The OSRF offices will be quieter than usual this week as Brian, John, Nate, Steffi, and Morgan will be at DARPA headquarters in Washington, DC (well, Arlington, VA) for the three-day kickoff of the Robotics Challenge.

The highlight of our week will be a full-day tutorial on the recently released DRC Simulator that we’re teaching on Thursday. We’re expecting about 75 Challenge participants who are eager to learn about this first version of the DRC Simulator and we’re hoping to get feedback from them that can influence our future development plans.