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Open Robotics — Blog· Geoffrey Biggs·· 166 days agoEditorial score15

Resources for ROS 1 Users

Resources for users of ROS 1

Summary

ROS 2 has been in development for over a decade, but many users still rely on ROS 1. This article lists commercial resources to support ongoing use, including security patches and bug fixes.

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Original source quotation: “We recognise that many users have good reasons for still using ROS 1, such as long-lived products that must continue to be supported.”

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Original source quotation: “Canonical , the makers of the Ubuntu Linux distribution that is frequently used as a ROS platform, provide an Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) service for ROS 1 users.”

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Original source quotation: “Ekumen Labs have been working on and with ROS for over 13 years. Their engineers have a deep knowledge of ROS 1 and how to support applications built on it.”

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Original source quotation: “Honu Robotics is made up of engineers with a cumulative decades of experience with ROS, including several of the core contributors.”

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