Awesome Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2)

A curated list of awesome Robot Operating System Version 2.0 (ROS 2) resources and libraries.

The Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) is a set of software libraries and tools that help you build robot applications. From drivers to state-of-the-art algorithms, and with powerful developer tools, ROS 2 has what you need for your next robotics project. And it’s all open source.

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Packages

Data collection

ros2_data_collection - Collect, validate and send data reliably from ROS 2 to create APIs and dashboards.

Demonstrations

adlink_ddsbot - The ROS 2.0/1.0 based robots swarm architecture (opensplice DDS).
adlink_neuronbot - ROS2/DDS robot pkg for human following and swarm.
turtlebot3 - ROS2 based TurtleBot3 demo including Bringup, Teleop and Cartographer.

Examples

turtlebot2_demo - TurtleBot 2 demos using ROS 2.
examples/rclcpp - C++ examples.
examples/rclpy - Python examples.
rcljava_examples - Package containing examples of how to use the rcljava API.
ros2_talker_android, ros2_listener_android - Example Android apps for the ROS2 Java bindings.
zed-ros2-examples - Examples and tutorials use the ZED cameras in the ROS2.
realsense-ros:ros2-branch - ROS2 Wrapper for Intel® RealSense™ Devices

Benchmarking

ros2_benchmarking - Framework for ROS2 benchmarking. ROS2 communication characteristics can be evaluated on several axes, quickly and in an automated way.
performance_test - Test performance and latency of various communication means like ROS 2, FastRTPS and Connext DDS Micro.

Containerization

docker-ros2-ospl-ce - A dockerfile to build a ROS2 + OpenSplice CE container.
ros2_java_docker - Dockerfiles for building ros2_java with OpenJDK and Android.
micro-ROS/docker - Docker-related material to setup, configure and develop with micro-ROS hardware.
ros-tooling/cross_compile - Cross compile ROS and ROS 2 workspaces to non-native architectures and generate corresponding Docker images.
ros2-docker - Connecting ROS 2 nodes running in Docker containers over the internet.
osrf/docker_images - Dockerfiles of Official Library on Docker Hub and OSRF Organization on Docker Hub.
docker-ros2-desktop-vnc - Dockerfiles to provide HTML5 VNC interface to access Ubuntu LXDE + ROS2.
ros2-lxd - Install ROS 2 Humble in Ubuntu 20.04 or 18.04 using LXD containers.

Networking

Husarnet VPN - A P2P, secure network layer dedicated for ROS & ROS 2.

Ecosystem

Link ROS - Cloud Logging for ROS 1 and ROS 2.
rosbag2 - ROS2 native rosbag.
rviz - 3D Robot Visualizer.
urdfdom - URDF (U-Robot Description Format) library which provides core data structures and a simple XML parser
urdfdom_headers - Headers for URDF parsers.
ros2cli - ROS 2 command line tools.
orocos_kinematics_dynamics - Orocos Kinematics and Dynamics C++ library.
pydds - Simple DDS Python API for Vortex Lite and for OpenSplice.
Webots - Robot simulator for ROS 2.
LGSVL - Simulation software to accelerate safe autonomous vehicle development.
Unity Robotics Hub - This is a central repository for tools, tutorials, resources, and documentation for robotic simulation in Unity.
Foxglove Studio - Integrated visualization and diagnosis tool for robotics.
ROS2 For Unity - An asset package which enables high-performance communication between Unity3D simulations and ROS2 ecosystem.

Interactivity

Jupyter ROS2 - Jupyter widget helpers for ROS2.

Penetration testing

aztarna - A footprinting tool for robots.
ros2_fuzzer - ROS2 Topic & Service Fuzzer.

