r/ROS is a subreddit with 43k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, gazebo, ros, struggling with, 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
Solution Requests
: "I got tired of spending more time on setup than on the robot, so I built a browser sandbox"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ROS
#1
Looking For
6 posts
#2
Gazebo
5 posts
#3
Ros
5 posts
#4
Struggling With
4 posts
#5
Simulation
4 posts
#6
Mentor
3 posts
#7
Robot
3 posts
#8
Slam
2 posts
#9
Internship
2 posts
#10
Lidar
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
: "My first simulation victory lol - Unitree A2 Quadruped in Isaac Sim (NAV2 + RTAB Map)"
13 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Anyone is up for studying Humanoids ?"
8 posts
#3
Question
: "My chess-playing Franka Panda robot is getting better! ROS 2, MuJoCo, Octo VLA, MPC + WBC"
8 posts
#4
News
: "🤖 Upcoming Workshop on ROS 2 and Vision-Language Models (VLMs) from PACKT"
8 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "ROS2, Nav2, Gazebo, UI running live on my Android smartphone (with instructions)"
5 posts
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+11k members(33.1%)
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Last updated: November 2, 2026