We recently received a Baxter Research Robot, generously donated to OSRF by Rethink Robotics. Here’s the time-lapse series of the assembly and installation:

With help from our friends at Rethink and Willow Garage, we already have Baxter simulated in Gazebo and integrated into MoveIt! for motion planning and control.

We’re excited to be able to experiment with this new ROS-based robot.