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ROS

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is ROS?

ROS (Robot Operating System) is a flexible framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior across a wide variety of robotic platforms. ROS is widely used in research and industry for tasks such as robot navigation, manipulation, perception, and simulation.

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What other technologies are related to ROS?

ROS Competitor Technologies

ROS2 is the successor to ROS, offering improvements in real-time performance, security, and multi-robot support, making it a competing framework.

mentioned alongside ROS in 43% (1.9k) of relevant job posts

Webots is a commercial robot simulator which is an alternative to Gazebo.

mentioned alongside ROS in 71% (110) of relevant job posts

V-REP (now CoppeliaSim) is a robot simulator that competes with Gazebo.

mentioned alongside ROS in 60% (110) of relevant job posts

MuJoCo is a physics engine that can be used for robotics simulation, competing with Gazebo and other simulators.

mentioned alongside ROS in 32% (161) of relevant job posts

Isaac Sim is a robot simulation environment by NVIDIA, thus a competitor to Gazebo and Webots.

mentioned alongside ROS in 34% (118) of relevant job posts

AirSim is a simulator commonly used for drone and autonomous vehicle research, alternative to Gazebo.

mentioned alongside ROS in 39% (97) of relevant job posts

CARLA is an open-source simulator for autonomous driving research, thus a competitor to Gazebo and other simulators.

mentioned alongside ROS in 18% (195) of relevant job posts

Yet Another Robot Platform (YARP) is a framework for robot control, thus it is a competitor technology to ROS.

mentioned alongside ROS in 65% (51) of relevant job posts

ROS Complementary Technologies

A widely used robot simulator often integrated with ROS for testing and development.

mentioned alongside ROS in 64% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping algorithms are crucial for robot navigation and environmental understanding, and are often used with ROS.

mentioned alongside ROS in 27% (845) of relevant job posts

The Point Cloud Library is commonly used with ROS for processing 3D point cloud data from sensors like LiDAR or stereo cameras.

mentioned alongside ROS in 36% (571) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention ROS?

Job function

Jobs mentioning ROS

Orgs mentioning ROS

Engineer

0% (10.8k) job posts

605 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (5.5k) job posts

1.2k organizations

Mechanical Engineer

1% (1.3k) job posts

41 organizations

Robotics Engineer

26% (1.2k) job posts

481 organizations

Machine Learning

1% (670) job posts

266 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning ROS?

Organization

Industry

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Matching People

Scientific and Technical Services

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA

Educational Services

Professional Services

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Other Services (except Public Administration)

Educational Services

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