What is Open Robotics?

Steward of the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulator; spun out of Willow Garage as the Open Source Robotics Foundation in 2012.

Where is Open Robotics based?

Open Robotics is based in Mountain View, CA.

What does Open Robotics make?

Open Robotics has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Open Robotics builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

Is Open Robotics safe?

Open Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Open Robotics · DEPLOY

Key facts

Focus

Steward of the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulator

Stage

Spun out of Willow Garage as the Open Source Robotics Foundation in 2012

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Data & sources

Web sources2

2 sources backing this record.View all →

Current leadership (1)

Brian Gerkey Co-Founder & Board Chair (former CEO)since 2012-01-01secondary-verified

Founders (1)

Brian Gerkeycofounderfounded 2012-01-01

Safety record

No incidents on record for Open Robotics.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Open Robotics?: Steward of the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulator; spun out of Willow Garage as the Open Source Robotics Foundation in 2012.
Where is Open Robotics based?: Open Robotics is based in Mountain View, CA.
What does Open Robotics make?: Open Robotics has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Open Robotics builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.
Is Open Robotics safe?: Open Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-27

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-27

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source
1: knowledge-base; Knowledge base

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Open Robotics yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/open-robotics.md
RSS feed: /companies/open-robotics/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/9ae7708f-8dec-460a-81fe-4aeac98763a8
Revision history: /companies/open-robotics/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

DEPLOY Intelligence Score

0.0/ 100

vs 6 months ago

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 89% of category

vs funding peers-34.1 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Safety Record

50.0LOW

Funding Health

20.0LOW

IP Activity

5.0LOW

Deployment Scale

0.0LOW

Hiring Signal

0.0LOW

Market Presence

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

Last computed: Jul 3, 2026

Intelligence layer