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Wilson 🇫🇷 @manifoldfr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Version 4.0 of the Pinocchio rigid-body algorithm library has been released! Includes more models and algorithms for contact and constraint modelling, including frictional contact. Release on your favourite package managers coming soon 😃 check out the release log: github.com/stack-of-tas...

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Release pinocchio 4.0.0 · stack-of-tasks/pinocchio

What's Changed Highlights lcaba algorithm: Compute forward dynamics for constrained system with closed kinematics loops Python example here New constraint API: PointContactConstraintModelTpl...

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 16/03/2026

The 2026 Women Coding Community mentorship program is now open for applicants, from now until March 30. This year, a handful of my colleagues signed up to help mentor people in robotics -- make sure you search the mentor list while you are applying! mentorship.womencodingcommunity.com/mentorship

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 19/02/2026

RoboPlan 0.2.0 is now available! - New Optimal Inverse Kinematics (OInK) experimental solver - Support for multiple frames in simple inverse kinematics solver - Improved build and packaging for ROS, conda support for linux and macOS in x86_64 and arm64 architectures. github.com/open-plannin...

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 08/02/2026

This past Friday was a solid day for music releases. Karnivool, Tigran Hamasyan, Puscifer, J Cole, Silversun Pickups, ... Not the worst weekend to be sick and have little else to do.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 01/01/2026

"Unfortunately the talkers are not the doers, and not the deployers, and not the people who have to solve real problems."

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 27/12/2025

It's end-of-year recap time again. If you'd like to know what I've been up to, want to read a tirade about overly complicated software, or both, then this might be for you. Enjoy the new year! roboticseabass.com/2025/12/27/2...

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 04/12/2025

oh hi! Tune in if you want to hear a bunch of software opinions based on mistakes I've made in my career so far.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 31/10/2025

ROSCon 2025 in Singapore is a wrap, and I am super happy to not have to do any work for a few days because it was a lot of preparation. I've written up a blog post with my experiences to share with all of you: roboticseabass.com/2025/10/31/r...

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ROSCon 2025: Highlights from Singapore – Robotic Sea Bass

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 24/10/2025

I have a hard time dealing with people who make you feel bad/stupid for not knowing something they do -- whether intentional or due to poor social skills. As someone in tech, I should have already become desensitized to this, but I guess you can't just change how you feel.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 12/10/2025

Doing a whole bunch of OSS pushes pre-ROSCon. I'm psyched up for now, but definitely looking forward to the break after the conference.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 18/09/2025

Absolute dumpster fire of a day. I've tried to do too many things, none of them exciting, I didn't do a good job at any one of them, and I'm too tired to form a coherent sentence. Sometimes you just need to take the L and try again another day.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 18/09/2025

Pinocchio 3.8.0 was just released! I'm excited about this release because my feature (Viser visualizer) is included, plus there are a lot of fixes (especially to mimic joints) that came from issues I ran into myself. Open source is great. github.com/stack-of-tas...

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Release pinocchio 3.8.0 · stack-of-tasks/pinocchio

What's Changed Added Continuous joints can now be parsed as mimic from a urdf file (#2756) Beta version of Viser visualizer (#2718) Add pinocchio::graph::ModelGraph class Simple API to build a mo...

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 12/09/2025

Such a weird positive feedback loop of people needing to signal themselves as pro-general purpose humanoid hype as possible, so their peers perceive their work as still relevant. Let's remember we're here to solve problems and/or uncover new understanding.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 03/09/2025

Does anyone know any experts in VR with an interest in immersive video streaming for teleop applications? If so, shoot me a note. Thanks!

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 28/08/2025

If I ever start using my free time to make thinkpieces instead of educating people, you may take me out back and put us all out of our misery.

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Sebastian Castro @roboticseabass.com · 24/08/2025

I'm back! Sorry, I had gone on a nuclear social media cleanse but then realized it's actually good to stay connected to people. Just need to do a better job curating.

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