Open Source Robotics Foundation Inc
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- Mountain View, CA 940434605
- Phone: 408-930-4984
- Corporate URL: osrfoundation.org
- Estimated Number of Employees: 5
- Estimated Annual Receipts: $300,000
- Business Start Date: 2012
- Contact Person: Roberta Friedman
- Contact Phone: 650-450-9683
- Contact Email: roberta@osrfoundation.org
- Business Structure:
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Business Type:
- Non-Profit Organization
- Foundation
- Industries Served: Custom Computer Programming Services, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Product Areas: SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SECURITY (PHYSICAL/PERSONAL), STUDY/SECURITY (PHYSICAL & PERSONAL
Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides
In order by amount of set aside monies.
- $330,845 - Friday the 29th of January 2016
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
HISTORICALLY, ROBOTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A FRACTURED AFFAIR, WITH LITTLE COMMONALITY IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EVEN LESS REUSE OF THE SOFTWARE THAT IS INCREASINGLY THE CRUX OF WORK IN THE FIELD. RESEARCHERS ARE AT WORK WORLDWIDE TRYING TO ANSWER KEY SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING ROBOTS, BUT THEY RARELY ARE ABLE TO BUILD DIRECTLY ON EACH OTHERS RESULTS FOR LACK OF CODE-SHARING. AT THE SAME TIME, HOBBYISTS, ENGINEERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE WORKING TO BRING THEIR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR ROBOTS TO FRUITION, BUT THEY REGULARLY START FROM SCRATCH FOR LACK OF AN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE SOFTWARE TOOLBOX. ROBOTICS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ENDEAVOR, AND CODE, THE SOFTWARE THAT IS WRITTEN TO CONTROL THE ROBOT, IS AT THE CORE OF ANY RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. INNOVATION OCCURS BEST WHEN WE BUILD ON EACH OTHERS ACCOMPLISHMENTS; IN ROBOTICS, THIS MEANS ACCESSING AND DIRECTLY REUSING EACH OTHERS' CODE. TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION IN ROBOTICS, WE AIM FOR TWO COMPLEMENTARY GOALS: FOR THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO SHARE CODE AS EASILY AND NATURALLY AS THEY DO PUBLICATIONS; AND FOR THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY TO BUILD USEFUL AND COMMERCIALLY VIABLE APPLICATIONS WITH A MINIMUM OF DUPLICATED ENGINEERING EFFORT. WE PURSUE THESE GOALS THROUGH OPEN SOURCE ROBOTICS SOFTWARE. THIS SOFTWARE IS PART OF A ROBOTICS COMMONS: A SHARED RESOURCE FROM WHICH WE ALL BENEFIT (AND TO WHICH WE ARE ALL WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE). TO BUILD THAT COMMONS, WE START WITH ROS (ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM), AN OPEN SOFTWARE PLATFORM COMPRISING LIBRARIES AND TOOLS THAT FACILITATE BUILDING AND RUNNING ROBOT APPLICATIONS. DESIGNED FOR BOTH ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS AND APPLICATION DEVELOPERS, ROS IS ALREADY WIDELY USED AROUND THE WORLD IN CLASSROOMS, LABS, AND COMPANIES. IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL FOCUS DEVELOPMENT ON THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL, PRESENTLY UNDER-SERVED AREAS WITHIN ROS: FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION, USER INTERFACES FOR NON-EXPERTS, SHARED AUTONOMY, ROBOT TEAMS, AND IMPROVED PLATFORM SUPPORT. - $2,000,000 - Wednesday the 6th of November 2013
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
OSRF SHALL PROVIDE AN OPEN-SOURCE ROBOT SYSTEM SIMULATOR (OSRS) FOR MODEL ROBOTS PERFORMING DISASTER RESPONSE MISSIONS. PARTICIPANTS IN THE DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE (DRC) PROGRAM WILL USE THE SIMULATOR TO DEVELOP, TEST, AND DEBUG ROBOT COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS.
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