Open Navigation LLC

AMD and Open Navigation LLC have collaborated to showcase the powerful #RyzenAI technologies for use in robotics applications! We have put together 3 demonstrations: Outdoor #GPS Navigation, Urban #3D Navigation, and Indoor #LongDuration Navigation, each with proof-of-concept autonomy systems for getting started. Check out https://lnkd.in/g-xN9eVa to see the videos, download datasets, learn how to setup and use #ROS2, #Nav2 for Indoor, Urban, and 3D SLAM-based navigation! Bonus: We also include a series of guides for how to bootstrap a new robot: PC, software bringup, time synchronize multiple machines, and more! These devices contain the powerful, modern AMD x86 CPUs you know and love, married with a Radeon GPU, Neutral Processing Unit (NPU), and more to run hardware accelerated and AI applications on your robot products. We at Open Navigation have benchmarked that all of autonomous navigation, 3D perception, localization, and autonomy applications can be performed with under 15% of total resource utilization, leaving plenty of room for many user applications, advanced AI, and more -- all for an amazing price point. If you are working on robotics systems and require powerful x86 cores, we definitely recommend looking into #RyzenAI. Make sure to checkout our collaboration below to learn more and get started fast with AMD and Nav2! https://lnkd.in/g-xN9eVa

Interested in using #Nav2 and #ROS2 outdoors? Checkout some of the latest and greatest technology demonstrations using #AMD's #RyzenAI powering 3D Urban Navigation, Outdoor Unstructured GPS Navigation, and Long-Duration Indoor Navigation with plenty of room for user applications! https://lnkd.in/g-xN9eVa It was exciting to spent a few days in Alameda, CA creating this urban navigation proof of concept demonstration. A huge thanks to that community for putting up with our nonsense and being really great sports about having robots driving around at 2m/s on the roads. PS This project may have been our excuse to pick up a DJI done... 😎

AMD, in collaboration with Open Navigation LLC, is excited to announce Nav2 running on Ryzen Embedded 8000 processors – the first AMD Embedded processor to combine an NPU, CPU and GPU. Nav2 is a production-grade, high-quality navigation framework supported by ROS 2 to power autonomous mobile robots. Test it out yourself! https://bit.ly/4fXpOIl #TogetherWeAdvance

Visual Navigation is a big trend in advanced algorithmic development for robotics recently. Stereolabs has been quietly moving from a 3D camera maker into a full #SpatialAI integrator with multi-camera fusion, detection, ground segmentation, visual odometry, terrain mapping, and much more using on-robot NVIDIA #Jetson compute modules. Since they manufacture the cameras, integrate with selected compute boards, and write their own software software, you get a tightly coupled solution that works well, immediately out-of-the-box. We at Open Navigation are very impressed by these results and look forward to using it in projects soon! Checkout the new #ZEDX cameras and Stereolabs' #TerraAI spatial AI - all available through #ROS! https://lnkd.in/g7PnKf-r

One of the principal tasks for any mobile robot is being able to move in its environment without colliding with walls, people or obstacles in general. That should be obvious... and that’s where Nav2 comes in. Steve Macenski created #Nav2 and then Open Navigation LLC. It is considered one of the most important frameworks in ground robotics. It’s going to be such a pleasure to chat with Steve live at #Actuate2024 on September 18 and hear him talk about different use cases with Nav2. 🗺️ Get your tickets and join me live at Actuate: https://lnkd.in/guVvt3iV

Want to use #Nav2 with #Docker? Good news! We released a brand-new repository this week to build and host a series of docker images for use in development and deployment of Nav2, #ROS 2 applications by popular demand! We are releasing & supporting nightly builds of all ROS distributions and releasing docker images tied to distribution releases that will be stable for the lifetime of the distribution. https://lnkd.in/gHeXskXd You can pull and use these images locally using `docker pull https://lnkd.in/g6Mjb2uJ:<tag>`. New to Docker and ROS 2? Checkout our Docker Developer Guide on docs.nav2.org! https://lnkd.in/gEDsRaM9 Thanks to our amazing sponsors Stereolabs, Polymath Robotics, NVIDIA, and Dexory for their support of Nav2 and open-source technologies to help bring these capabilities (and more!) to you on a regular basis! None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors and partners. Interested in helping support Nav2? Please reach out to us at info@opennav.org. #goros #navigation #amr #opensource

Have you checked out #Nav2's new professionally redesigned website? It highlights a few prominent Nav2 users and sponsors like Dexory, NVIDIA, Stereolabs, and Polymath Robotics with live-action videos of their robots leveraging Nav2 in the wild. This is a perfect place to start learning about Nav2 if you're just getting started making your #AMR's autonomously navigate! Improvements like this to Nav2 wouldn't be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and clients! Interested in sponsoring Nav2 or working with Open Navigation LLC? Reach out to us over PM or info@opennav.org!