Application layer

Apex.Autonomy - Apex.Autonomy provides autonomy algorithms as individual building blocks and is compatible with Autoware.Auto.
Autoware.Auto - Autoware.Auto provides an open-source software stack based on ROS 2 for self-driving technology.
ros2_control - ros2_control is a proof of concept on how new features within ROS 2 can be elaborated and used in the context of robot control (ros2_controllers).
ros2_controllers - Description of ros_controllers.
geometry2 - A set of ROS packages for keeping track of coordinate transforms.
ros2-ORB_SLAM2 - ROS2 node wrapping the ORB_SLAM2 library.
basalt_ros2 - ROS2 wrapper for Basalt VIO.
cartographer - Real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.
slam_gmapping - Slam Gmapping for ROS2.
slam_toolbox - Slam Toolbox for lifelong mapping and localization in potentially massive maps with ROS.
lidarslam_ros2 - ROS2 package of 3D lidar slam using ndt/gicp registration and pose-optimization.
li_slam_ros2 - ROS2 package of tightly-coupled lidar inertial ndt/gicp slam referenced from LIO-SAM.
octomap_server2 - ROS2 stack for mapping with OctoMap. Port of the ROS1 octomap_mapping package.
vision_opencv - Packages for interfacing ROS2 with OpenCV.
teleop_twist_keyboard - Generic Keyboard Teleop for ROS2.
teleop_twist_joy - Simple joystick teleop for twist robots.
navigation - ROS2 Navigation stack.
diagnostics - Forked version of the original ROS1 Diagnostics for ROS 2 (currently diagnostics_updater only).
robot_state_publisher - Forked version of the original ROS Robot State Publisher with all modifications to compile within a ROS2 Ecosystem.
common_interfaces - A set of packages which contain common interface files (.msg and .srv).
ros2_object_map - "Mark tag of objects on map when SLAM".
ros2_object_analytics - Object Analytics (OA) is ROS2 wrapper for realtime object detection, localization and tracking.
ros2_intel_movidius_ncs - ROS2 wrapper for Movidius™ Neural Compute Stick (NCS) Neuronal Compute API.
ros2_moving_object - Addressing moving objects based on messages generated by Object Analytics ros2_object_analytics.
ros2_openvino_toolkit - ROS2 wrapper for CV API of OpenVINO™ (human vision emulation).
ros2_grasp_library - Probably a grasp library :).
apriltag_ros - ROS2 node for AprilTag detection.
rosbridge_suite - Bridging your browser to the ROS 2.0.
ros2_message_filters - ros2_message_filters blends various messages based on the conditions that filter needs to met and derives from ROS2 porting of ROS message_filters.
ros2-tensorflow - ROS2 nodes for computer vision tasks in Tensorflow.
ros2_pytorch - ROS2 nodes for computer vision tasks in PyTorch .
ros2_pytorch_cuda - Extension of ros2_pytorch for CUDA devices with containerization.
pid - A PID controller for ROS2.
system-modes - System modes for ROS 2 and micro-ROS.
darknet_ros - ROS2 wrapper for deploying Darknet's YOLO Computer Vision model.
easy_perception_deployment - Package that accelerates training and deployment of Computer Vision models for industries.
easy_manipulation_deployment - Package that integrates perception elements to establish an end-to-end pick and place task.
ros2_pid_library - A ROS2 Humble fully configurable PID library

Middleware

Micro XRCE-DDS Agent - Micro XRCE-DDS Agent acts as a server between DDS Network and Micro XRCE-DDS Clients.
Micro XRCE-DDS Agent docker - Docker image containing the Micro XRCE-DDS Agent.
Micro XRCE-DDS Client - Micro XRCE-DDS implements a client-server protocol to enable resource-constrained devices (clients) to take part in DDS communications.
micro-ROS-Agent - ROS 2 package using Micro XRCE-DDS Agent.
Eclipse Zenoh - Zenoh is a scalable and extremely performant protocol that can be used transparently used to interact with ROS2 applications as well as for R2X communication. (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh)
Eclipse Zenoh-Plugin-DDS - This is a zenoh plugin that allows to transparently route ROS2/DDS data over zenoh. This is commonly used for R2X communication over Wireless network or across the Internet. (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-plugin-dds)

"System" bindings

rclandroid - Android API for ROS2.
rclnodejs - Node.js version of ROS2.0 client.
riot-ros2 - This project enables ROS2 to run on microcontrollers using the RIOT Operating System.
ROS2-Integration-Service - ROS2 Integration and Routing which provides a complete tool to integrate other technologies with ROS2 easily and enable ROS2 on WAN/Internet.
soss - The System Of Systems Synthesizer is used to integrate ROS2 via ROS2-Integration-Service with other (communication) systems.
micro_ros_arduino - Integration of micro-ROS into Arduino software platform projects.
micro_ros_zephyr_module - Integration of micro-ROS in Zeyphr OS based projects.

