# ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3

ROS packages for Turtlebot3

Repository: https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/turtlebot3
Homepage: http://turtlebot3.robotis.com
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: robotis, robot, dynamixel, turtlebot3, turtlebot, mobile, ros, package, gazebo, slam, navigation
Last push: 2026-06-15T11:50:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3725, "days_push": 79, "days_rel": 79, "gap_med": 29.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2048, forks 1179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.006399+00:00)

## What it is
Official ROS packages for the ROBOTIS TurtleBot3 mobile robot platform, providing drivers, bringup, and core launch/configuration files. It supports ROS 2 distributions (Humble, Jazzy, Rolling) and integrates with Gazebo simulation, SLAM, and navigation stacks.

## Use cases
- bring up a TurtleBot3 robot with ROS 2
- run SLAM and mapping on a TurtleBot3
- set up autonomous navigation on a TurtleBot3
- simulate a TurtleBot3 in Gazebo
- learn robotics with an educational mobile robot
- control TurtleBot3 hardware from ROS nodes

## When to choose
- you own or plan to use a TurtleBot3 robot
- you want the official, vendor-maintained ROS integration for TurtleBot3
- you are teaching or learning ROS with a low-cost mobile robot

## When to avoid
- you use a different robot platform without TurtleBot3 hardware
- you need a general-purpose robot driver unrelated to ROBOTIS hardware

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: robotics, simulation, middleware
- domain: robotics, education, autonomous-vehicles
- platform: cpp
- tags: turtlebot3, ros, ros2, gazebo, slam, navigation, dynamixel, mobile-robot, robotis, linux

## Member repositories
- ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3 (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.006399+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:57:41.414024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: http://turtlebot3.robotis.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:06.295401+00:00, sha 0d134a69c62f)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.