This week marks the third anniversary of ROS (Robot Operating System), an open-source software platform for the robotics industry developed by Stanford and Silicon Valley robotics research lab Willow Garage. In that short time, ROS has skyrocketed in popularity. Robot hardware manufacturers, commercial research labs, and software companies are all adopting the platform. And ROS is just getting started.
"We set out at the beginning with a commitment to open source," says Steve Cousens, President and CEO of Willow Garage. "In order to get an industry going in personal robotics, it's going to take the ability for a lot of people to experiment. An open platform makes it easy for people to tinker and innovate."
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Future of Personal Robotics: Open Source | Fast Company
Author: Ariel Schwartz
