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- robot-data-diff: CLI tool tracks changes in LeRobot datasets • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 4/10
A new open-source CLI tool called robot-data-diff compares revisions of LeRobot datasets to help identify whether policy retraining failures stem from code or data changes.
- swift-ros2 3.0 ships stable native Swift client for ROS 2 with RCL backend • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
swift-ros2 3.0.0 is the first stable release of the native Swift ROS 2 client library, built on upstream rcl with prebuilt Apple frameworks and verified against Humble through Lyrical.
- Open-source Gazebo Harmonic world collection adds 42 simulation environments • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 4/10
A developer released 42 Apache 2.0-licensed Gazebo Harmonic simulation worlds for robotics navigation, exploration, and SLAM testing.
- ViTacFormer tactile model hits 40% success on bimanual cup task, up from 0% vision-only • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
A two-stage architecture that predicts future tactile states rather than passively consuming touch data improved bimanual manipulation success from 0% to 40% on a contact-rich deformable object task.
- ros2_pulse 0.6.0 adds rclpy node and loaned message tracking • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
The ros2_pulse monitoring tool now supports Python (rclpy) node counting and tracks loaned message rates via tracepoints.
- PlanSys2 adopts Kairos planner and STN behavior tree builder • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
PlanSys2 is integrating the Kairos temporal/numeric PDDL planner and the STNBTBuilder for improved temporal plan execution.
- RoboShield v2 introduces inline command firewall for ROS 2 using Rust • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
RoboShield v2 is an inline gateway that uses Rust to inspect and enforce security rules for ROS 2 robot commands.
- RobotLens introduces integrated engineering workspace for ROS 2 • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
RobotLens is a new unified environment for ROS 2 and Zenoh that combines visualization, simulation, and debugging into a single workspace.
- VizMini2 brings RViz and ROS 2 tools to Android • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 5/10
VizMini2 is an Android application that allows users to visualize, drive, and inspect ROS 2 robots directly via DDS without requiring a bridge or robot-side installation.
- Rokoko Device SDK update improves USB stability and adds pinch detection • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 4/10
The new Rokoko Device SDK update provides a more robust USB data stream and introduces a pinch detector example for Smartgloves II.
- DendROS adds color-coded terminal output and viewer for ROS 2 • ROS Robot Operating System News • Impact 4/10
DendROS is an MIT-licensed tool that improves ROS 2 log readability through node grouping, colorization, and an interactive viewer.