+2=4? Microchip announces PolarFire 2; You do the math. EEJournal. https://www.eejournal.com/article/does-224-microchip-announces-polarfire-2-you-do-the-math/ ↩︎

  4. Crowe, S. (2023, January 3). 2023 robotics predictions from industry experts. The Robot Report. https://www.therobotreport.com/2023-robotics-predictions-from-industry-experts/ ↩︎

  5. Ikram, I., Salim, S., Tay, C., & Wyn, L. J. (2023, January 4). Sectors facing headwinds. The Edge Markets. https://www.theedgemarkets.com/node/650342 ↩︎

  6. Mann, T. (2022, December 29). Intel settles to escape $4b patent suit with VLSI. The Register: Enterprise Technology News and Analysis. https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/29/intel_vlsi_patent/ ↩︎

  7. Andrews, G. (2023, January 3). NVIDIA announces major updates to Isaac Sim. NVIDIA Blog. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/01/03/isaac-sim-major-updates/ ↩︎

  8. SAE Media Group. (2023, January 1). Computational model enables robots to learn new concepts. Technical Briefs, Design Engineering News | TECH BRIEFS. https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/pub/briefs/machinery-and-automation/47318 ↩︎

  9. Williams, S. (2022, December 30). Era of software-defined storage coming to an end - report. IT Brief Australia. https://itbrief.com.au/story/era-of-software-defined-storage-coming-to-an-end-report ↩︎

  10. Andrews, G. (2023, January 3). Simulating intelligent robots of the future with NVIDIA Isaac Sim 2022.2. NVIDIA Technical Blog. https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/simulating-intelligent-robots-of-the-future-with-isaac-sim-2022-2/ ↩︎

  11. Rapacki, E. (2023, January 3). Optimizing robot route planning with NVIDIA cuOpt for Isaac Sim. NVIDIA Technical Blog. https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/optimizing-robot-route-planning-with-nvidia-cuopt-for-isaac-sim/ ↩︎

  12. Albonico, M., Dordevic, M., Hamer, E., & Malavolta, I. (2022, December 2). Software engineering research on the Robot Operating System: A systematic mapping study. ScienceDirect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0164121222002503 ↩︎

  13. Fryer, J., & Garcia, P. (2022, December 6). The good, the bad and the ugly: practices and perspectives on hardware acceleration for embedded image processing. Research Square. https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2304402/v1_covered.pdf?c=1670341026 ↩︎