ROS is the equivalent of protobuf + gRPC + Go + bazel for robotics but with some XML and bespoke C++ stuff and more academia who'll stop maintaining their proje

ROS is the equivalent of protobuf + gRPC + Go + bazel for robotics but with some XML and bespoke C++ stuff and more academia who'll stop maintaining their project once they get their PhD and without Google or any other big funding source since Willow Garage went away.