Robot Operating System is a particularly useful platform if you’re thinking about the software platform for your next build. If you do put something together, be sure to let us know.

To drive this point home he builds the tutorial off of the easily 3D printable and buildable Robopoly platform. The robot runs on Robot Operating System at its core.

Now Google appears to be building a "robotic operating system for manufacturers," with Foxconn serving as a testbed, the Wall Street Journal reported today.