Robotics and Simulation
ROS-Z: A Rust/Zenoh-native stack, fully ROS 2-compliant
January 31, 2026
5:00 PM – 5:25 PM Add to calendar
5:00 PM – 5:25 PM Add to calendar
UB2.147
<p>ROS 2 was designed to be independent of its underlying communication middleware — a powerful architectural feature, but one that introduces complexity and overhead. </p>
<p>While working on rmw_zenoh, we kept wondering: What if we streamlined the ROS 2 layers and built a Rust-native stack from Zenoh up to the RCL API? Could it improve performance? Would it be easier to extend? And could we still support existing RCL-C/C++/Python packages through C bindings?</p>
<p>This led us to develop ROS-Z, a Rust/Zenoh-native RCL stack, fully interoperable with ROS 2 via rmw_zenoh. In this talk, we’ll explore our design choices, share performance insights, and highlight the some of the unique features we’ve added to push innovation even further.</p>
Additional information
| Live Stream | https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ub2147 |
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| Type | devroom |
| Language | English |
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