The Genesys Robotics Framework. A developer-friendly, opinionated framework built on ROS 2 for robotics software development

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Today, I am excited to introduce Genesys, a new framework I built, designed to make ROS 2 development faster, cleaner, and more intuitive for everyone.

We’ve all faced the boilerplate, complex build systems, and fragmented tooling that can slow down robotics projects. Genesys is our solution. It’s an opinionated framework that simplifies common workflows and provides a single, unified CLI (genesys) to manage your entire project lifecycle, from scaffolding to simulation.

What makes Genesys different?

  • Zero Boilerplate: Use elegant Python decorators (@node, @publisher, @subcriber, @service,@timer, etc) and C++ Macros (ROS_PUBLISHING_NODE, ROS_UNIVERSAL_NODE) to define your components without writing repetitive code. The framework auto-generates your build and launch files for you.
  • Unified CLI: Say goodbye to juggling multiple commands. A single genesys entry point handles everything from “genesys new” for project setup to “genesys build” and “genesys run” for execution the genesys build command also comes with a “- -persist” flag that allows you build once and run on any terminal, this flag will add a command to source your workspace’s install/setup.bash file to your shell’s startup script, “genesys sim create” creates a new *_gazebo package in the sim/ directory, fully configured for a specific robot. “genesys sim run” launches a Gazebo simulation from one of the *_gazebo packages.
  • 100% ROS 2 Compatible: Genesys isn’t a replacement for ROS 2, it’s an enhancement. Every Genesys project is a valid ROS 2 project, meaning you can always fall back to the standard colcon and ros2 commands whenever you need to.

Genesys is about getting you back to what you love: building amazing robots. We’re on a mission to create a “happy path” for robotics development, and this is just the beginning.

Ready to streamline your workflow? Learn more about Genesys and get started today!

Check out the genesys documentation for further insight https://genesys-docs.vercel.app/

Check out and star the repo on GitHub! GitHub - isaac-hash/Genesys: A robotics framework built on ROS2 to speed up development, reduce configs and boilerplate

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