Dirk Thomas is a Software Engineer at the non-profit Open Source Robotics Foundation. He is working on the core of the robotic framework ROS (the Robot Operating System) and is the technical lead for ROS 2. Dirk received his PhD degree in Computer Science in the Simulation, Systems Optimization and Robotics Group at TU Darmstadt, Germany.
Dirk talks about his work with ROS at the OSR Foundation.
We hear about how programmers and roboticists can benefit from being part of and contributing to the open source community.
Dirk discusses the development of ROS and how it is being used both in academia and in commercial projects. He also shares his thoughts on the future development of ROS and how it can support advancements in robotics overall.
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