Toronto – September 22, 2026 -- OSCPS Motion Sensing Inc., operating as OSCP, released an open-source ROS 2 driver for its MK2 family of inertial measurement units, targeting robots that navigate GNSS-denied indoor environments such as warehouses, inspection tunnels and greenhouses.
Driver ships under MIT licence with full ROS 2 Humble and Jazzy support
The driver, published at github.com/OSCPS/oscp_ros2_driver, connects MK2-family units to ROS 2 systems over RS-422 or CAN-FD and publishes on standard sensor_msgs topics. It comprises three packages -- the driver node, a COBS-decoding library with frame definitions, and OSCP message types stamped with the unit's internal clock -- and supports Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04.
Photonic gyroscope cuts heading drift to 5.7 metres in Montreal road test
In a 21-minute road test through downtown Montreal with satellite positioning denied and heading derived solely from the gyroscope on one-hertz speed input, OSCP's MK2E2 unit, which replaces the Z-axis MEMS gyroscope with a photonic sensor, finished 5.7 metres from ground truth. An MK2M2 all-MEMS unit run on the identical drive finished 20.5 metres out, despite both units sharing a 0.5-degree-per-hour minimum in-run bias on their datasheets.
Prototype MK2Z targets mines and tunnels with 0.005-degree navigation-grade gyroscope
The MK2Z prototype puts a navigation-grade optical gyroscope on the heading axis, rated at 0.005 degrees per hour typical -- roughly two orders of magnitude better than the MEMS heading gyro tested above. It weighs 475 grams and draws 4.5 watts, versus 75 grams and 1.2 watts for the MK2M2, and runs on the same driver and interfaces, aimed at mines, tunnels, subsea vehicles and large indoor sites where extended fix-free operation matters.
OSCP exhibits at ROSCon Global booth 29 as silver sponsor
OSCP is a silver sponsor of ROSCon Global, running September 22 to 24 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto, where it is exhibiting at booth 29. Kazem Zandi, founder and chief executive of OSCP, said the driver was built so that sensor integration "stops being a project of its own." The company is also characterising the MK2 family under vibration, where MEMS gyroscopes are prone to bias error growth, with results to be published separately.