leggedrobotics/ros_best_practices resource
Best practices, conventions, and tricks for ROS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4258
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- days_push: 1684
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1636 stars · 419 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A curated collection of best practices, conventions, and tricks for the Robot Operating System (ROS), maintained by ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab. It includes a wiki-style guide and a ROS package template, with a Foxy branch covering ROS2.
Use cases
- learn ROS conventions and best practices
- structure a ROS package correctly
- set up a catkin workspace following recommended patterns
- prepare for a robotics course on ROS
- review C++ ROS node coding guidelines
- migrate ROS knowledge to ROS2
When to choose
- you are starting a new ROS or ROS2 project and want to follow proven conventions
- you are teaching or learning ROS, especially via the ETH Zurich robotics course
- you want a template for well-structured ROS packages
When to avoid
- you need official, exhaustive ROS documentation rather than a curated summary
- you need a runnable software library or tool rather than guidelines
- you require up-to-date ROS2 coverage without checking the separate Foxy branch
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation developer-tools robotics tutorials developer-tools cpp ros ros2 best-practices conventions robot-operating-system catkin rclcpp linux docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/leggedrobotics/ros_best_practices · fetched 2026-08-28 · 802992230f52
- homepage: https://rsl.ethz.ch/education-students/lectures/ros.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · b6212b48f7cf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| leggedrobotics/ros_best_practices | main | 32 |
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