The document discusses AWS RoboMaker, a service that allows users to develop, test, and deploy robotics applications on AWS. It provides a cloud-based development environment integrated with simulation tools and ROS. Key capabilities include simulation as a service, cloud extensions for ROS that integrate AWS services, and fleet management tools integrated with AWS Greengrass. The goal is to make robotics development and testing easier by automating setup and providing tools for the entire development cycle from IDE to simulation to deployment.

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AWS RoboMaker
Develop, Test, and Deploy Intelligent
Robotics Applications with AWS
Roger Barga, General Manager
Ray Zhu, Product Manager
AWS Robotics & Autonomous Services

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Robotics is hard
Initial setup

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Robotics is hard
Broad scope
Initial setupSense
Compute
Act

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Robotics is hard
Closed platform
Broad scope
Initial setup

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Robotics is hard
Limited resources
Closed platform
Broad scope
Initial setup

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Robotics is hard
Limited resources
Closed platform
Broad scope
Initial setup
Very little time for innovation

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Robot Operating System (ROS)
Many-to-many publish subscribe framework
Multi-platform, multi-language
C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, Lisp…
Open source, BSD
Extremely popular in academia
Widely used in commercial robotics
psst, it’s not really an operating system…

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What can ROS do?
SENSE | PROCESS | ACT
Sensors (LIDAR, FLIR, Depth Cam, Kinect,…)

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What can ROS do?
SENSE | PROCESS | ACT
Sensors (LIDAR, FLIR, Depth Cam, Kinect,…)
Algorithms (Navigation, SLAM,…)

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What can ROS do?
SENSE | PROCESS | ACT
Sensors (LIDAR, FLIR, Depth Cam, Kinect,…)
Algorithms (Navigation, SLAM,…)
Simulation (2D, 3D)

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What can ROS do?
SENSE | PROCESS | ACT
Sensors (LIDAR, FLIR, Depth Cam, Kinect,…)
Algorithms (Navigation, SLAM,…)
Simulation (2D, 3D)
Debugging

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What can ROS do?
SENSE | PROCESS | ACT
Sensors (LIDAR, FLIR, Depth Cam, Kinect,…)
Algorithms (Navigation, SLAM,…)
Simulation (2D, 3D)
Debugging
Logging and testing

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Where is ROS used?
Robotic arms
International Space Station
Air
Education
Water
Industrial
Home
Everywhere
Self-driving vehicles

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Commercial-grade ROS
ROS:2
What’s the same
• Nodes, messages, publishers, subscribers, services, ...
• Command line and graphical tools

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Commercial-grade ROS
ROS:2
What’s the same
• Nodes, messages, publishers, subscribers, services, ...
• Command line and graphical tools
What’s new
• Middleware interface, based on DDS: distributed discovery, serialization,
transport, best effort & reliable QOS,…
• Layered architecture
• Data security
• No single point of failure
and more…

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Commercial-grade ROS
ROS:2
What’s the same
• Nodes, messages, publishers, subscribers, services, ...
• Command line and graphical tools
What’s new
• Middleware interface
• DDS: serialization, transport, best effort & reliable QOS, and more…
• Layered architecture
• Data security
• No single point of failure
and more…
ROS2 Technical Steering Committee – AWS founding member,
Intel, Bosch, Toyota Research Institute, Open Robotics, LG, …

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AWS RoboMaker
Solution: Make robotics easy
Simulation as a service
AWS services
Cloud IDE
Productive robotics developers

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AWS RoboMaker
Capabilities
Development
environment
SimulationCloud extensions
for ROS
Fleet
management

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AWS RoboMaker
Development environment
• Start application development with zero
setup effort
• Create a RoboMaker development
environment with a single click of a button
• Automatically download, compile, and
configure the operating system,
development software, and ROS
• Integrated with RoboMaker Simulation
• Integrated with RoboMaker cloud
extensions for ROS

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AWS RoboMaker
Development environment
RoboMaker Development Environment
Robot AppSim App
Simulation
S3 Bucket
sim_ws
robot_ws
ROS Cloud Extensions
for ROS
Develop Build Bundle Simulate

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• Broad selection of AWS services from
machine learning to monitoring and
analytics.
• Written as familiar ROS packages
• Secure connections and communications
between robots and AWS
• Sample applications for quick getting-
started
AWS RoboMaker
Cloud extensions for ROS

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AWS RoboMaker
Cloud extensions for ROS
Amazon
Lex
Amazon
Polly
Amazon
Kinesis Video
Streams
Amazon
Rekognition
Amazon CloudWatch
Speech
recognition
Speech
generation
Video
streaming
Image and
video
analysis
Logging
and
monitoring

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AWS RoboMaker
CloudWatch extension for ROS
Temporary
security
credential
Stored
credential
AWS Cloud
Node logic
Robot
… or …

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AWS RoboMaker
Sample robot applications
Hello world Navigation
and person
recognition
Voice
commands
Robot
monitoring

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AWS RoboMaker
Simulation
• Pre-built 3D simulation worlds,
or bring your own
• Zero infrastructure to provision,
configure, or manage
• Run multiple simulations in
parallel
• Auto-scaling based on
simulation complexity

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AWS RoboMaker
Simulation
Robot appSim app
Applications
S3 bucket
Simulation
Gazebo client
Simulation instance
Logs
S3 bucket
Robot logs Simulation logs
rqt
rviz
Terminal
Cloud
extensions for
ROS
VPC
RuleAlarm
Metrics
CloudWatch

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AWS RoboMaker
Simulation
Robot app
Simulation
Sim_world
#1
Robot app Sim_world
#2
Robot app Sim_world
#N
+
+
+
Logs
Log files #1
Log files #2
Log files #n
Aggregated metrics

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AWS RoboMaker
Fleet management
• Integrated with AWS Greengrass
• Built-in robot registry, security, and fault-
tolerance
• Deploy robotics application over-the-air with
just a few clicks on the AWS Management
Console

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AWS RoboMaker
Fleet management
Launch file
Fleet management deployment
Robot
Fleet
Robot Robot
Robot
Application
Robot
(X86_64, ARMHF, ARM64)
Thing Deployment
code
AWS Greengrass group
Greengrass
core
Deployment
code
S3 bucket
Robot
application
Package name
Launch file
Prelaunch file
Postlaunch file
Environment variables
Reference
Download
Fleet management

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Robot Care Systems

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Lean empowering assistant

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Technology
ROL

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Cloud Powered Future
RoboMaker: Simulations and parameter tuning
RoboMaker-Kinesis: Real-time data streaming
RoboMaker-Lex-Polly: Enhanced interactivity
EC2/S3: Remote portal and Deployment

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Robot Care Systems

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AWS RoboMaker
Recap
ROS/ROS2
BuildTool
CloudDevelopment
Environment
Debug
MLModelTraining
Iterative
Simulation
Regression
Testing
Registration
Deployment
Monitoring
Management
Development
Environment
Simulation
Fleet
Management
AmazonLex
AmazonPolly
AmazonRekognition
AmazonKinesisVideo
Streams
CloudWatchMetrics
CloudWatchLogs
Cloud Extensions
for ROS
MetricandLogging

40. “We’re excited to utilize Amazon RoboMaker, making it easier for students of all ages
to develop, test, and deploy robotic applications,” said Don Bossi, President of FIRST.
“Offerings like these enable FIRST to better meet its mission – to inspire young people
to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in mentor-
based, science-focused programs.”
AWS RoboMaker
Partners

41. AWS RoboMaker
Education and Research Partners

42. Thank you!
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