The dev-ros category contains ROS and ROS-related packages.
| actionlib | Provides a standardized interface for interfacing with preemptable tasks |
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| actionlib_msgs | Common messages to interact with an action server and an action client |
| actionlib_tutorials | Actionlib tutorials |
| amcl | Probabilistic localization system for a robot moving in 2D |
| angles | Set of simple math utilities to work with angles |
| audio_capture | Transports audio from a source to a destination |
| audio_common_msgs | Messages for transmitting audio via ROS |
| audio_play | Outputs audio to a speaker from a source node |
| base_local_planner | Trajectory Rollout and Dynamic Window approaches to local robot navigation on a plane |
| bond | A bond allows two processes, A and B, to know when the other has terminated |
| bondcpp | C++ implementation of bond, a mechanism for checking when another process has terminated |
| bondpy | Python implementation of bond, a mechanism for checking when another process has terminated |
| calibration_estimation | Runs an optimization to estimate the a robot's kinematic parameters |
| calibration_launch | Launch files that can be helpful in configuring the calibration stack to run on your robot |
| calibration_msgs | Messages for storing calibration samples to be used in full robot calibration procedures |
| calibration_setup_helper | Script to generate calibration launch and configurationfiles for your robot |
| camera_calibration | Calibration of monocular or stereo cameras using a checkerboard calibration target |
| camera_calibration_parsers | Routines for reading and writing camera calibration parameters |
| camera_info_manager | C++ interface for camera calibration information |
| carrot_planner | Attempts to find a legal place to put a carrot for the robot to follow |
| class_loader | ROS-independent package for loading plugins |
| clear_costmap_recovery | Recovery behavior that attempts to clear space by reverting the costmaps to the static map |
| cmake_modules | CMake Modules which are not distributed with CMake but are commonly used by ROS packages |
| collada_parser | C++ parser for the Collada robot description format |
| collada_urdf | Convert Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) documents into COLLADA documents |
| combined_robot_hw | Combined Robot HW class |
| combined_robot_hw_tests | Combined Robot HW class tests |
| compressed_depth_image_transport | Plugin to image_transport for transparently sending depth images using PNG compression |
| compressed_image_transport | Plugin to image_transport for transparently sending images encoded as JPEG or PNG |
| control_msgs | Base messages and actions useful for controlling robots |
| control_toolbox | Modules that are useful across all controllers |
| controller_interface | Interface base class for controllers |
| controller_manager | The controller manager |
| controller_manager_msgs | The controller manager |
| controller_manager_tests | Tests for the controller manager |
| convex_decomposition | Convex Decomposition Tool for Robot Model |
| costmap_2d | Creates a 2D costmap from sensor data |
| cpp_common | C++ code for doing things that are not necessarily ROS related |
| cv_bridge | Converts between ROS Image messages and OpenCV images |
| depth_image_proc | Nodelets for processing depth images such as those produced by OpenNI camera |
| depthimage_to_laserscan | Converts a depth image to a laser scan for use with navigation and localization |
| diagnostic_aggregator | Aggregates ROS diagnostics |
| diagnostic_analysis | Converts diagnostics data into a series of CSV files |
| diagnostic_common_diagnostics | Generic nodes for monitoring a linux host |
| diagnostic_msgs | Standardized interface for the diagnostic and runtime monitoring systems in ROS |
| diagnostic_updater | Tools for updating diagnostics |
| driver_base | Framework for writing drivers that helps with runtime reconfiguration, diagnostics and self-test |
| dwa_local_planner | Dynamic Window Approach to local robot navigation on a plane |
| dynamic_reconfigure | Provides a means to change node parameters at any time without having to restart the node |
| eigen_conversions | Conversion functions between Eigen and KDL and Eigen and geometry_msgs |
| eigen_stl_containers | Provides a set of typedef's that allow using Eigen datatypes in STL containers |
| fake_localization | A ROS node that simply forwards odometry information |
| filters | Standardized interface for processing data as a sequence of filters |
| gazebo_dev | Provides a cmake config for the default version of Gazebo for the ROS distribution. |
| gazebo_msgs | Message and service data structures for interacting with Gazebo from ROS |
