ROS是一个机器人软件操作平台，前身由斯坦福大学(Stanford Artificail Intelligence Laboratory)所研发。它提供一些标准操作系统服务，目前主要支持Ubuntu操作系统。ROS可分为两层，低层是操作系统层，高层是实现不同功能的软件包。(ROS is a robot software operating platform, the predecessor by the Stanford University (Stanford Artificail Intelligence Laboratory) research and development. It provides standard operating system services and currently supports the Ubuntu operating system. ROS can be divided into two layers, the lower layer is the operating system layer, and the top level is software package that implements different functions.)