Open Source Robotics Foundation
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- 2022 · acceptedOpen Robotics - 2022 - Harsh Mahesheka ↗
Programs & participation
13 records across 1 programIndexed project records; missing years are not zero. Coverage
2026Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 8 projects indexed
- Add Support for Mixin Composition in Colcon Mixin
- Client Library System Performance Monitoring Enhancements
- Mission Control for ros2_control
- Physical AI Inference & Trajectory Upscaling for ros2_control
- QA of Reset of Core Systems
- Scalable Multi-Robot Integration and Automated Bridging for ROS 2 and Gazebo
- UI/UX improvements to the Crossflow Diagram Editor
- Vendor Agnostic SONAR Implementation
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2025Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 9 projects indexed
- C/C++ Struct to ROS Message Converter
- Hardware Diagnostics Support for ros2_control
- Improvements to ROS 2 Doctor
- Improvements to ROS 2 Tracing
- Modernization and Improvements of VCSTool
- Multi-Agent Traffic Optimization
- Multi-Agent Traffic Optimization + Infrastructure improvements.
- Physics-based sonar simulation and new examples with commonly used hardware for underwater robotics
- Ray tracing enabled Faster-Than-Real-Time GPU based LiDAR plugin for Gazebo
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2024Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 5 projects indexed
- Benchmarking Physics Engines
- Gazebo Effortless Installations
- Physics-based Sonar Simulation for Underwater Robotics
- Physics-based Sonar Simulation for Underwater Robotics
- Physics-based Sonar Simulation for Underwater Robotics
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2023Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 3 projects indexed
- Automatically Compute Moments of Inertia for SDFormat Links
- Dynamic wrench application through the GUI
- Improve maritime support in Gazebo
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2022Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 2 projects indexed
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2021Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 2 projects indexed
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2020Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 7 projects indexed
- Demos for ignition knowledge base
- Gazebo submarines
- Ignition Gazebo Optical Tactile Sensor Plugin
- Ignition Plotting Tool
- Proposal for joining Robotics Middleware Framework running scenarios Project
- RVIZ based on Ignition Rendering Library
- Sensor data visualization
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2019Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 7 projects indexed
- Actor support on Ignition
- Building a Gazebo overlay for RobotX simulator
- Gazebo documentation index
- Gazebo Robotics Simulator Visual Plugin and Sensor Data Visualization
- Improved Collision Checking for MoveIt
- Migrating Gazebo plugins to ROS2
- Support creating Windows packages for ROS2 in Bloom
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2018Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 4 projects indexed
- Adding more motion planning libraries to MoveIt
- Perception Pipeline Improvements
- ROS Package for Robot Work Cell Discovery
- Upgrade and Improve MoveIt! Setup Assistant integration with Gazebo
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2016Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 7 projects indexed
- Extend communication outside the LAN
- Extend communication outside the LAN
- integrating gazebojs with gzweb into gazebow.
- Project Proposal for "Graphical interface for inserting plugins during simulation" Causevic
- Reactive and Adaptive Path Planning Using Sensor Feedback and Operator Input
- ROS Interface for Impedance/Force Control
- Visualizing Joint Solutions in Descartes
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2015Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 6 projects indexed
- Cartesian Path Planning Library (Descartes) Improvements
- Ignition Robotics Transport Library - Add more features to the main library
- RoboCup Soccer Humanoid Simulator using Gazebo and a Sample Soccer Agent
- ROS - PROFINET wrapper
- Simulate wide-angle lens for vision sensors and a bit more
- Support to Neural interfaces for ROS and/or Gazebo
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2014Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 5 projects indexed
- Develop a Cartesian Path Planner Plug-in for MoveIt
- Develop an Intuitive Tele-op Interface using 3D Sensing
- Develop ROS independent library for system dependency resolution
- Fluid Simulation
- Gazebo model visualization in WebGL
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2013Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 3 projects indexed
- Develop new Parameter API for C++ ROS client
- Fluid Dynamics
- Generic layer for different cloud providers and OpenStack for using CloudSim in local clouds
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.