| gazebo_plugins | Robot-independent Gazebo plugins for sensors, motors and dynamic reconfigurable components |
| gazebo_ros | ROS plugins that offer message and service publishers for interfacing with gazebo |
| gazebo_ros_control | ROS control plugins for gazebo |
| gencpp | ROS C++ message definition and serialization generators |
| geneus | EusLisp ROS message and service generators |
| genlisp | Common-Lisp ROS message and service generators |
| genmsg | Python library for generating ROS message and service data structures for various languages |
| gennodejs | Javascript ROS message and service generators |
| genpy | Python ROS message and service generators |
| geodesy | Python and C++ interfaces for manipulating geodetic coordinates |
| geographic_msgs | ROS messages for Geographic Information Systems |
| geometric_shapes | Generic definitions of geometric shapes and bodies |
| geometry_msgs | Messages for common geometric primitives such as points, vectors, and poses |
| global_planner | Path planner library and node |
| gmapping | ROS wrapper for OpenSlam's Gmapping |
| hardware_interface | Hardware Interface base class |
| hector_compressed_map_transport | Means for transporting compressed map data through the use of image_transport |
| hector_geotiff | Node to save occupancy grid map, robot trajectory and object of interest data to GeoTiff images |
| hector_geotiff_plugins | Plugins that extend geotiff maps generated by hector_geotiff |
| hector_imu_attitude_to_tf | Publish the roll/pitch attitude angles reported via a imu message to tf |
| hector_imu_tools | Tools for processing IMU messages |
| hector_map_server | Service for retrieving the map, as well as for raycasting based obstacle queries |
| hector_map_tools | Functions related to accessing information from OccupancyGridMap maps |
| hector_mapping | SLAM approach that can be used without odometry and on platforms that exhibit roll/pitch motion |
| hector_marker_drawing | Convenience functions for easier publishing of visualization markers |
| hector_nav_msgs | Messages and services used in the hector_slam stack |
| hector_pose_estimation | hector_pose_estimation node and the hector_pose_estimation nodelet |
| hector_pose_estimation_core | Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) that estimates the 6DOF pose of the robot |
| hector_slam_launch | Launch files for launching hector_slam with different robot systems/setups/postprocessing scenarios |
| hector_trajectory_server | Keeps track of tf trajectories and makes this data accessible via a service and topic |
| image_cb_detector | Extracts checkerboard corners from ROS images |
| image_geometry | C++ and Python libraries for interpreting images geometrically |
| image_proc | Single image rectification and color processing |
| image_publisher | Publish an image stream from single image file or avi file. |
| image_rotate | Rotates an image stream minimizing the angle between an arbitrary vector and the camera frame |
| image_transport | Transparent support for transporting images in low-bandwidth compressed formats |
| image_view | Simple viewer for ROS image topics |
| imu_complementary_filter | Fuses angular velocities, accelerations, and (optionally) magnetic readings from an IMU device |
| imu_filter_madgwick | Fuses angular velocities, accelerations, and (optionally) magnetic readings from an IMU device |
| imu_processors | Processors for sensor_msgs::Imu data |
| imu_transformer | Node/nodelet combination to transform sensor_msgs::Imu data from one frame into another |
| interactive_marker_tutorials | Interactive marker tutorials |
| interactive_markers | 3D interactive marker communication library for RViz and similar tools |
| interval_intersection | Tools for calculating the intersection of interval messages coming in on several topics |
| ivcon | Mesh Conversion Utility |
| joint_limits_interface | Interface for enforcing joint limits |
| joint_state_publisher | Tool for setting and publishing joint state values for a given URDF |
| joint_states_settler | Reports how long a subset of joints has been settled |
| kdl_conversions | Conversion functions between KDL and geometry_msgs types |
| kdl_parser | Constructs a KDL tree from an XML robot representation in URDF |
| kdl_parser_py | Python tools to construct a KDL tree from an XML robot representation in URDF |
| laser_assembler | Nodes to assemble point clouds from either LaserScan or PointCloud messages |
| laser_cb_detector | Extracts checkerboard corners from a dense laser snapshot |
| laser_filters | Assorted filters designed to operate on 2D planar laser scanners |
| laser_geometry | Class for converting from a 2D laser scan into a point cloud |
