# FAQ #### Understanding ROBA **What is ROBA?** ROBA is an open robotics development platform, the "Hugging Face for Robotics." It’s a unified hub where developers can build, share, version, and discover robotics assets with cloud simulation and ready-to-run templates. **What is the difference between ROBA and ROS/ROS 2?** ROBA complements ROS as an integrated development platform. While ROS provides middleware and communication, ROBA adds a complete ecosystem: curated templates, cloud simulation, marketplace, challenges, and verifiable licensing (Phase 2+: automated royalties). The result is compressed time-to-first-success from days to minutes. **What is the North Star vision for ROBA?** Design-to-Doorstep Robotics: let anyone design a robot they need, assemble its "brain" within a no-code studio, pair it with a certified hardware shell, and receive the robot ready to operate at their doorstep. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://roba-labs.gitbook.io/roba-labs/roba-the-open-robotics-development-platform/faq.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.