Gazebo Ignition is a long-term support release and a successor to Gazebo Classic, with Gazebo 11 being the last classic release. Over the last 8 years, Open Robotics has been working on a successor, which was earlier referred to as “Ignition” but has since been renamed to Gazebo, while the…

Developed by Cyberbotics, Webots has gained immense popularity and transitioned into an open-source platform in December 2018, enabling a diverse community of experts to leverage its capabilities. Webots provides physically accurate and photo-realistic virtual environments without the need for specialized hardware. …

Gazebo is easily the most popular simulator in the robotics world. It’s a versatile tool that provides the necessary physics, graphics, and transport mechanisms to model a range of kinematic chains, dynamics, sensors, and environments. One particularly interesting but often underused functionality that comes with the simulator is Actors. Primarily…

Robots are transforming consumer and commercial spaces alike. From the glamour of Boston Dynamics and self-driving cars to home cleaners in Roomba and everything in between the world of robots is on the rise. They’ll transform the physical reality, just like AI has transformed the digital world. If you are…

According to a report by Tractica, the global robotics market is expected to grow from $31 billion in 2020 to $245 billion in 2025, with the adoption of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) driving much of this growth. With such a significant opportunity for innovation and disruption, it’s no wonder…

Mobile robots are transforming the logistics industry. For a long time, tape-based navigation robots (Automated Guided Vehicles, AGVs) have borne the load (pun intended!) of transporting goods within factory floors. They are still responsible for a large share of material movement in heavy industries. …

In an earlier blog post, I talked about the usage of simulations for robotics application development. While my focus was on ground vehicles, the general principle of using simulation for ease of development and testing applies to all robotic systems. …

ROS1 has borne the burden of supporting applications for robots for well over a decade. May 2025 will be the EoL for ROS Noetic — the latest and the last ROS1 distro. …

My first pull into robotics, perhaps like most people was through planning algorithms. Over time as I worked through my early years in research and industry, I got a good understanding and interest in other core robotics concepts such as Mapping, Localization (SLAM), control, and computer vision. As time progressed…