ROS Community Gathers for Global Events, Reveals New Tools
TL;DR. The ROS community prepares for upcoming global conferences and industry nights, while new robotics development tools emerge. - ROSCon Global registration is closing soon, highlighting a major gathering for robotics developers and professionals. - Events like Actuate and Trossen X ROS Industry Night foster networking and collaboration within the robotics sector. - New technical contributions include a Nav2 semantic segmentation layer and a parametric robot gripper configurator.
- ROSCon Global ticket sales close soon for the Toronto event.
- Upcoming industry events include Actuate and Trossen X ROS Industry Night.
- A new Nav2 costmap layer for semantic segmentation has been released.
- Fingermod offers a parametric 3D-printed robot gripper configurator.
- NORI MotorLab provides a browser-based workspace for testing Feetech servos.
Sources
- ROS News for the week of August 10th, 2026 — discourse.openrobotics.org