Production-ready software for robotics from Canonical

Ubuntu has been the base operating system for the Robot Operating System (ROS) since the inception of ROS in 2007. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, has long supported the robotics community, and we help teams take robots the last and hardest mile: into production.

A ROS 2 application that runs in the lab is one thing. Running it reliably across a fleet in the field is another challenge entirely. Production robots need a reliable, secure foundation and a way to manage devices at scale. Build all of that yourself, and you pull engineering time away from your core IP. Ubuntu handles the hard parts of the platform, so your team can stay focused on the robot.

We deliver a production-ready foundation for robotics:

• An OS with security maintenance and patching for up to 15 years, through Ubuntu Pro.
• A streamlined path to CRA and FIPS compliance, with support for the frameworks regulators require.
• Application packaging and safe over-the-air updates through snaps.
• Fleet monitoring and CVE patching through Canonical Landscape.
• Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) for ROS, extending security maintenance for all ROS versions up to 15 years, long after upstream support ends.

From the first ROS 2 build to fleets of thousands, Canonical gives robotics engineers a platform they trust to build on, and operators everything they need to run their fleet for years.