Eclipse Zenoh has established itself as the new kid on the block in communication protocols. In just a few years it has been identified as the best protocol in robotics and the next big thing in distributed computing such as Vehicles-to-everything (V2X) and communications.

This talk will introduce the innovations brought by Zenoh, explain its unique features and explain what it does differently from other protocols. Additionally, it will explain why it has been chosen as an alternative middleware for ROS 2 and how it unlocks a series of use cases that were extremely hard to implement before. Finally the talk will give an overview of what's coming next with Zenoh for robotic and beyond.