At FOSDEM 2013, Open Robotics provided an overview of the Robot Operating System (ROS), which was originally developed in 2007. In FOSDEM 2020, the community was introduced to ROS 2, a major rewrite of the framework. Now, five years later, Open Robotics no longer exists as a company, and the largest open-source robotics community is navigating the transition to a new, sustainable model. It’s an exciting time.

This talk will provide a quick overview of the years of ROS under the umbrella of Open Robotics Inc (and the Open Source Robotics Foundation).It will explore the transition following the dissolution of Open Robotics Inc., and introduce the new operational and governance model that has been established through the formation of the Open Source Robotics Alliance with a focus on how the different models impact the technical work done by the core team.