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. Check out the ROScheatsheet.pdf. Also, for more matured development projects, check Best Practices, Usability improvement.

  Contribute

  • How to contribute to the ROS community, such as submitting your own repository. See the ROS Planet for what others are doing. There are active Special Interest Groups where you can find more focused discussions about topics within ROS.

  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.