The de-facto open-source robotics middleware: nodes, topics, services and actions over DDS/Zenoh with QoS, lifecycle management and a vast package ecosystem. Lyrical Luth LTS (May 2026) is supported until 2031.
The de-facto open-source robotics middleware: nodes, topics, services and actions over DDS/Zenoh with QoS, lifecycle management and a vast package ecosystem. Lyrical Luth LTS (May 2026) is supported until 2031.
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ROS 2 is the second generation of the Robot Operating System, rebuilt for production use: decentralized discovery over interchangeable RMW middlewares (DDS implementations or Zenoh), quality-of-service policies for lossy networks, managed-lifecycle nodes, multi-robot namespacing and first-class Windows/RTOS support. It is the integration backbone for most modern robotics stacks — Nav2, MoveIt 2, Open-RMF and thousands of drivers build on it. Lyrical Luth (May 2026) is the current LTS, targeting Ubuntu 26.04 and supported until May 2031.
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