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Open-RMF

Open-source software for managing fleets of robots from different makers in one facility, connecting them to each other and to the facility's other systems.

by Open Source Robotics Foundation · last checked Oct 18, 2026

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What has been shown

Free and open source; rmf_ros2 2.14.0 released on September 26, 2026.

Evidence support Company-reported

Public availability Open-RMF is free, open-source software that anyone can install as binary packages alongside ROS 2; its rmf_ros2 packages reached version 2.14.0 on September 26, 2026. Open Source Robotics Foundation, open-rmf/rmf_ros2

As of Oct 18, 2026 · Open Source Robotics Foundation (company source), open-rmf/rmf_ros2 (company source)

Can you get it?

Available now

Free to install.

As of Oct 22, 2026 · Open Source Robotics Foundation (company source)

Is it still alive?

Active

Releases 2.12.0 (February 23), 2.13.0 (June 15) and 2.14.0 (September 26) in 2026.

    As of Oct 18, 2026 · Open Source Robotics Foundation (company source)

    Free and open source (Apache 2.0), installed alongside ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted or Rolling.

    What the evidence says

    1. Company claim

      The project describes Open-RMF as "The Open-RMF platform for multi-fleet robot management": a collection of packages, distributed with ROS 2, whose nodes connect robot fleets to each other and to other subsystems.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Open Source Robotics Foundation (company source), open-rmf/rmf_ros2 (company source)
    2. Documented by company source

      The rmf_ros2 packages reached version 2.14.0 on September 26, 2026, after 2.12.0 (February 23) and 2.13.0 (June 15). They are licensed under Apache 2.0.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Open Source Robotics Foundation (company source)
    3. Customer-confirmed

      Two Changi Airport Group engineers, Alphonsus Tay and Tan Jin Yang, gave a talk titled "Orchestrating Interoperable Indoor Robots at Scale with Open-RMF: The Changi Airport Experience", saying the airport uses Open-RMF to run its daily cleaning-robot operations. Singapore's National Robotics Programme said in October 2025 that RMF "coordinates these diverse cleaning fleets" at Changi. The most recent dated evidence is from 2025; no source found describes the airport's use during 2026.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Changi Airport Group (talk published by Open Robotics) (named customer), Changi Airport Group (named customer), A*STAR (independent reporting)
    4. Customer-confirmed

      Changi General Hospital deployed RMF within two weeks to manage cleaning, delivery and teleconsultation robots at Singapore's national COVID-19 isolation facilities. Its CEO said RMF, which the hospital and its partners started as a healthcare solution, has become a "gamechanger".

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · A*STAR (independent reporting)

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    What we don't know yet

    • Where it can be bought or used is not stated in the cited sources.

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