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New benchmark ROSTrans tests LLMs on ROS1-to-ROS2 code migration

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Researchers have developed ROSTrans, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the performance of large language models (LLMs) in migrating code from Robot Operating System (ROS1) to ROS2. This benchmark includes 108 tasks derived from over 70 open-source ROS1 repositories, assessing correctness at interface, behavioral, and system levels. Initial evaluations of six frontier LLMs showed low success rates, with many generated code samples failing at runtime rather than during compilation. However, execution-guided repair improved success rates for models like Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.5. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could accelerate the development and adoption of LLMs for robotics software engineering, improving code migration efficiency.

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New benchmark ROSTrans tests LLMs on ROS1-to-ROS2 code migration

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yichen Zhao, Minghao Shao, Zhuoyan Yu, Yijun Shen, Boyuan Chen, Yik-Cheung Tam, Muhammad Shafique ·

    ROSTrans: Empirically Benchmarking LLMs for ROS1-to-ROS2 Migration

    arXiv:2610.41168v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Although large language models have shown strong capabilities in domain-specific code generation, their performance in robotics software development, especially for the Robot Operating System (ROS), remains largely unexplored. ROS…

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