Driver layer

Autoware.IO - Autoware.IO provides a heterogeneous hardware reference platform and enables the integration of member company's solutions onto platforms which support the Autoware.Auto and Autoware.AI software stack.
ros2_xmlrpc_interface - ros2 interface package with xmlrpc, to communicate with a Sesto server using Sesto API.
cozmo_driver_ros2 - Unofficial Anki Cozmo node for ROS2.
sphero_ros2 - ROS2 sphero driver.
flock2 - ROS2 driver for DJI Tello drones.
ros2_raspicam_node - ROS2 node for Raspberry Pi camera.
joystick_drivers - ROS2 drivers for joysticks.
joystick_drivers_from_scratch - Joystick driver packages for ROS 2.
joystick_ros2 - Joystick driver for ROS2, support all platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows.
ros2_teleop_keyboard - Teleop Twist Keyboard for ROS2.
ros_astra_camera - ROS2 wrapper for Astra camera.
ros2_usb_camera - ROS2 General USB camera driver.
ros2_android_drivers - Collection of ROS2 drivers for several Android sensors.
ros2_intel_realsense - ROS2 Wrapper for Intel® RealSense™ Devices.
raspicam2_node - ROS2 node for camera module of Raspberry Pi.
ros2_track_imu - ROS2 node for TrackIMU IMU sensor.
HRIM - A standard interface for robot modules.
FIROS2 - ROS2 integrable tool focused in the intercommunication between ROS2 and FIWARE.
lino2_upper - Linorobot on ROS2.
RysROS2 - ROS2 software stack for MiniRys robots.
px4_to_ros - ROS2/ROS packages for communicate PX4 with ROS.
multiwii_ros2 - ROS2 Node for MultiWii and Cleanflight flight controllers.
ydlidar_ros2 - ROS2 wrapper for ydlidar.
zed-ros2-wrapper - ROS 2 wrapper beta for the ZED SDK.
ros2_denso_radar - Toyota/Lexus 2015-2017 Denso Radar driver for ROS2.
sick_scan2 - ROS2 driver for the SICK TiM series of laser scanners (TiM551/TiM561/TiM571).
ros2_ouster_drivers - ROS2 Drivers for the Ouster OS-1 Lidars.
micro-ROS/hardware - Information and documentation about the hardware platforms used and supported in the micro-ROS project.
Blickfeld Cube 1 & Cube Range - ROS2 drivers for Blickfeld Cube 1 & Cube Range.
Universal Robots - ROS2 drivers for UR CB3 and e-Series.
odrive_ros2_control - ODrive driver for ros2_control.
duro_gps_driver - ROS/ROS2 driver for SwiftNav Duro Inertial GPS / GNSS receivers

Client libraries

rclada - ROS Client Library for Ada.
rclcpp - ROS Client Library for C++.
rclgo - ROS Client Library for Go.
rclpy - ROS Client Library for Python.
rcljava - ROS Client Library for Java.
rclnodejs - ROS Client Library for Node.js.
rclobjc - ROS Client Library for Objective C (for iOS).
rclc - ROS Client Library for C.
ros2_rust - Rust bindings for ROS2.
ros2_dotnet - .NET bindings for ROS2.
ros2cs - an alternative to ros2_dotnet, a ROS2 C# interface supporting full range of messages and modern ROS2.

Client libraries common

rcl - Library to support implementation of language specific ROS Client Libraries.
system_tests - Tests for rclcpp and rclpy.
rcl_interfaces - A repository for messages and services used by the ROS client libraries.

IDL generators

rosidl_generator_java - Generate the ROS interfaces in Java.
rosidl_generator_objc - Generate the ROS interfaces in Objective C.
rosidl_generator_cpp - Generate the ROS interfaces in C++.
rosidl_generator_c - Generate the ROS interfaces in C.
rosidl - Packages which provide the ROS IDL (.msg) definition and code generation.
rosidl_dds - Generate the DDS interfaces for ROS interfaces.

RMW (ROS middleware)

rmw - Contains the ROS middleware API.
rmw_connext_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using RTI Connext static code generation in C++.
rmw_fastrtps_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using eProsima FastRTPS static code generation in C++.
rmw_dps - Implementation of the ROS Middleware (rmw) Interface using Intel's Distributed Publish & Subscribe.
rmw_opensplice_cpp - Implement the ROS middleware interface using PrismTech OpenSplice static code generation in C++.
rmw_coredx - CoreDX DDS integration layer for ROS2.
rmw_freertps - RMW implementation using freertps.
rmw_zenoh - RMW implementation using Eclipse zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
rcutils - Common C functions and data structures used in ROS 2.
freertps - a free, portable, minimalist, work-in-progress RTPS implementation.
rmw_cyclonedds - ROS2 RMW layer for Eclipse Cyclone DDS.
rmw_zenoh - ROS2 RMW layer for zenoh.
rmw_iceoryx - Enables usage of the inter-process-communication middleware Eclipse iceoryx.

