NVIDIA launches Isaac ROS 5.0 with faster AI tools

NVIDIA released Isaac ROS 5.0, a free open-source robotics platform update supporting ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04. It introduces FoundationStereo for stereo vision, FoundationPose for object tracking (5.5x faster), and a new pick-and-place skill. The update includes a new data interface, helping developers build robotics applications across NVIDIA devices at no cost.