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# Blog posts tagged "components"

#### [Components vs. Plugins in ROS 2](https://canonical.com/blog/components-vs-plugins-in-ros-2)

After our series of post about ROS 2 CLI tools (1, 2), we continue exploring the ROS 2 realm taking a look at ROS 2 components and more specifically, how they compare to plugins. spoiler alert: Long story short, components are plugins. Short story long? Is that a thing? Well plugins and components are indeed

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Robotics