Overview
Robot Operating System 2 — open-source middleware for robotics development. Maintained by Open Robotics. Dominant robotics software framework.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Technology
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Data & sources
Web sources
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ROS 2 on the deployment map
View the global mapROS 2 has no verified deployments on the DEPLOY registry yet. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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Safety record
No incidents on record for ROS 2.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
ROS 2 in third-party press
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
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Common questions
What is ROS 2?
What does ROS 2 make?
Where is ROS 2 headquartered?
Is ROS 2 a top robotics company?
Is ROS 2 safe?
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
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- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ROS 2.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ROS 2 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Video Friday: Meet Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2
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Roborock Saros 20 Sonic Robot Vacuum Review: Strong Performance with One Major Tradeoff
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Video Friday: An Italian Humanoid Comes to Life
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Video Friday: Your Robot Surgeon Will See You Now
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Video Friday: A World Cup for Robots
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos , collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Embodied AI's Spatial Vision Achilles' Heel Finally Solved: CMG Lab's IROS 2026 Breakthrough
China Merchants Group's LionRock AI Lab identifies and solves VLA shortcut learning with Hybrid Dynamic Data Collection, accepted at IROS 2026.
Video Friday: An Earthbound Mars Rover for the Moon
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Video Friday: Give Robots a Hand
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Video Friday: Do Robots Even Need Legs?
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ros2.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ros2/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5f0d1894-2e88-4581-8252-bb17218d7c23
- Revision history: /companies/ros2/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
A 60-second overview of NeuroCommitSSM, our IROS 2026 work on safe assistive robot manipulation. It learns a continuous "commit readiness" signal from synchron
NeuroCommitSSM is a decision-centric shared autonomy framework for safe assistive robot manipulation. Instead of treating every window of brain and body activit
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place ROS 2 against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 6, 2026