ROS and DDS: Making the Most Out of Your Software Framework
Neil Puthuff writes about how the introduction and ongoing releases of the robot operating system, ROS 2 (now built on top of the DDS framework), has expanded its use beyond its original focus on robotic research. ROS 2 comes bundled with application packages and visualization tools, so it facilitates making robotics systems that can sense, map, and navigate their surroundings.