ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. ROS is licensed under an open source, BSD license.

ROS:

• Install

  • Install ROS on your machine.

  Getting Started

  • Tutorials, technical overview, and links to getting help. Also, check out the ROScheatsheet.pdf

  Contribute

  • How to contribute to the ROS community, such as submitting your own repository.

  Support

  • What to do if something doesn't work as expected.

  Mirrors

  • Mirrors of this wiki.

Software:

• Core Libraries

  • APIs by language and topic.

  Common Tools

  • Common tools for developing and debugging ROS software.

  Search Software

  • Search the 2000+ libraries available for ROS.

Robots/Hardware:

• Robots

  • Robots that you can use with ROS.

  Sensors

  • Sensor drivers for ROS.

Publications, Courses, and Events:

• Papers

  • Published papers with open source implementations available.

  Courses

  • Courses using or teaching ROS.

  Events

  • Past events and materials based on ROS..