The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Open Robotics: 1 model. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Open Robotics is the company behind ROS (Robot Operating System) — the world's most widely adopted robotics software framework. Maintains Gazebo simulation, Ignition, and Open-RMF (fleet management). Acquired by Intrinsic (Alphabet) in 2022.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Stage
Product
Parent
Impact
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Partnerships
Every company Open Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ekumen Labs1× joint
- 2NCS Group1× joint
- 3NVIDIA1× joint1112 total
Most recent
Relationships
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.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Open Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Open Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ekumen Labs1× joint
- 2NCS Group1× joint
- 3NVIDIA1× joint1112 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Open Robotics x Ekumen Labs ROS and GazebowithEkumen Labsdevelopment—operating
- Open Robotics x NCS CollaborationwithNCS Groupdevelopment—operating
- open-robotics x nvidiawithNVIDIA1112technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
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.
Methodology surface for Open Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Open Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Autodesk and University of Florida Open Robotics Lab for Industrialized Construction
A new laboratory at the University of Florida is aiming to apply robotics and digital design tools to one of construction's persistent challenges: building enough housing with a…
Nvidia and Hugging Face expand LeRobot with new open robotics AI tools
Nvidia and Hugging Face have expanded their collaboration to bring new AI models, robotics frameworks and development tools to the open-source LeRobot platform, aiming to make…
Siemens-based modular robotics technology lowers the barrier to entry for automated food robotics - Siemens
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TerraFirma plans to hire hundreds at new Buda HQ dubbed 'Robot Ranch' - Austin American-Statesman
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Richtech Robotics launches 24/7 interactive livestream featuring AI robot ADAM - Robotics & Automation News
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NVIDIA Powers Open Robotics With LeRobot Upgrade - Open Source For You
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LeRobot gets NVIDIA AI tools to help developers build smarter robots - Interesting Engineering
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NVIDIA and Hugging Face bring new models and frameworks to LeRobot - The Robot Report
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NVIDIA and Hugging Face Bring New Models and Frameworks to LeRobot for the Open Robotics Community - NVIDIA Blog
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NVIDIA Announces Halos for Robotics, the Industry’s First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI - NVIDIA Newsroom
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NVIDIA Announces Halos for Robotics, the Industry’s First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI - AiThority
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Vention and Teradyne Robotics Collaborate on Digital Twin Creation Platform Optimized for UR Robotic Cells - PR Newswire
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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
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Open Robotics draws attention at the 74th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026