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.