r/ROS is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses ros, looking for, gazebo, simulation, and robot, 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
Advice Requests
: "I made a Claude Code skill for ROS 2 - looking for feedback"
10 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "Spent too long drawing driving scenarios, so I made a whiteboard for it"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I built a python dev loop for robots: write a behavior, test it on a simulated robot in your browser, then the same file drives the real one (ROS 2 + ROS 1)"
4 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Hey, Anybody intrested in a Remote Robotics Simulation Engineer Job? $180/hr - $200/hr"
4 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Cubic Doggo Update: Wobbly IMU"
1 post
#6
Ideas
: "Open-source ROS2 vacuum cleaner (WIP) - your opinion needed"
1 post
#7
Money Talk
: "How are people actually making $2k+/month in robotics right now? (Real paths, not theory)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ROS
#1
Ros
13 posts
#2
Looking For
6 posts
#3
Gazebo
6 posts
#4
Simulation
6 posts
#5
Robot
5 posts
#6
Struggling With
4 posts
#7
Mentor
3 posts
#8
Ros2
: "I finally understood what rclpy.spin() actually does in a Ros2 node (beginner write-up)"
3 posts
#9
Slam
2 posts
#10
Internship
2 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
: "Finally made it !"
45 posts
#2
Question
: "Open-source ROS2 vacuum cleaner (WIP) - your opinion needed"
19 posts
#3
Discussion
: "I automated the most painful part of my robotics job, and now I feel guilty"
19 posts
#4
News
: "ROS 2 Lyrical Luth has been released!"
11 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "Help us beta test the next ROS release, Lyrical Luth! Get free swag!"
6 posts
#6
Jobs
: "Looking for a robotics job"
2 posts
#7
Blog post
: "turns out robotics doesn't need a leetcode, it needs something completely different"
1 post
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Yearly
+10k members(34.1%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026