Nav2 is fully built around #ROS 2 and is considered one of the most important frameworks in ground robotics. It was originally created by Steve Macenski and is now maintained by his company, Open Navigation LLC. Check out this blog to learn a whole lot more about the project and how Nav2 works 🗺️ Oh, and Steven Macenski will be giving a talk on Nav2 on September 18 at #Actuate2024 so get your tickets today — don't miss out! 👉 https://buff.ly/3Rnfteb 🎟️ Link to the blog in the comments 👇

🚀 End-of-Studies Project Showcase: Design of an AGV from an Electric Stacker 🚀 I am thrilled to share my #end_of_studies_project, a milestone in my journey as an #engineer. Conducted with Saphir Véhicules & Automobiles, a #leader in the #Tunisian_handling_industry and agent of #CHL Material Handling, #HAVAL, #GREATWALL, and #FOTON, the project involved designing an #Automated_Guided_Vehicle (AGV) from an electric #stacker, showcasing #innovation and #engineering. 📅 #Internship: March 1st, 2024 to June 30th, 2024. Completed during my final engineering year at EPI - International Multidisciplinary School, I presented this project on July 1st, 2024, and was awarded my degree with #highest #honors. 📌 Project #Highlights: • Objective: Transform a conventional #Electric_stacker into an #Autonomous_AGV to enhance #Efficiency in #Warehouse #Logistics. • Technology: Used #ROS, #AI, and #Computer_vision for precise navigation. • Context: Aimed for seamless integration with Warehouse Management Systems (#WMS) in the context of #Industry_4.0 and 5.0 for real-time #data exchange. • Relevance: Addressing logistics challenges in various scenarios, including #pandemics and #global_crises. 🛠️ Project #Steps: 1- #Reverse_Engineering: #Hardware & #Software selection. 2- #CAD: Designed the model in #SolidWorks. 3- Exported URDF file with #SW2URDF Plugin. 4- Imported URDF into #Gazebo for #simulation. 5- Added #Lidar, #Camera, #IMU, and #Controllers. 6- Manual #Odometry Calculation using a #Python script for #SLAM and navigation. 7- 2D SLAM: Created a 2D map using #Gmapping algorithm. (#SLAM_Toolbox ROS package) 8- #Autonomous_Navigation and obstacle detection with #Navigation_Stack ROS Package. 9- #Computer_Vision: Trained #YOLOv8 for detecting #pallets and #personnel. 10- #Emergency_Button: Designed the electrical schematic in #Proteus8. 📈 Outcome: • Validated #software_development using #Gazebo and #ROS. • Laid groundwork for future #WMS_integration and a #physical_prototype. 💡 Why This #Project? • To bridge the gap between affordable stackers (~4000 €) and high-cost AGVs (~24,000 €), providing a #cost_effective, #high_performance solution. 🙏 Acknowledgments: I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the entire SAVA team for their unwavering support and collaboration throughout this project. Special thanks to Open Robotics for the incredible #ROS platform, and to Steve Macenski for the invaluable packages. I also extend my appreciation to the entire #Linux and #ROS community for their continuous contributions and support. #Stay_tuned for more #updates! 🎉 #Engineering #EmbeddedSystems #Automation #Robotics #AGV #AMR #AI #ComputerVision #Innovation #Logistics

Looking to improve your robot’s uptime? Join me and fellow #ROS experts from NVIDIA for a webinar on August 8th at 9 AM PT! Learn how to integrate the new Nav2 autonomous docking feature into your robot, utilizing advanced perception capabilities enabled by NVIDIA Isaac ROS. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how this new feature can keep your AMR charged and online continuously, and how you can enhance your software with your own pose detection algorithms. Register Now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gs--Y6cF