Why we prefer ROS for robots

Imagine that we are going to build an autonomous mobile robot. Here are some of the reasons why people choose ROS over other robotic platforms such as Player, YARP, Orocos, MRPT, and so on:

  • High-end capabilities: ROS comes with ready to use capabilities, for example, SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) and AMCL (Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization) packages in ROS can be used for performing autonomous navigation in mobile robots and the MoveIt package for motion planning of robot manipulators. These capabilities can directly be used in our robot software without any hassle. These capabilities are its best form of implementation, so writing new code for existing capabilities are like reinventing wheels. Also, ...

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