Team robOTTO on ROS-2

10.03.2026 -

The youBot originates from a time when even ROS-1 had little market penetration. A hardware driver did eventually emerge for it, which served us well for a long time. However, ROS-1 has now been end-of-life for a year, severely limiting long-term development options. A migration to ROS-2 is hampered by the need to port the original youBot driver.

First Testdrive

Since this week, we have made initial progress on this development front and were able to run a youBot for the first time with a minimal ROS-2 stack.