DDS communication mechanism implementations

Connext DDS - Connectivity Software for Developing and Integrating IIoT Systems. 💲
Fast-RTPS - Implementation of RTPS Standard (RTPS is the wire interoperability protocol for DDS).
OpenSplice - Implementation of the OMG DDS Standard. 💲
CoreDX DDS - Implementation of Twin Oaks Computing, Inc.. 💲
freertps - A free, portable, minimalist, work-in-progress RTPS implementation.
cdds - Cyclone DDS is developed completely in the open and is undergoing the acceptance process to become part of Eclipse IoT.
Micro-XRCE-DDS) - An XRCE DDS implementation (supported by microROS).

Build system (Linux)

meta-ros2 - ROS 2 Layer for OpenEmbedded Linux.

Build system (ROS2)

ci - ROS 2 CI Infrastructure.
ament_cmake_export_jars - The ability to export Java archives to downstream packages in the ament buildsystem in CMake.
rmw_implementation_cmake - CMake functions which can discover and enumerate available implementations.
rmw_implementation - CMake infrastructure and dependencies for rmw implementations.

Operating systems

NuttX - NuttX fork of the official one for use with micro-ROS.
RIOT - RIOT is a real-time multi-threading operating system (...,) real-time capabilities, small memory footprint, (...) API offers partial POSIX compliance.
eMCOS - POSIX-compliant real-time OS for many-core processors expected to support AUTOSAR in the future.
PYNQ - Python-based rapid prototyping of high performance ML applications running on XILINX FPGAs.
ReconROS - Framework for ROS2 FPGA-based hardware acceleration. Based on ReconOS.
Ubuntu Core - Build secure IoT devices with Ubuntu Core.
Ubuntu Server
VxWorks - The Secure, Safe, Reliable, and Certifiable real-time OS for Critical Infrastructure
Zephyr - Linux Foundation Projects RTOS aiming at beeing secure and safe.

Packaging

ros2-snap - Create a snap for your ROS 2 application.

Forks

Apex.OS - Apex.OS is a fork of ROS 2 that has been made so robust and reliable that it can be used in safety-critical applications.

Documentation

ROS Index - Future single entry point into ROS2 documentation (BETA).
ROS 2 Design - Articles which inform and guide the ROS 2.0 design efforts.
ROS 2 Docs (Overview) - Details about ROS 2 internal design and organisation.
ROS 2 Tutorials - Study about ROS2 concept, libraries, build, and development with demoes/examples.
ROS 2 Wiki - Entry point to find all kind of information about ROS 2.
ROS 2 Distribution (rosdistro) - Info about distributions and the included packages.
ROS2 package status.
- Bouncy package status - Status of ROS Bouncy packages.
- Ardent package status - Status of ROS2 Ardent packages.
ROS2 Buildfarm - Build information (Jenkins build farm).
ROS2 CLI cheats sheet - A cheats sheet for ROS 2 Command Line Interface.
ROS2 Quality Assurance Guidelines - A collection of guidelines and tutorials for improving package quality, following REP-2004 quality standards and integrating Continuous Integration.

Community

Books

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Courses

Presentations

ROSCon 2022

Program announcement(slides + videos)

Panel: The ROS 2 Developer Experience video
Wearable ROS: Development of wearable robot system using ROS 2 video slides
Building ROS 2 enabled Android apps with C++ video slides
Distributed Robotics Simulator with Unreal Engine video slides
Tools and processes for improving the certifiability of ROS 2 video slides
Failover ROS Framework : Consensus-based node redundancy video slides
ROS 2 and Gazebo Integration Best Practices video slides
Chain-Aware ROS Evaluation Tool (CARET) video slides
ROS 2 network monitoring video slides
How custom tasks are defined, assigned, and executed in Open-RMF video slides
A practitioner's guide to ros2_control video slides
Zenoh: How to Make ROS 2 Work at any Scale and Integrate with Anything video slides
A case study in optics manufacturing with MoveIt2 and ros2_control video slides
20/20 Robot Vision - How to setup cameras in ROS 1 & ROS 2 using camera_aravis video slides
Filter your ROS 2 content video slides
Evolving Message Types, and Other Interfaces, Over Time video slides
Migrating from ROS1 to ROS 2 - choosing the right bridge video slides
On Use of Nav2 Smac Planners video slides
Bazel and ROS 2 – building large scale safety applications video slides
Native Rust components for ROS 2 video slides
The ROS build farm and you: How ROS packages you release become binary packages. video slides
mROS 2: yet another runtime environment onto embedded devices video slides
ROS 2 & Edge Impulse: Embedded AI in robotics applications video slides
micro-ROS goes Automotive: supporting AUTOSAR-based microcontrollers video slides
An open architecture for Hardware Acceleration in ROS 2 video slides
ROS 2 and the Crazyflie: Aerial swarms and Autonomy with a tiny flying robot video slides
A Raspberry Pi image with ROS 2 + RT and a customizable image builder video slides

