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Robot Operating System

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Robot Operating System

Summary

Robot Operating System is a software framework[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Robot Operating System is the creator of Keenan Wyrobek[3].
  • Robot Operating System's instance of is recorded as software framework[4].
  • Robot Operating System's developer is recorded as Willow Garage[5].
  • Robot Operating System's developer is recorded as Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory[6].
  • Robot Operating System's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[7].
  • Robot Operating System's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[8].
  • Robot Operating System's programmed in is recorded as Python[9].
  • Robot Operating System's operating system is recorded as Linux[10].
  • Robot Operating System's operating system is recorded as Q18168774[11].
  • Robot Operating System's operating system is recorded as macOS[12].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[13].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Indigo Igloo[14].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Jade Turtle[15].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Melodic Morenia[16].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Noetic Ninjemys[17].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Iron Irwini[18].
  • Robot Operating System's software version identifier is recorded as Jazzy Jalisco[19].
  • Robot Operating System is used for Robotics suite[20].
  • Robot Operating System's Commons category is recorded as Robot operating system[21].
  • 2007 marks the founding of Robot Operating System[22].
  • Robot Operating System began on March 2, 2010[23].
  • Robot Operating System's official website is recorded as https://ros.org[24].
  • Robot Operating System's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/ros[25].
  • Robot Operating System's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/ros2[26].
  • Robot Operating System's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ros[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Robot Operating System is the creator of Keenan Wyrobek[3].

Why It Matters

Robot Operating System has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

C++ Linux macOS Python

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . spectrum.ieee.org. spectrum.ieee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . docs.ros.org. docs.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . docs.ros.org. docs.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ros.org. ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wiki.ros.org. wiki.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wiki.ros.org. wiki.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wiki.ros.org. wiki.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . docs.ros.org. Retrieved . docs.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . docs.ros.org. docs.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . docs.ros.org. Retrieved . docs.ros.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29m ago · YULdigitalpreservation · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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