Due to the lack of power and reliable internet service along with continued blizzard recovery efforts here on the Cape, this month’s meeting is unfortunately postponed.
I will have more information on a new meeting time in the coming days once power is restored.
A reminder for our upcoming working group meeting this month! Please take a look at https://oceansoft.org/ros-maritime-survey/ and try to fill it out ahead of time if you are able.
Survey results will be used to inform WG direction, discussion, and opportunities for impact on the community.
Here are the details:
When: Last Tuesday of each month, 4–5pm EST First meeting: March 31st, 2025
March agenda:
Introduction (I’m taking over as group organizer, figure I should probably introduce myself)
Proposed changes, meeting topics, and priorities for 2025
Just attended a very interesting and useful talk by Chris Thierauf (https://www.cthierauf.com/). I think there’s a lot of value in these working group meetings for anyone working on marine robotics, regardless of middleware, so I’d encourage you to join next time (May 26) if you’re available.
A reminder for our working group meeting tomorrow!
Here are the details:
When: Last Tuesday of each month, 4–5pm EST This month: May 26th, 2026
May agenda: “Introducing the M4P: Multi-Modal Maritime Mesh Protocol” presented by Peter Girard (Poseidon’s Forge)
An open protocol for delay-tolerant maritime mesh networking
Architecture and design decisions behind M4P, drawn from real AUV programs
Q&A and open discussion
A bit about Peter: he’s a software engineer specializing in autonomous underwater vehicles, with 8 years of experience across defense and commercial AUV programs. He’s a founding software engineer and primary architect at Poseidon’s Forge. Previously at L3Harris, he led and architected the software for the first successful AUV torpedo tube launch and recovery demonstrated on a moving submarine. His work spans onboard autonomy, mission planning, multi-vehicle coordination, simulation, operator tooling, and subsea communications, including M4P.
Here are the details: When: Last Tuesday of each month, 4–5pm EST This month: June 30th, 2026
June agenda: “WHOI-ROS: a shared ROS 2 stack for deep-sea vehicles” presented by Nathan McGuire (WHOI)
What WHOI-ROS is — shared ROS 2 foundations (wr2_base, wr2_asio, wr2_msgs) plus navigation, components, sensor drivers, simulation, and post-processing, used across WHOI vehicle programs
Architecture: how the workspace separates shared infrastructure from vehicle-specific configs, and the wr2_asio / wr2_base patterns that drivers and nodes are built on
Lessons from migrating a substantial ROS 1 codebase to ROS 2 (Humble, with Jazzy in play)
How the broader community can engage and contribute
If folks are presenting or planning to attend either, it’s worth coordinating — happy to use part of an upcoming meeting to share what people have in the pipeline.
If you haven’t already, also take a look at the site: Maritime Robotics Landscape and the survey here: Community Survey - Open Ocean Software