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As the global open source robotics community gathered this week at #ROSCon2025, Intrinsic announced improved support for ROS workflows and solution building in Intrinsic Flowstate using ROS. With the Intrinsic platform now making it possible to build production-grade robotic solutions, solution builders and robotics developers will appreciate these latest updates: • The Intrinsic platform now supports camera integration via ROS • Our ROS driver integration also includes gripper support • A streamlined Flowstate-ROS bridge enhances data sharing and request handling If you were in Singapore for the conference, we hope you were able to stop by our booth to learn about these developments — and how we’re working with the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to better connect the OpenUSD standard with the ROS ecosystem and a Special Interest Group we're leading under the OSRA Technical Governance Committee to help guide the development of physical AI. And remember that sign-ups are open now for the "AI for Industry" challenge, hosted by Open Robotics, if you know any developers around the world who are excited — individually or as a team — to push the boundaries of electronics assembly and overcome some of the most persistent robotics issues in manufacturing! https://lnkd.in/efEUQH2W #AI #Automation #ROS #ROSCon #AIforIndustry #AIforIndustryChallenge

At Intrinsic, we've been supporting businesses and manufacturers who want to accelerate the introduction of AI-enabled robotics for their teams, products and customers. Unlocking the world's developer community will greatly accelerate the transition to flexible and accessible robotic solutions for businesses everywhere. To support this vision, we have two big announcements today: the launch of the "AI for Industry Challenge" and the introduction of the Intrinsic Vision Model (IVM). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dfT2JNRA Sponsored by Intrinsic and hosted by Open Robotics, this open challenge focuses on solving complex electronics assembly problems that could help change the future of manufacturing, with a USD $180,000 prize pool. This unique opportunity provides a full "sim-to-real" journey. Participants will: • Train models using open-source tools like Gazebo or powerful simulation engines like Google DeepMind's MuJoCo and NVIDIA's Isaac Sim. • Get exclusive access to Intrinsic Flowstate and the Intrinsic platform's capabilities. • Validate their model and solutions directly on a real, physical workcell at Intrinsic HQ. Additionally, participants will use the Intrinsic Vision Model, a state-of-the-art AI model for industrial perception, that is fully integrated with Intrinsic and Flowstate. Recently validated at #ICCV2025 and BOP 2025 for delivering sub-millimeter accuracy with zero training time, IVM won 7 out of 11 benchmarks across industrial, classical and AR perception categories. Registration for the challenge is open now until April 17, 2026 — sign up today or build a team to take part, and let's bring AI to industry together! #Intrinsic #AIForIndustryChallenge #AIForIndustry #IntrinsicVisionModel

Enabling truly intelligent robotics for the world requires a robust ecosystem full of talented developers who can use AI in high impact, practical ways — and next week the global open source robotics community will gather in Singapore for #ROSCon2025 to bring that future a little closer. For the first time at #ROSCon, the Intrinsic team is excited to feature a live demo of an AI-enabled robotic workcell — built with the Intrinsic platform. So stop by booth 1 to ask questions, check out the demo and hear more about our team’s contributions to ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF among others. As you review the schedule of workshops, technical talks, and tutorials —  https://lnkd.in/g5MxH9hv — keep an eye out for: • Opening and closing remarks from Open Robotics board chair and Intrinsic CTO Brian Gerkey • Lunchtime remarks from Intrinsic Director of Delivery Andreas Bihlmaier • Deep-dives from members of the Intrinsic team and ROS community — including Michael Carroll, Arjo Chakravarty, Ian Chen, Jennifer Nguyen, Steven Peters, Katherine Scott, and Yadunund Vijay. Thank you to Open Robotics for organizing what’s sure to be another incredible event. The Intrinsic team is excited to be there, and support the community as always. See you there!

What do you get when more than 40,000 fabricators, metalworkers, and solution builders come together for the FABTECH Expo? 💥 Serious momentum behind intelligent robotics ✨ Industry-wide anticipation for AI-enabled automation 🛠️ Eagerness to support manual expertise and large-scale manufacturing alike Throughout the week, the Intrinsic team demonstrated a flexible CNC machine tending solution that our partners Trinity Robotics Automation are bringing to the U.S. market. (If you're interested in learning more, please reach out!) Thanks to everybody who stopped by our booth and who's working with us to unlock new value through industrial robotics. Enjoy our #FABTECH2025 highlights here:

"Software can be so much more than just lighting up LEDs and showing something on a screen. It can really intimately interact with the real world." Listen in as Intrinsic Director of Solutions Engineering Andreas Bihlmaier joins Adam Ewing on The Techne Connect podcast, sharing insights from his academic and career journeys and what excites him about Intrinsic and the future of industrial robotics: https://lnkd.in/eFcSeEYk #Intrinsic #IntrinsicIntelligence #AI #CareerAdvice #IndustrialRobotics #Automation