ROS-I EU Spring 2019 Workshop

Current Status of ROS 2 Hands-on Feature Overview Slides

2019

Robot Modularity with Xilinx and H-ROS (Xilinx Inc.) Video

ROSCon JP 2018 (english slide presentations only)

What's next for ROS? (from slide 24 onwards) Slides Video

ROSCon 2018

program announcement

Hands-on ROS 2: A Walkthrough
ROS 2 on Autonomous Driving Vehicles
RViz – The tale of a migration to ROS 2.0
Launch for ROS 2
Getting involved in ROS 2 development
Planning to Plan: Plugins All The Way Down
Leveraging DDS Security in ROS2
Arm DDS Security library: Adding secure security to ROS2
ROS2: Supercharging the Jaguar4x4
Performance Test - A Tool for Communication Middleware Performance Measuring
ROS2 for Android, iOS and Universal Windows Platform: a demonstration of ROS2’s portability, and cross-platform and cross-language capabilities
Integrating ROS and ROS2 on mixed-critical robotic systems based on embedded heterogeneous platforms
Towards ROS 2 microcontroller meta cross-compilation
Node.js Client & Web Bridge Ready for ROS 2.0
RCLAda: the Ada client library for ROS2

Embedded World Conference 2018

ADLink Neuron: An industrial oriented ROS2-based platform Slides Video Video

2018

ROS2 - The Robot Operating System Version 2 (TNG Technology Consulting GmbH) Slides Video

ROS Industrial Conference 2017

micro Robot Operating System: ROS for highly resource-constrained devices Slides
ROS2 - it's coming Slides

ROSCon 2017

The ROS 2 vision for advancing the future of robotics development Slides Video
ROS2 Fine Tuning Slides Video
SLAM on Turtlebot2 using ROS2 Slides Video
Using ROS2 for Vision-Based Manipulation with Industrial Robots Slides Video

2017

HyphaROS ROS 2.0 Introduction slides

ROS Industrial Conference 2016

ROS 2.0 AND OPC UA: A STATUS UPDATE Slides

ROSCon 2016

ROS 2 Update Slides Video
Evaluating the resilience of ROS2 communication layer Slides Video

ROSCon 2015

ROS 2 on “small” embedded systems Slides Video
State of ROS 2 - demos and the technology behind Slides Video
Real-time Performance in ROS 2 Slides Video

Papers

Podcasts

Services

Cloud robotics

robolaunch

Robotics Capture the Flag (RCTF)

rctf-list - A list of Robotics CTF (RCTF) scenarios.

Companies

Acutronic Robotics - Not existing anymore. Initiators of the Hardware Robot Information Model (HRIM), Hardware Robot Operating System (H-ROS) and creators of the world's first modular industrial robot arm MARA.
ADLINK - "Leading EDGE COMPUTING".
Alias Robotics - Products and services in the context of robot cybersecurity.
Amazon - Robotics Team of Amazon Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Apex.AI - "Safe and certified software for autonomous mobility".
AutonomouStuff - "The world leader in autonomy systems and solutions".
Bosch - Robotics Team of Bosch Research.
Canonical - The company behind Ubuntu.
Eprosima - "The middleware experts".
Ericsson Research - Connect ROS2 applications to 5G networks for M2M communication.
FARobot - Swarm Robot System, a ROS 2/DDS based Fleet Management System.
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA - Robot and assistive systems.
GESTALT ROBOTICS - Service provider for intelligent automation.
Husarnet - Open Source, P2P, low-latency VPN dedicated for robots.
iRobot - Manufacturer of vacuuming and mopping robots.
Klepsydra Technologies.
MathWorks - ROS Toolbox.
Mission Robotics - Hardware and Software for a new era of Marine Intelligence.
Roboception GmbH - Real-Time Perception for Your Robot.
ROBOOX - OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEM FOR CONSUMER ROBOTS.
Rover Robotics - Rugged, industrial-grade robots.
Sony Corporation.
synapticon - ROS compatible motion control and drive products with efforts to support ROS2.
Wind River - ROS2 for VxWorks.

Organizations

U.S. Department of Transportation

Working Groups

Edge AI Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-edgeai"
Embedded Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-embedded"
Hardware Acceleration Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-acceleration"
Navigation Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-navigation"
Safety Working Group
- Safety Working Group Landing Page
- Safety Design Pattern Catalogue
Security Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-security"
- ros-security/community - Outlines the governance of the ROS 2 Security Working Group.
Technical Steering Committee
- Discourse threads tagged "tsc"
Tooling Working Group
- Discourse threads tagged "wg-tooling"

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