Sophie moves onto her own server with a proper care console, The Platform lets anyone drive a robot without signing up, and the myCobot comes back from the dead.
Burf Update
Monthly and weekly diaries from the lab.
August 2026: Sanbot Native ROS Driver
A native ROS 2 driver for the Sanbot Elf written in Kotlin with no bridge, and bringing a Keecker robot back to life.
July 2026: Inmoov Quality Time
The InMoov gets a real ROS 2 driver and VR teleoperation, and the Sanbot and TurtleBot2 get proper LiDAR.
June 2026: The Robot That Could Strafe (and Never Said So)
An electric wheelchair rebuilt as a robot with a latching e-stop, TurtleBot2 SLAM on a Jetson, and a Sanbot that turns out to strafe.
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May 2026: The Platform Takes Shape
BRemote brings the Sanbot, Afobot and iPAL (Android) and the Double 2 (iOS) into one app as the Platform takes shape.
March 2026: The Robot Edition
New robots arrive, including the iPAL child-sized companion humanoid, plus Meta Quest tracking and progress on the year's targets.
February 2026: The Platform Edition
Work on the first version of the Platform, a system for teleoperating ROS 2 robots, the Sanbot Elf, Double 2 and InMoov.
January 2026: Happy New Year Edition
Plans for 2026: run Burf Robotics properly now it has a customer, keep learning ROS 2, and build a robot product.
December 2025: Christmas Edition
Burf Robotics has its first customer, testing OLO Robotics' platform on a loaned Leo robot, plus a Sanbot remote app and ROS 2 progress.
October 2025: All Change Edition
Made redundant from Compsoft after 18 years, and what comes next.
