r/ROS is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses ros, gazebo, robotics, ros2, and simulation, and they frequently recommend/review software tools, gps, and mapping software.
This subreddit is for discussions around the Robot Operating System, or ROS.
Popular Themes in r/ROS
#1
Pain & Anger
: "LIMO ROS Project – Robot not moving at all, deadline in 2 weeks"
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "Help in the slam map building"
1 post
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I got tired of spending weeks on CAD for simple prototypes, so I built an AI platform that generates valid URDFs from text. Looking for beta testers."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ROS
#1
Ros
: "Who needs a lab? 17yo coding an autonomous interceptor drone system using Ros and OpenCV in his bedroom."
187 posts
#2
Gazebo
: "Autonomous Driving Simulation Project in ROS 2 Jazzy + Gazebo Harmonic"
82 posts
#3
Robotics
: "Mechanical Engineering to Robotics software engineer"
58 posts
#4
Ros2
54 posts
#5
Simulation
47 posts
#6
Navigation
: "Autonomous Agricultural Robot running ROS 2 Humble & Nav2 on Orange Pi 5 (Field Test)"
25 posts
#7
Slam
: "Help in the Slam map building"
23 posts
#8
Robot
: "LIMO ROS Project – Robot not moving at all, deadline in 2 weeks"
21 posts
#9
Mapping
15 posts
#10
Lidar
: "I got tired of the legacy RPLidar driver, so I rewrote it from scratch in Modern C++ (C++17) with Lifecycle support."
14 posts
Products Discussed in r/ROS
Software Tools
1 review
#1
ArduPilot
5.0★ from 1 review
Gps
1 review
#1
u-blox
5.0★ from 1 review
Mapping Software
1 review
#1
Open Robotics
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ROS
#1
Project
: "I built a "LeetCode for Robotics" because installing ROS2 is a nightmare."
49 posts
#2
Question
: "Open-source ROS2 vacuum cleaner (WIP) - your opinion needed"
18 posts
#3
Discussion
: "The hello world of ros"
13 posts
#4
News
: "Who needs a lab? 17yo coding an autonomous interceptor drone system using ROS and OpenCV in his bedroom."
12 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "Help us beta test the next ROS release, Lyrical Luth! Get free swag!"
5 posts
#6
Jobs
: "nervous about internship"
2 posts
#7
Blog post
: "turns out robotics doesn't need a leetcode, it needs something completely different"
1 post
Member Growth in r/ROS
Yearly
+10k members(33.6%)
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Last updated: June 28, 2026