Re: [HBRobotics] arm on windows

[Chris Albertson]

I think it all depends on the price.  Can they get this under $1,000?    Larger spec’s version of it would likely be $4K, as that is what the 96GB m3 Ultras are selling for.

But do you really want to run a 200 billion parameter LLM in the robot?   I would think that would be in the server rack in the closet.

On Jun 2, 2026, at 1:17 PM, A J <aj48...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Folks,

It looks the the AI accelerated products are about to go mainstream. Does anybody know if Windows for Spark is Bot friendly. Looking forward to lots of demos in the future.

2nd Generation (Vera Rubin Spark)

• Release: 2027 – 2028
• Specs: The Blackwell GPU will be succeeded by the Rubin GPU, pairing it with the newly developed Vera CPU.
• Memory: Upgraded to much faster LPDDR6 memory for higher speeds and better efficiency. [1, 2, 3, 4]

[A J]

What could be exciting is if Windows API folds in GPU stuff like Full CUDA, TensorRT & RTX stack.

What if we could build a new ROS that runs on an accelerator natively.

[Thomas Messerschmidt]

What if we could build a new ROS that ran natively on windows?

Thomas Messerschmidt

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[Michael Wimble]

?? ROS _DOES_ run natively on Windows.

[Thomas Messerschmidt]

Really? Maybe I've just been lost in the ROS 2/ Linux world too long. 

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[Nola Donato]

Does it run on windows 11? I would really be interested in that.

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[camp .]

> Does it run on windows 11? I would really be interested in that.

    Only Windows 11 is supported.

Windows (binary)

https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/Installation/Windows-Install-Binary.html 

    I think most folks are running ROS2 on Windows with WFL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

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[Michael Wimble]

I was under the impression that windows was tier 1 support but the iron brain says that beyond the easy distribution (base) you may have to compile from source. 

I got it to work on my Mac but I pretty much compiled everything from source and had to find some obscure solutions to a couple of problems. On the Mac I didn’t try to get the graphical modules (e.g. rviz2, gazebo) to compile. I managed to create a ros2 custom app but then switched to using websockets on the robot and crafting my rviz2 replacement using just a web browser. 

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[Nola Donato]

Does Gazebo work on windows 11 too?

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[camp .]

>  Does Gazebo work on windows 11 too?

    According to Gemini: Yes, Gazebo does work on Windows 11, but the experience is not as smooth or native as it is on Linux. It is primarily designed as a Linux-first application, so Windows users typically use one of two workarounds to run it. The most common and stable way developers run Gazebo on Windows 11 is by using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2).

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[Thomas Messerschmidt]

And there! We're back to Linux!

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[Nola Donato]

If you use WSL you are effectively running it on Linux. I dont see how a ROS application running natively on windows can display on Gazebo under WSL. Is this possible?

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[camp .]

> Is this possible?

Anything’s possible in theory. The real question is whether it’s practical.

Gazebo and ROS 2 on Windows 11 and WSL2
https://youtu.be/rpQmtDMyus0

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