r/ROS is a subreddit with 41k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and 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
Advice Requests
: "Leet Robotics: Learn robotics and ROS2 with hands-on courses"
14 posts
#2
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)"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Cubic Doggo Update: Wobbly IMU"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Open-source ROS2 vacuum cleaner (WIP) - your opinion needed"
1 post
#5
News
: "ROS News for the Week of June 22nd, 2026 - Community News"
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
Question
: "Open-source ROS2 vacuum cleaner (WIP) - your opinion needed"
38 posts
#2
Project
: "Leet Robotics: Learn robotics and ROS2 with hands-on courses"
23 posts
#3
Discussion
: "I automated the most painful part of my robotics job, and now I feel guilty"
12 posts
#4
News
: "Chinese humanoid/legged robots (Unitree) banned in USA, what other alternatives are there?"
11 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "ROS Versions"
5 posts
#6
Jobs
: "Final-Year Engineering Student Seeking Resume Review & Remote Robotics/ROS 2 Opportunities"
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(33.9%)
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Last updated: August 10, 2026