Software and middleware
ROS 2 (Robot Operating System 2)
United States
ROS 2 is the de facto standard middleware of robotics: it carries messages between a robot's processes (sensor drivers, perception, planning, motor control) over a DDS or Zenoh transport layer. Since April 2024 its technical governance sits with the Open Source Robotics Alliance rather than a single company.
OrganizationOpen Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA) / Open Robotics (OSRF)
Categorymiddleware
LicenseApache-2.0
Open sourceyes
ROSyes
First release2,017
GovernanceComité technique de l'OSRA depuis avril 2024, supervisant le Project Management Committee de ROS sous l'autorité du conseil d'Open Robotics (OSRF).
Current versionLyrical Luth (22 mai 2026, LTS jusqu'en mai 2031)
Used by{'name': 'NASA VIPER (rover lunaire)', 'evidence': 'declare'}, {'name': 'Auterion (pile logicielle drones PX4)', 'evidence': 'declare'}, {'name': 'OTTO Motors (robots mobiles autonomes industriels)', 'evidence': 'declare'}, {'name': 'Mission Robotics (véhicule sous-marin)', 'evidence': 'declare'}
Sources : GitHub, dépôt officiel ros2/ros2cli (2026-08-27)ROS 2 documentation (dépôt officiel) (2026-08-27)Open Robotics (2024-03-18)Open Robotics (2026-08-27)ROS 2 documentation (dépôt officiel) (2026-08-27)Open Robotics Discourse (équipe ROS 2) (2017-12-08)Open Robotics (2022-05-12)Open Robotics (blog officiel) (2022-12-15)Open Robotics Discourse (ROS PMC) (2025-04-10)
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