Open source · 35,000+ downloads · 500+ GitHub stars

RoboStack

I lead RoboStack, which enables the Robot Operating System (ROS) to run seamlessly across all platforms.

Why it matters

Installing ROS has traditionally meant a specific Ubuntu version. RoboStack packages ROS for conda-forge, which makes it work on Linux, macOS and Windows, on x86 and ARM, without root access, and side by side with machine-learning tools. RoboStack has been downloaded more than 35,000 times worldwide, including by leading research groups at Meta AI and Princeton University.

Publications

Selected papers from this line of work. See all publications.

RAM 2022 + IROS 2022

A RoboStack Tutorial: Using the Robot Operating System Alongside the Conda and Jupyter Data Science Ecosystems

Tobias Fischer, Wolf Vollprecht, Silvio Traversaro, Sean Yen, Carlos Herrero, and Michael Milford

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine 2022 · Also selected for presentation at IROS 2022

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