Hello community,
Continuing the theme of creating tools to design better worlds (see mesh2gazebo), our next topic is about generating terrain.
“Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are crucial for developing high-fidelity planetary exploration algorithms, yet their availability is often limited beyond the Moon and Mars. The RoSE Terrain Generator (RTG) addresses this gap by leveraging Depth Anything V2, a state-of-the-art monocular depth estimation framework, to generate synthetic DEMs from a single 2D image. This allows researchers to create terrain meshes suitable for advanced robotic simulations in environments like Gazebo and Isaac Sim. While RTG cannot match the accuracy of real DEMs, it provides an accessible alternative for space robotics enthusiasts and researchers exploring planetary and exoplanetary terrains where DEM resources are scarce.”
Here’s the agenda:
- Latest news from Open Robotics about Gazebo - Carlos Agüero, Honu Robotics
- RoSE Terrain Generator (RTG): Monocular Depth-Based Synthetic DEM Generation - Antar Mazumder, Software Engineer - Machine Learning Applications, FringeCore, Bangladesh.
Optional: Lighting talks
We opened a slot for short (2 minutes) lighting presentations. If you’re interested in talking about your maritime project contact me (caguero AT honurobotics DOT com) and I’ll book your slot.
Meeting details
Date: 2025-04-30T16:00:00Z
Place: Virtual at Google Meet
Event: Calendar event
Topic: Terrain genration
Agenda: Everyone is welcome to add items to the agenda .
As always, the meeting will be recorded and posted to the community meetings playlist on the GazeboSim YouTube channel. Check out the playlist for past meetings!
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See you there!
The Gazebo Dev Team