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What is ROS2?

ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) is a set of software libraries and tools for building robot applications. It is a successor to ROS1, designed with improvements for real-time performance, security, and support for various hardware platforms. ROS2 provides a distributed communication framework, allowing different software modules to communicate with each other, enabling developers to build complex robotic systems more easily. It is commonly used in robotics research, development, and education for tasks such as navigation, manipulation, perception, and simulation.

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What other technologies are related to ROS2?

ROS2 Competitor Technologies

ROS1

ROS1 is the previous generation of ROS. ROS2 is designed to address limitations of ROS1, therefore it is a competitor.

mentioned alongside ROS2 in 81% (343) of relevant job posts

ROS

ROS is a general term, but often implies ROS1. ROS2 is intended to replace it.

mentioned alongside ROS2 in 11% (1.9k) of relevant job posts

ROS2 Complementary Technologies

Gazebo

Gazebo is a widely used robot simulator and can be integrated with ROS2 for simulation and testing.

mentioned alongside ROS2 in 22% (549) of relevant job posts

SLAM

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a core capability for many robots, and ROS2 provides tools and libraries to implement SLAM algorithms.

mentioned alongside ROS2 in 9% (268) of relevant job posts

Autoware

Autoware is an autonomous driving software stack that uses ROS2 as its underlying framework.

mentioned alongside ROS2 in 24% (77) of relevant job posts