| laser_proc | Converts representations of sensor_msgs/LaserScan and sensor_msgs/MultiEchoLaserScan |
| libmavconn | MAVLink communication library |
| librviz_tutorial | Tutorial showing how to compile your own C++ program with RViz displays and features |
| map_msgs | Messages commonly used in mapping packages |
| map_server | Offers map data as a ROS service |
| mavlink-gbp-release | MAVLink message marshaling library |
| mavros | MAVLink extendable communication node for ROS |
| mavros_extras | Extra nodes and plugins for mavros |
| mavros_msgs | Messages for MAVROS |
| media_export | Allow ROS packages to export media paths to each other |
| message_filters | Set of message filters which take in messages and may output those messages at a later time |
| message_generation | Build-time dependencies for generating language bindings of messages |
| message_runtime | Package modeling the run-time dependencies for language bindings of messages |
| message_to_tf | Translates pose information from different kind of common_msgs message types to tf |
| mk | A collection of .mk include files for building ROS architectural elements |
| monocam_settler | Listens on a ImageFeatures topic, and waits for the data to settle |
| move_base | Given a goal in the world, will attempt to reach it with a mobile base |
| move_base_msgs | Holds the action description and relevant messages for the move_base package |
| move_slow_and_clear | Move slow and clear |
| moveit_msgs | Messages, services and actions used by MoveIt |
| nav_core | Common interfaces for navigation specific robot actions |
| nav_msgs | Common messages used to interact with the navigation stack |
| navfn | Fast interpolated navigation function that can be used to create plans for a mobile base |
| nmea_msgs | Messages related to data in the NMEA format |
| nodelet | Provides a way to run multiple algorithms in the same process with zero copy transport |
| nodelet_topic_tools | Common nodelet tools such as a mux, demux and throttle |
| nodelet_tutorial_math | Nodelet tutorial |
| object_recognition_msgs | ROS message and the actionlib definition used in object_recognition_core |
| octomap_msgs | Messages and serializations / conversion for the OctoMap library |
| octomap_ros | Conversion functions between ROS / PCL and OctoMap's native types |
| opencv_apps | OpenCV applications for ROS |
| opencv_tests | Tests for ROS OpenCV integration |
| openni2_camera | ROS drivers for the Asus Xtion and Primesense Devices |
| openni2_launch | Launch files to start the openni2_camera drivers using rgbd_launch |
| openslam_gmapping | ROS-ified version of gmapping SLAM |
| pcl_conversions | Provides conversions from PCL data types and ROS message types |
| pcl_msgs | PCL (Point Cloud Library)-related ROS messages |
| pcl_ros | PCL (Point Cloud Library) ROS interface stack |
| pluginlib | Provides tools for writing and dynamically loading plugins using the ROS build infrastructure |
| pluginlib_tutorials | Pluginlib tutorials |
| pointcloud_to_laserscan | Converts a 3D Point Cloud into a 2D laser scan |
| polled_camera | C++ helper classes for implementing a polled camera driver node and requesting images from it |
| pr2_dashboard_aggregator | Aggregates all of the topics that a 'pr2_dashboard' app might be interested in |
| pr2_description | Description (mechanical, kinematic, visual, etc.) of the PR2 robot |
| pr2_machine | xxx.machine files that describe the different hosts a node can be spawned on |
| pr2_msgs | Messages for representing PR2 state, such as battery information and the PR2 fingertip sensors |
| python_qt_binding | Infrastructure for an integrated graphical user interface based on Qt |
| qt_dotgraph | Helpers to work with dot graphs |
| qt_gui | ROS infrastructure for an integrated graphical user interface based on Qt |
| qt_gui_app | Main to start an instance of the integrated graphical user interface provided by qt_gui |
| qt_gui_cpp | Foundation for C++-bindings for dev-ros/qt_gui and creates bindings for every generator available |
| qt_gui_py_common | Common functionality for ROS RQT GUI plugins written in Python |
| random_numbers | Wrappers for generating floating point values, integers, quaternions using boost libraries |
| realtime_tools | Set of tools that can be used from a hard realtime thread, without breaking the realtime behavior |
| resource_retriever | Retrieves data from url-format files |
| rgbd_launch | Launch files to open an RGBD device |
| robot_localization | Package of nonlinear state estimation nodes |
| robot_pose_ekf | Estimate the 3D pose of a robot, based on (partial) pose measurements coming from different sources |
| robot_pose_publisher | A Simple Node to Publish the Robot's Position Relative to the Map using TFs |
