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# 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.