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===2007===
ROS was started by borrowing the best practices from many early open source robotic software frameworks including ''switchyard'' by the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] in support of the Stanford AI Robot STAIR (STanford AI Robot) project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stair.stanford.edu/|title=STAIR|website=stair.Stanford.edu|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=STAIR: Hardware and Software Architecture |first1=Morgan |last1=Quigley |first2=Eric |last2=Berger |first3=Andrew Y. |last3=Ng |author3-link=Andrew Ng |year=2007 |url=http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2007/WS-07-15/WS07-15-008.pdf |publisher=AAAI 2007 Robotics Workshop}}</ref>
In January of 2007 Willow Garage hired their first employees: Jonathan Stark, Melonee Wise, Curt Meyers, and John Hsu.
By the seventh of November, 2007, the first commit of ROS code was made to SourceForge<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/ros/code/10/log/?path=|title=Repository: code|website=Sourceforge.net|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
===2009===
ROS 0.4 Mango Tengo was released on February 10th, 2009. On February 16th of the same year, RVIZ's first version of documentation released.
The first published paper on ROS was published on May 12th, 2009: ''ROS: an open-source Robot Operating System''(Authors: Morgan Quigley, Ken Conley, Brian Gerkey, Josh Faust, Tully Foote, Jeremy Leibs, Rob Wheeler, [[Andrew Ng|Andrew Y Ng]])<ref name=Quigley-ROS />
ROS.org ___domain was put up on the web on August 16th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2009/08/welcome-to-ros-org.html|title=Welcome to ros.org - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> TheLater that year, the first ROS Tutorial was published on December 12th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2009/12/ros-tutorials-and-turtles.html|title=ROS Tutorials and Turtles - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
===2010===
In 2010, ROS 1.0 was released on January 22, 2010. In the same year, the first [[autonomous car]] running ROS was announced on March 30th by [[University of Texas at Austin|UT Austin]] and Austin Robotic Technology. <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=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> Then, on May 5th, 2010 Willow Garage awarded PR2 Robots to 11 different institutions [[University of Freiburg]] (Germany), [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]], [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]], [[KU Leuven]] (Belgium), [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [[Stanford University|Stanford]], [[Technical University of Munich|TU Munich]] (Germany), [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]], [[University of Pennsylvania|U Penn]], [[University of Southern California|USC]], and [[University of Tokyo]] (Japan).
The first drone using ROS, from GRASP Lab at [[University of Pennsylvania|U Penn]] wasswas announced on weeks later, on May 29th.<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=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> ThenBy theAugust 19th, firstROS useon ofwas ROSfirst used on [[Lego Mindstorms]] August 19th.<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=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> On September 9th, 2010, PR2 robots were made available for commercial purchase for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2010/09/07/pr2-pricing-and-open-source-discount|title=PR2 Robots Available for Purchase|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
===2011===
2011 saw the introduction of many staples of ROS. The first public appearance of TurtleBot occurred on January 26th, at the Homebrew Robotics Club. ROS Answers was then introduced on February 15th, a Q/A Forumforum for ROS users, was introduced on February 15th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/02/announcing-ros-answers.html|title=Announcing ROS Answers - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> On April 18th Willow Garage officially announced the TurtleBot, a hobbyist personal robot kit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2011/04/18/turtlebots-available-preorder|title=ROS on the Move: TurtleBots available for preorder - Willow Garage|website=www.WillowGarage.com|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> On May 5th ROS, surpassesdsurpassed 100 repositories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/05/100-repositories.html|title=100 Repositories - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> The 100th repository iswas rl-texplore-ros-pkg from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] The first pure Java implementation of ROS was announced at [[Google I/O]] on May 11th, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/05/google-io-2011-cloud-robotics-ros-for-java-and-android.html|title=Google I/O 2011: Cloud Robotics, ROS for Java and Android - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> The 4th anniversary of ROS and video compilation was then published on November 8th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2011/11/celebrating-the-fourth-anniversary-of-ros-and-the-first-roscon-2012.html|title=Celebrating the fourth anniversary of ROS... and the First ROSCon 2012 - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>
===2012===
On April 16,2012 Willow Garage bringscreated outthe Open Source Robotics Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2012/04/16/open-source-robotics-foundation|title=Willow Garage Spins Out OSRF|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. NextThe next day on April 17 [[DARPA]] awardsawarded a software contract to Open Source Robotics Foundation<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|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> On May 19, the First ROSCon is held in Saint Paul, MN<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=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> On September 4, 2012 the first book on ROS was published. ''ROS By Example'', by Patrick Goebel<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=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> The same month, the first commercial robot based on ROS released by [[Rethink Robotics]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/09/rethink-ros.html|title=Rethink ROS - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> Novermber 7 , 2012 marked the five year anniversary of ROS, with video. compilation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/12/ros-five-years.html|title=ROS: Five Years - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> Finally, on December 3, 2012 ROS began running on every continent<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2012/12/ros-five-years.html|title=ROS: Five Years - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>