| robot_state_publisher | Package for publishing the state of a robot to tf |
| ros_environment | ROS environment variables |
| rosapi | Provides service calls for getting ros meta-information, like list of topics, services, params, etc. |
| rosauth | Server Side tools for Authorization and Authentication of ROS Clients |
| rosbag | Set of tools for recording from and playing back to ROS topics |
| rosbag_migration_rule | Allows to export rosbag migration rule files without depending on rosbag |
| rosbag_storage | Set of tools for recording from and playing back ROS message |
| rosbash | Assorted shell commands for using ros with bash |
| rosboost_cfg | Tool for determining cflags/lflags/etc. of boost on your system |
| rosbridge_library | Core rosbridge package responsible for interpreting JSON and performing the appropriate ROS action |
| rosbridge_server | A WebSocket interface to rosbridge |
| rosbuild | Scripts for managing the CMake-based build system for ROS |
| rosclean | Cleanup filesystem resources (e.g. log files) |
| rosconsole | ROS console output library |
| rosconsole_bridge | Connects console_bridge-based logging to rosconsole-based logging |
| roscpp | C++ implementation of ROS |
| roscpp_serialization | Code for serialization |
| roscpp_traits | Message traits code |
| roscpp_tutorials | Attempts to show the features of ROS step-by-step, including using messages, servers, parameters |
| roscreate | Tool that assists in the creation of ROS filesystem resources |
| rosdiagnostic | Command to print aggregated diagnostic contents to the command line |
| rosgraph | Prints information about the ROS Computation Graph |
| rosgraph_msgs | Messages relating to ROS comm |
| roslang | Common package for all ROS client libraries |
| roslaunch | Tool for easily launching multiple ROS nodes |
| roslib | Base dependencies and support libraries for ROS |
| roslint | Performs static checking of Python or C++ source code for errors and standards compliance |
| roslisp | Lisp client library for ROS |
| roslz4 | Python and C++ implementation of the LZ4 streaming format |
| rosmake | ROS dependency aware build tool |
| rosmaster | ROS Master implementation |
| rosmsg | Command-line tools for displaying information about message and services |
| rosnode | Command-line tool for displaying debug information about ROS nodes |
| rosout | System-wide logging mechanism for messages sent to the /rosout topic |
| rospack | Retrieves information about ROS packages available on the filesystem |
| rosparam | Command-line tool for getting and setting ROS Parameters on the parameter server |
| rospy | Python client library for ROS |
| rospy_tutorials | Attempts to show the features of ROS step-by-step, including using messages, servers, parameters |
| rosserial_arduino | Libraries and examples for ROSserial usage on Arduino/AVR Platforms |
| rosserial_client | Generalized client side source for rosserial |
| rosserial_embeddedlinux | Libraries and examples for ROSserial usage on Embedded Linux Enviroments |
| rosserial_msgs | Messages for automatic topic configuration using rosserial |
| rosserial_python | A Python-based implementation of the ROS serial protocol |
| rosserial_server | C++ implementation of the rosserial server side |
| rosserial_tivac | Definitions for rosserial_client targets for TivaC Launchpad evaluation boards. |
| rosserial_windows | Libraries and examples for ROSserial usage on Windows Platforms |
| rosserial_xbee | Tools to do point to multipoint communication between rosserial nodes connected to an xbee |
| rosservice | Command-line tool for listing and querying ROS Services |
| rostest | Integration test suite based on roslaunch that is compatible with xUnit frameworks |
| rostime | Time and Duration implementations for C++ libraries |
| rostopic | Command-line tool for displaying debug information about ROS Topics |
| rosunit | Unit-testing package for ROS |
| roswtf | Tool for diagnosing issues with a running ROS system |
| rotate_recovery | Recovery behavior that attempts to clear space by performing a 360 degree rotation of the robot |
| rqt_action | Introspect all available ROS action (from actionlib) types |
| rqt_bag | GUI plugin for displaying and replaying ROS bag files |
| rqt_bag_plugins | GUI plugin for displaying and replaying ROS bag files |
| rqt_console | GUI plugin for displaying and filtering ROS messages |
| rqt_controller_manager | RQT control manager plugin |
| rqt_dep | GUI plugin for visualizing the ROS dependency graph |
| rqt_graph | GUI plugin for visualizing the ROS computation graph |
| rqt_gui | Main to start an instance of the ROS integrated graphical user interface provided by qt_gui |
| rqt_gui_cpp | Enables GUI plugins to use the C++ client library for ROS |
