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Following this, Willow Garage achieved one of its longest held goals: giving away 10 PR2 robots to worthy academic institutions. This had long been a goal of the founders, as they felt that the PR2 could kick-start robotics research around the world. They ended up awarding eleven PR2s to different institutions, including [[University of Freiburg]] (Germany), [[Robert Bosch GmbH]], [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[KU Leuven]] (Belgium), [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), [[Stanford University]], [[Technical University of Munich]] (Germany), [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[University of Southern California]] (USC), and [[University of Tokyo]] (Japan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2010/05/04/pr2-beta-program-recipients|title=The Results Are In: PR2 Beta Program Recipients!|website=Willow Garage|access-date=2019-04-29|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713001101/http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2010/05/04/pr2-beta-program-recipients|url-status=dead}}</ref> This, combined with Willow Garage's highly successful internship program<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/community/interns-and-visiting-scholars|title=Interns and Visiting Scholars|website=Willow Garage|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> (run from 2008 to 2010 by [[Melonee Wise]]), helped to spread the word about ROS throughout the robotics world. The first official ROS distribution release: ROS Box Turtle, was released on 2 March 2010, marking the first time that ROS was officially distributed with a set of versioned packages for public use. These developments led to the first drone running ROS,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2010/05/robots-using-ros-penn-quadrotors.html|title=Robots Using ROS: Penn Quadrotors – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> the first autonomous car running ROS,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2010/03/robots-using-ros-marvin-autonomous-car.html|title=Robots Using ROS: Marvin autonomous car (Austin Robot Technology/UT Austin) – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> and the adaption of ROS for [[Lego Mindstorms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2010/08/robots-using-ros-lego-nxt.html|title=Robots Using ROS: Lego NXT – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> With the PR2 Beta program well underway, the PR2 robot was officially released for commercial purchase on 9 September 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2010/09/07/pr2-pricing-and-open-source-discount|title=PR2 Robots Available for Purchase}}</ref>
[[File:ROS Antarctica sunset.jpg|thumb|An image of Robot Operating System (ROS) running in Antarctica
2011 was a banner year for ROS with the launch of ROS Answers, a Q/A forum for ROS users, on 15 February;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/02/announcing-ros-answers.html|title=Announcing ROS Answers – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> the introduction of the highly successful [[TurtleBot]] robot kit on 18 April;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2011/04/18/turtlebots-available-preorder|title=ROS on the Move: TurtleBots available for preorder |website=Willow Garage|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> and the total number of ROS repositories passing 100 on 5 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/05/100-repositories.html|title=100 Repositories – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> Willow Garage began 2012 by creating the [[Open Robotics |Open Source Robotics Foundation]] (OSRF)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2012/04/16/open-source-robotics-foundation|title=Willow Garage Spins Out OSRF|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=6 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106081726/http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2012/04/16/open-source-robotics-foundation|url-status=dead}}</ref> in April. The OSRF was immediately awarded a software contract by the [[DARPA|Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/darpa-robotics-challenge-simulation-software-open-source-robotics-foundation|title=DARPA Awards Simulation Software Contract to Open Source Robotics Foundation}}</ref> Later that year, the first ROSCon was held in St. Paul, Minnesota,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/05/thanks-for-a-great-roscon-2012.html|title=Thanks for a great ROSCon 2012! – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> the first book on ROS, ''ROS By Example'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/09/new-book-ros-by-example.html|title=New Book: ROS by Example – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> was published, and [[Baxter (robot)|Baxter]], the first commercial robot to run ROS, was announced by [[Rethink Robotics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/09/rethink-ros.html|title=Rethink ROS – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> Soon after passing its fifth anniversary in November, ROS began running on every continent on 3 December 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/12/ros-five-years.html|title=ROS: Five Years – ROS robotics news|website=ROS.org|publisher=Open Robotics|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>
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