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<h2 class="header-light regular-pad" style="line-height: 1.3;">&raquo;micro-ROS<br/><span style="color: white;">&raquo;</span>puts ROS 2 onto microcontrollers&laquo;</h2>

<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-rocket" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Mission</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Bridging the gap between resource-constrained microcontrollers and larger processors in robotic applications that are based on the Robot Operating Systems.</p>

<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-microchip" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Why Microcontrollers?</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Microcontrollers are used in almost every robotic product. Typical reasons are:</p>

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<li>Hardware access</li>

<li>Hard, low-latency real-time</li>

<li>Power saving</li>

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<p style="text-align:justify;">Another important reason is safety, but note that micro-ROS is not developed according to any safety standard.</p>

<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-diamond" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Key Features</h3>

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<li>Microcontroller-optimized client API supporting all major ROS concepts</li>

<li>Seamless integration with ROS 2</li>

<li>Multi-RTOS support with generic build system</li>

<li>Extremely resource-constrained but flexible middleware</li>

<li>Permissive license</li>

<li>Vibrant community and ecosystem</li>

<li>Long-term maintainability and interoperability</li>

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<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-cubes" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Architecture</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">The <a href="/docs/overview/features/">architecture of the micro-ROS stack</a> follows the ROS&nbsp;2 architecture. Dark blue components are developed specifically for micro-ROS. Light blue components are taken from the standard ROS 2 stack.</p>

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<a href="/docs/overview/features/"><img src="img/micro-ROS_architecture.png" alt="micro-ROS architecture" style="max-width: 356px;" /></a>

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<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-pencil" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Getting Started</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Our <a href="/docs/tutorials/">tutorials</a> and <a href="/docs/tutorials/demos/">demos</a> give you a quick start with micro-ROS. The <a href="/docs/tutorials/core/first_application_linux/">basic tutorials</a> can even be completed without a microcontroller.</p>

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<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-code-fork" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Source Code</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Source code can be found at <a href="https://github.com/micro-ROS/">github.com/micro-ROS</a>. It comes under the permissive license Apache 2.0 just as the standard ROS 2 stack.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">The primary repository is <a href="https://github.com/micro-ROS/micro_ros_setup">micro_ros_setup</a>, which provides command line scripts for creating your first micro-ROS application.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Developed an new feature or found a bug? We answer both pull requests and tickets.</p>

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<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-newspaper-o" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>News</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Read about the latest developments in our <a href="https://micro-ros.github.io/allposts">blog</a> or attend the next ROS 2 Embedded Working Group Meeting, which take place online on a monthly basis. The meeting link can be found in the <a href="https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Governance/#upcoming-ros-events">ROS 2 Events calendar.</a></p>

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<h3 class="text-center"><i class="fa fa-question-circle-o" aria-hidden="true" style="font-size:180%;">&nbsp;</i>Questions</h3>

<p style="text-align:justify;">We are looking forward to answer your questions on concepts and development! You have the choice:</p>

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<li><a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/embedded">ROS Discourse</a> (in category <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/embedded">&ldquo;embedded&rdquo;</a>)</li>

<li><a href="https://answers.ros.org/">ROS Answers</a> (tag with <a href="https://answers.ros.org/questions/scope:all/sort:activity-desc/tags:embedded/">&ldquo;embedded&rdquo;</a>)</li>

<li><a href="https://micro-ros.slack.com/">micro-ROS Slack Channel</a></li>

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