I am delighted to share that our manuscript, “𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆,” has been officially 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 𝗔𝗖𝗠 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀 — one of the leading journals for high-impact review articles in computer science.
With an 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟴.𝟬, and 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 #𝟭 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟰𝟳 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀, this journal is recognized among the most prestigious venues for high-impact survey research.
This work is the result of a valuable collaboration between researchers from the RIOTU Lab at Prince Sultan University and the AlfaisalX Center at Alfaisal University.
Co-authors: 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦. 𝗔𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗮, 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿, 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗾𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 for more than 2 years of consistent work
Our paper presents one of the most comprehensive and systematic reviews of ROS 2, covering its architecture, ecosystem, advances, challenges, and future directions in modern robotics.
Survey Highlights
8,033 papers surveyed
960 ROS 2 publications analyzed
176 community packages reviewed
2009–2025 research timeline covered
The survey explores:
Evolution from ROS 1 to ROS 2
Middleware architecture and DDS
Real-time systems and hardware acceleration
Security and safety
Multi-robot and distributed robotics
Simulators, frameworks, and open-source ecosystems
Applications in autonomous vehicles, healthcare, aerospace, logistics, agriculture, and public safety
Companion website and open-access database:
We also provide an open-access companion database for the ROS research community.
I sincerely thank my co-authors and, in particular, 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦. 𝗔𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶 for his perseverance, editors, and reviewers for their valuable feedback and support throughout this journey.
Excited to see this contribution help researchers, students, and engineers advance the future of robotics.