# ROS 2 Documentation — ROS 2 Documentation: Rolling documentation ## Summary ROS2 provides libraries and open source tools for developing robots, however this can be readily extended into automotive applications~\cite{openrobotics2023} ^28e4e8 **The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a set of software libraries and tools for building robot applications.** From drivers and state-of-the-art algorithms to powerful developer tools, ROS has the open source tools you need for your next robotics project. ## References 1. [ROS 2 Documentation — ROS 2 Documentation: Rolling documentation](https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/index.html) 2. # Footnotes