InOrbit is open sourcing OpenRobOps to give ROS developers a self-hostable fleet manager that removes proprietary lock-in, while ROS pioneer Steve Cousins joins the board to guide the push.
InOrbit will contribute OpenRobOps (ORO) to the open source community, positioning the software as a standard, self-hostable robot operations and fleet management layer for scaling mobile robot fleets. Built on InOrbit’s production-proven platform that has already managed thousands of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), the system will ship under a full open-source licence later this year, offering transparent architecture, observability, fleet control, and full data ownership.
The move targets robotics developers caught between building proprietary tools or surrendering control to commercial stacks.
“I’ve talked to too many founders in robotics who are reinventing the wheel and failing to scale,” said Florian Pestoni, founder and CEO, InOrbit. “By open sourcing the core operations layer, we empower developers to own their data and infrastructure. End users can more easily orchestrate robots across vendors by using InOrbit Space Intelligence, our award-winning, AI-powered platform.”
OpenRobOps integrates natively with ROS on-device and Open RMF for coordination. “As we surveyed the open-source robotics ecosystem, we identified a big gap: the need for a fleet manager that works seamlessly with ROS on the device and Open RMF as the coordination framework. OpenRobOps fills that gap,” Pestoni added.
Developers can scale to InOrbit Ground Control, a managed, cloud-based offering that preserves the same data architecture.
Industry veteran Steve Cousins, executive director of the Stanford Robotics Center and founding board member of OSRF, has joined InOrbit’s board. “InOrbit is doing for fleet operations what ROS did for robot development,” he said.
Early adopters will gain access first, followed by a broader public release later this year, alongside community engagement at RosCon.
