News & Updates

Stay up to date with the latest announcements, sponsor introductions, and developments from Open Navigation and the Nav2 project.

Intel - Welcome Back as Nav2 Gold Sponsor!

Intel - Gold Sponsor

Steven Macenski October 15, 2026

Robotics Workload Benchmark: New Website & AI-Optimized Results for AMD Strix Halo and NVIDIA Jetson Thor

A new results website and per-platform optimized VLM workloads for the Open Navigation Robotics Workload Benchmark

Steven Macenski October 5, 2026

AMD Strix Halo vs. NVIDIA Jetson Thor, Orin AGX for Real Robotics Workloads

Open Navigation Robotics Workload Benchmark

Steven Macenski July 23, 2026

semantic segmentation SAM3

Semantic Navigation using SAM3 on Edge with AMD Strix Halo

Steven Macenski July 8, 2026

Improving MPPI for High-Inertia Industrial Vehicles

Deep dive into improving Nav2's MPPI controller to properly respect low acceleration constraints for heavy industrial robots

Steven Macenski April 29, 2026

Announcing AMD - Nav2 Gold Sponsor

AMD - Gold Sponsor

Steven Macenski October 27, 2025

Polymath Robotics - Newest Gold Sponsor!

Polymath - Gold Sponsor

Steven Macenski January 3, 2025

Nvidia - Sponsor Introductions P.IV

Nvidia - Sponsor Introductions P.IV

Steven Macenski March 11, 2024

Nav2 Smac Planner Paper Released!

Nav2 Smac Planner Paper Released

Steven Macenski January 26, 2024

ROS REP 2003: QoS of Maps and Sensor Data

ROS REP 2003: QoS of Maps and Sensor Data

Steven Macenski November 27, 2023

Nav2 User Survey Bonanza

Nav2 User Survey Bonanza

Steven Macenski October 30, 2023

Stereolabs - Sponsor Introductions P.III

Stereolabs - Sponsor Introductions P.III

Steven Macenski October 9, 2023

Polymath - Sponsor Introductions P.II

Polymath - Sponsor Introductions P.II

Steven Macenski September 8, 2023

Dexory - Sponsor Introductions P.I

Dexory - Sponsor Introductions P.I

Steven Macenski August 8, 2023

A Depreciation Celebration!

A Depreciation Celebration!

Steven Macenski June 26, 2023

Nav2 announcement

We're Go For Launch!

We're Go For Launch!

Steven Macenski June 1, 2023

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