ROS Comparison¶

Please note: We are comparing RSB against roscore not against ROS!

Functional Differences¶

Facts¶

• ROS provides topic-based pub-sub, RSB provides an m:n event bus.
• ROS provides a single-abstraction level, RSB provides hierarchies

Wishes¶

• We believe in the power of reflection and self-description, such that
  • a generic content-based subscription model, e.g., with path-based access such as XPath becomes feasible
  • messages can be generally understood by everyone even if parts are not accessible
• RSB shall provide better introspection features, both for programmtic access (e.g., for anomaly detection) but also for developers