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ROS 2 Planning System (PlanSys2)

  • Software
  • Middleware
  • Framework

A PDDL-based planning framework for ROS 2 that lets robot developers add automated task planning to their systems. It builds on ROSPlan and adds a terminal tool for interacting with the planner.

Made by PlanSys2.

Source on GitHub: github.com/PlanSys2/ros2_planning_system (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit fbb89b2 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit fbb89b2 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides PDDL-based planning implemented on ROS 2.
  • Aims to offer ease of use and efficiency compared with ROSPlan, its main inspiration.
  • Includes a terminal tool for working with the planning system.
  • Documentation and tutorials are available on its project web page.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit fbb89b2.

Getting started

Difficulty
Advanced

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
22 Oct 2026 on rolling
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.