ROS OE Community Meeting #51 - 2026/03/16 @ 3pm UTC
The OpenEmbedded working group adjusts its meeting time to accommodate global participants across North America and Europe.
The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) has announced the 51st meeting of its ROS OpenEmbedded (OE) Community Group, scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2026. Notably, the meeting time has been shifted to 3pm UTC (4pm CET / 11am EDT / 8am PDT) to account for daylight savings time differences between North America and Europe, specifically to enable attendance from contributors in California. The meeting will be held via Google Meet, with dial-in numbers also provided for audio participation.
This gathering is part of a consistent, bi-weekly series for developers and maintainers working with the meta-ros layer for the OpenEmbedded/Yocto Project build system. The community uses these meetings to coordinate on building and deploying the Robot Operating System (ROS) packages into Linux-based embedded systems for robots. Prior to the meeting, ongoing technical discussion happens in the #OpenEmbedded channel on the Open Robotics Zulip chat platform. Full minutes from all previous meetings, including Meeting #50 held on March 2, are publicly archived on GitHub, maintaining transparency for the open-source project.
- Meeting #51 is scheduled for March 16, 2026, at 3pm UTC, with time adjusted for transatlantic daylight savings.
- Access is via Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/bxp-triq-yvr) or dial-in, supporting global ROS developer participation.
- The group maintains public minutes on GitHub and uses the Open Robotics Zulip channel (#OpenEmbedded) for ongoing meta-ros discussion.
Why It Matters
These regular meetings are crucial for synchronizing the global open-source effort to reliably deploy ROS on embedded hardware for robotics.