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title: Robotics overview
description: Build, deploy, and operate ROS 2 robots with WendyOS. Standard, upstream ROS 2 from prototype to production fleet.
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WendyOS is built for ROS 2 robots, and takes them all the way from a prototype on
your desk to a fleet in production. It runs **standard, upstream ROS 2** in
containers, deploys to NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi with one command, and lets you
inspect, debug, and update everything remotely over one secure connection.

Start with [Sim to real with Unitree](../integrations/sim-to-real/) to run a ROS 2 app on a Go2 or G1 VM profile, then deploy to hardware.

## Why WendyOS for ROS 2

- **Open and standard.** Real upstream ROS 2 in stock containers, with your choice of
  middleware: CycloneDDS (default), Fast DDS, RTI Connext, or Gurum. Apache-2.0, no
  lock-in.
- **Deploy in one command.** Ship a containerized ROS 2 stack to a device with
  `wendy run`. No flashing, no `source /opt/ros/<distro>/setup.bash`, no toolchain
  setup.
- **Production from day one.** Over-the-air updates, multi-device fleets, and
  fine-grained entitlements that scope each app's access to GPU, camera, audio, and
  storage.

## The workflow

1. **Deploy.** Declare ROS 2 in your `wendy.json` with a `frameworks.ros2` block and
   ship the stack. See [Multi-app deployments](../guides/multi-app-deployments/).
2. **Operate.** Inspect nodes and topics, echo messages, set parameters, and record
   rosbags on the running device with no SSH. See
   [Wendy for ROS 2](../integrations/ros2/).
   AI assistants can inspect sensor topics through
   [Robot diagnostics with MCP](../integrations/robot-diagnostics/).
3. **Visualize.** Bridge live topics into Foxglove Studio for plots and panels. See
   [Wendy for Foxglove](../integrations/foxglove/).