===2013===
In February 2013 the Open Source Robotics Foundation became the primary maintainers of ROS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://osrfoundation.org/blog/ros-at-osrf.html |title=Osrf - Ros @ Osrf |publisher=Osrfoundation.org |date=2013-02-11 |accessdate=2014-07-12}}</ref> On March 12th ROS Answers met the milestone of 10,000 answers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2013/03/10000-questions-asked-on-ros-answers-1.html|title=10,000 Questions Asked on ROS Answers|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> ROSCon 2013 was hosted May 11th to May12thMay 12th in Stuttgart, Germany. On June 18th the Virtual Robotics Challenge (virtual stage of DARPA Robotics Challenge) took place. In August 2013, Willow Garage announced in a blog post<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2013/08/21/willow-garage-employees-join-suitable-technologies |title=employees join Suitable Technologies |publisher=Willow Garage |date= |accessdate=2014-07-12}}</ref> it would be absorbed into another company owned by its founders, [[Suitable Technologies]]. On December 3rd Ros.org was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2013/12/a-new-wwwrosorg.html|title=A new www.ros.org - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
===2014===
[[ClearPath Robotics]] takestook over support responsibilities for the PR2 by Willow Garage on January 15th, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clearpathrobotics.com/2014/01/clearpath-welcomes-pr2/|title=Clearpath Welcomes PR2 to the Family|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> On February 7th, 2014 ROS Answers reachesreached a milestone 15,000 Questions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2014/02/ros-answers-reaches-15000-questions.html|title=ROS Answers Reaches 15,000 Questions|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> The first international ROS user group meeting took place on June 6th called ROS Kong{{Citation needed}}. On September 1st, NASA announced the first robot into space runningrun ROS is announcedin called thespace: RobonautRobotnaut 2 on the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2014/09/ros-running-on-iss.html|title=ROS running on ISS - ROS robotics news|website=www.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
ROSCon 2014 took place in Chicago from September 12th to the 13ths. InAt whichROSCon Industry2014, industry attendees surpassed academia attendees for the first time. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://roscon.ros.org/2014static_replacement/program/|title=Program - ROSCon 2014|website=roscon.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> On December 21st the first Korean ROS Meetup took place.<ref>[http://www.ros.org/news/2015/01/notes-from-the-first-korean-ros-users-meetup.html ROS meetup in Korea]</ref>
===2015===
===2016===
The First Danish ROS meetup occurred on February 18th, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2016/01/invitation-to-the-first-danish-ros-meetup.html|title=First Danish ROS Meetup|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> The Second ROS Summer School in China iswas announced on July 22nd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2016/07/ros-summer-school-in-china-2016-july-22-28.html|title=ROS Summer School in China 2016, July 22-28 - ROS robotics news|website=www.ros.org|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> On September 1st, the2016, Construct<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theconstructsim.com/construct-learn-develop-robots-using-ros/|title=The Construct}}</ref> launched the Robot Ignite Academy. The cloud-based academy uses ROS and Gazebo to teach ROS Online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theconstructsim.com/construct-learn-develop-robots-using-ros/robotigniteacademy_learnros/|title=ROS Robot Ignite Academy}}</ref> OSRF announced collaboration with [[Toyota Research Institute]] on September 15th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osrfoundation.org/were-collaborating-with-toyota-research-institute/|title=OSRF Collaboration with TRI|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> On October 7th Bosch underwritesprovided money for a full-time position at OSRF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osrfoundation.org/bosch-research-and-technology-center-joins-forces-with-open-source-robotics-foundation-to-advance-the-development-of-ros/|title=Bosch Underwrites Full-Time Position at OSRF|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
===2017===
On March 21st 2017, the first Ukrainian ROS Meetup iswas held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ros.org/news/2017/03/invitation-to-the-first-ukrainian-ros-meetup.html|title=First Ukrainian ROS Meetup|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Open Source Robotics Foundation changed its name to Open Robotics on May 16th, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osrfoundation.org/welcome-to-open-robotics/|title=Welcome to Open Robotics|website=www.OSRFoundation.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> The third ROS Summer School in China is announced on July 22nd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ros.org/t/ros-summer-school-in-china-july-22-28-2017/1977|title=ROS Summer School in China, July 22-28, 2017|website=Discourse.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> ROSCon 2017 took place on September 21st.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roscon.ros.org/2017/#program|title=ROSCon 2017|website=roscon.ROS.org|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
===2018===
ROS Melodic Morenia is released on May 23rd., The twelfth ROS distribution release.2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.ros.org/melodic|title=melodic - ROS Wiki|website=wiki.ros.org|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> The first ROS Developer Conference is held from July 7th to the 8th for developers to learn from experts on how to program with ROS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theconstructsim.com/ros-developers-online-conference-2018-rdc-worldwide/|title=ROSDevCon2018}}</ref> On September 28th Microsoft ported Core ROS to Windows 10. ROSCon 2018 is held in Madrid on September 29th. Amazon launched AWS RoboMaker on November 26th., Aa cloud-based service to allow developers a place to develop and test robotic applications.
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