Robot operating systems
ROS 2
Developed by Open Robotics
ROS 2 is an open-source middleware ecosystem for building distributed robot applications with nodes, messages, services and tooling.
Open sourceROS 2
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Robot Operating Systems: Verified Middleware and Tools
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Robot operating systems
micro-ROS
Developed by micro-ROS project
micro-ROS brings selected ROS 2 concepts and APIs to microcontrollers, connecting resource-constrained firmware to a ROS 2 graph through an agent and embedded middleware.
Open sourceROS 2
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Robot operating systems
ROS-Industrial
Developed by ROS-Industrial Consortium
ROS-Industrial extends ROS tooling and drivers toward industrial robots, manufacturing and automation applications.
Open sourceROSROS 2
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