ROS2

The industry-standard, open-source middleware for building distributed robot control systems with DDS-based communication.

ROS2 provides the plumbing for modern robotics: a modular framework built on Data Distribution Service (DDS) for secure, real-time messaging. It replaces the single-master architecture of ROS1 with a decentralized discovery system (zero-conf) and supports multi-robot swarms across Linux, Windows, and macOS. Developers leverage standardized tools like rviz2 for 3D visualization and Gazebo for high-fidelity physics simulation. By handling low-level hardware abstraction and sensor fusion (Lidar, IMU, depth cameras), ROS2 lets teams focus on high-level autonomy and navigation stacks.

https://docs.ros.org/en/humble/index.html