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Open Robotics

Open Robotics is the company behind ROS (Robot Operating System) — the world's most widely adopted robotics software framework.

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HQ
Mountain View, CA
Status
active

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

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

Product

ROS (Robot Operating System), Gazebo, Ignition, Open-RMF

Parent

Intrinsic (Alphabet/Google) — acquired 2022

Impact

ROS is the world's most widely used robotics framework

Data & sources

Web sources

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Current leadership (1)

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

Founders (1)

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Safety record

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Recent coverage

Open Robotics in third-party press

Autodesk and University of Florida Open Robotics Lab for Industrialized Construction

Aug 5, 2026

Nvidia and Hugging Face expand LeRobot with new open robotics AI tools

Jul 18, 2026

Siemens-based modular robotics technology lowers the barrier to entry for automated food robotics - Siemens

Jul 16, 2026