Today, we celebrate the latest release of the open source simulator Gazebo, which has remained a critical tool for robotics developers around the world for more than 20 years. With Jetty, the Intrinsic team has contributed alongside the open source robotics community to bring greater interoperability between Gazebo and ROS 2 while making sim easier and more robust. New features in this release include: • Support for standard ROS 2 simulation interfaces now enable more seamless integration with ROS 2 ecosystems and provide developers access to features for controlling and querying the simulation state. (New documentation is also available to guide users.) • Support for Zenoh as an alternative transport implementation has improved discovery, interoperability, and performance. This enables Gazebo to leverage the protocol’s features and facilitates potential integration with ROS 2 and other systems using Zenoh. • Until now, Gazebo package names included major version numbers, allowing for the installation of multiple versions. To simplify dependency management and reduce maintenance overhead, Jetty removes major version numbers from package names. • Several Gazebo APIs have been improved to streamline reinforcement learning (RL) pipelines, and an example integration with StableBaselines3 enables experimentation with RL algorithms within Gazebo to start developing and testing robotic control policies. • Other updates that respond to developer needs include Gazebo's migration to the Qt6 framework (ensuring continuity following Qt5's end of support), the ability to now scale auto-computed inertia correctly when both mass and density are specified, and more. As the Intrinsic team also leverages the capabilities of Gazebo, we're looking forward to integrating these new features and encourage others to take advantage of them too. If you're a developer actively using Gazebo, you can learn more in the release notes here: https://lnkd.in/eeKbkBhr and try out a demo world showcasing new Jetty features here in Github: https://lnkd.in/eENCGuTk. If you'll be attending #ROSCon 2025 in Singapore, Gazebo contributors will host a Birds of the Feather session you won't want to miss on Monday, October 27th at 1:00 p.m. local time. And if you're relatively new to robotics and are eager to get started, install Gazebo with ROS 2 today to start building in sim. Open Robotics

Whether you're involved with robotics or are simply interested in the industry, watch Intrinsic's Director of Delivery Andreas Bihlmaier share the trends he noticed on the floor of this year's FABTECH Expo. At the leading metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing trade show recently held in Chicago, Andreas observed the increased pairing of individual expertise with robotic systems, with the role of manual work evolving with automation equipment providing greater support, especially on repetitive tasks — and pointing toward the need for more intelligent robot systems Advances in intelligent automation, however, can be difficult to see at first glance. Andreas suggests that if you want to evaluate whether a specific robotic solution fits your needs — depending on how much volume you produce, how many different batches you have, your SKU mix — you’ll want to understand if the robot is using capabilities to adapt to what’s happening in front of it. These advances in automation are enabling robots to be able to adapt to your unique needs and workflow in new ways that haven’t been possible until recently. Lastly, Andreas notes how the increased accessibility of automation to small and medium-sized businesses will make a big difference in manufacturing, both domestically and globally. #Fabtech2025 #Automation #AI #Robots #IndustrialRobots #IndustrialRobotics #Intrinsic #IntrinsicIntelligence

What new value can an AI-first robotics software platform unlock for solution builders and their customers? This week at A3 - Association for Advancing Automation's #FOCUSVisionAI conference in Seattle, Intrinsic Chief Science Officer Torsten Kroeger will deliver a keynote on the breakthroughs in AI and perception that are redefining the future of industrial robotics — increasing flexibility, reliability, simplicity, and generalizability while enabling high-mix low-volume use cases without requiring any specialized training or deeper programming skills. If you'll be at FOCUS, attend Torsten's keynote to learn about the role of data in AI-enabled robotics, how a new foundation model can help with all of your industrial perception needs, how Intrinsic's industry collaborations are enabling new solutions built with #IntrinsicIntelligence, and more. #Automation #AI #Vision #IndustrialAI #IndustrialRobotics #Intrinsic

Ahead of the inaugural #FOCUS2025 Intelligent Vision and Industrial AI Conference, Intrinsic Chief Science Officer Torsten Kroeger joined A3 - Association for Advancing Automation's Brian Heater for a livestreamed discussion about the future of robotics software. Listen in as their conversation spans one-shot pose estimation, the significance of LLMs, and much more while also introducing how building with #IntrinsicIntelligence is like using premade blocks of robotic intelligence. And if you’ll be attending FOCUS in Seattle, stop by Torsten's keynote (on Wed., Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. in Grand Ballroom AB) to learn about the latest in automation, including: • How software platforms can abstract robot and sensor hardware assets • How FMs for robot vision are prompted with CAD and image data, leading to robust pose estimation capabilities for many use cases • How robotics and automation solution builders create new value for their customers by deploying robots that no longer need to be programmed And say hello afterwards to discuss how Intrinsic can help with your automation goals. #Automation #AI #Vision #IndustrialAI #IndustrialRobotics #Intrinsic #IntrinsicIntelligence https://lnkd.in/eV2-rGxb

How are tech hubs around the world approaching technology and talent as competitive advantages? At Fortune's #brainstormtech summit, Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White MBE emphasized the crucial role intelligent automation needs to play in realizing both domestic and global manufacturing ambitions. Covering the global AI innovation race, the importance of open source, the need for collaboration between Silicon Valley and other regions with domain expertise, and more, read on for the highlights from Wendy's panel discussion with Nicholas Gordon, Hans Tung, and Ih-Ming C. on the future of industrial manufacturing: https://lnkd.in/ejjgvUbe