| rqt_gui_py | Enables GUI plugins to use the Python client library for ROS |
| rqt_image_view | GUI plugin for displaying images using image_transport |
| rqt_launch | Easy view of .launch files |
| rqt_logger_level | GUI plugin for configuring the logger level of ROS nodes |
| rqt_moveit | Assists monitoring tasks for MoveIt! motion planner |
| rqt_msg | Python GUI plugin for introspecting available ROS message types |
| rqt_nav_view | Provides a gui for viewing navigation maps and paths |
| rqt_plot | GUI plugin visualizing numeric values in a 2D plot |
| rqt_pose_view | GUI plugin for visualizing 3D poses |
| rqt_publisher | GUI plugin for publishing arbitrary messages with fixed or computed field values |
| rqt_py_common | Common functionality for rqt plugins written in Python |
| rqt_py_console | Python GUI plugin providing an interactive Python console |
| rqt_reconfigure | Provides the way to view and edit the parameters that are accessible via dynamic_reconfigure |
| rqt_robot_dashboard | Infrastructure for building robot dashboard plugins in rqt |
| rqt_robot_monitor | Displays diagnostics_agg topics messages that are published by diagnostic_aggregator |
| rqt_robot_steering | GUI plugin for steering a robot using Twist messages |
| rqt_runtime_monitor | GUI plugin viewing DiagnosticsArray messages |
| rqt_rviz | GUI plugin embedding RViz |
| rqt_service_caller | GUI plugin for calling arbitrary services |
| rqt_shell | GUI plugin providing an interactive shell |
| rqt_srv | GUI plugin for introspecting available ROS message types |
| rqt_tf_tree | GUI plugin for visualizing the ROS TF frame tree |
| rqt_top | RQT plugin for monitoring ROS processes |
| rqt_topic | GUI plugin for displaying debug information about ROS topics |
| rqt_web | Simple web content viewer for rqt |
| rviz | 3D visualization tool for ROS |
| rviz_imu_plugin | RVIZ plugin for IMU visualization |
| rviz_plugin_tutorials | Tutorials showing how to write plugins for RViz |
| rviz_python_tutorial | Tutorials showing how to call into rviz internals from python scripts |
| self_test | Robot self-test node |
| sensor_msgs | Messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders |
| settlerlib | Helper functions and routines to help creating a settler for a specific sensor channel |
| shape_msgs | Messages for defining shapes, such as simple solid object primitives, planes, and meshes |
| shape_tools | Tools for operating on shape messages |
| smach | Task-level architecture for rapidly creating complex robot behavior |
| smach_msgs | Set of messages that are used by the introspection interfaces for smach |
| smach_ros | Extensions for the SMACH library to integrate it tightly with ROS |
| smclib | The State Machine Compiler (SMC) converts the description of a state machine into source code |
| sound_play | ROS node that translates commands on a ROS topic (robotsound) into sounds |
| stage_ros | ROS specific hooks and tools for the Stage simulator |
| std_msgs | Standard ROS Messages |
| std_srvs | Messages relating to ROS comm |
| stereo_image_proc | Stereo and single image rectification and disparity processing |
| stereo_msgs | Messages specific to stereo processing, such as disparity images |
| test_bond | Tests for bond, bondpy and bondcpp |
| test_diagnostic_aggregator | diagnostic_aggregator tests |
| test_nodelet | Nodelet unit tests |
| test_nodelet_topic_tools | Nodelet topic tools unit tests |
| test_rosbag | Unit tests for rosbag |
| test_rosbag_storage | Unit tests for rosbag_storage |
| test_roscpp | Unit tests for roscpp |
| test_rosgraph | Unit tests for rosgraph |
| test_roslaunch | Unit tests for roslaunch |
| test_roslib_comm | Unit tests for roslib |
| test_rosmaster | Unit tests for rosmaster |
| test_rosparam | Unit tests for rosparam |
| test_rospy | Unit tests for rospy |
| test_rosservice | Unit tests for rospy |
| test_tf2 | TF2 unit tests |
| tf | Maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time |
| tf2 | The second generation Transform Library in ROS |
| tf2_bullet | TF2 bullet support |
| tf2_eigen | TF2 eigen support |
| tf2_geometry_msgs | The second generation Transform Library in ROS |
| tf2_kdl | KDL binding for tf2 |
| tf2_msgs | TF2 messages |
| tf2_py | TF2 python bindings |
| tf2_ros | ROS bindings for the tf2 library, for both Python and C++ |
| tf2_sensor_msgs | Transform sensor_msgs with tf. Most notably, PointCloud2 |
| tf2_tools | TF2 tools |
| tf_conversions | Conversion functions to convert common tf datatypes into identical datatypes used by other libraries |
| theora_image_transport | Plugin to image_transport for transparently sending an image stream encoded with the Theora codec |
| timestamp_tools | Classes to help timestamp hardware events |
| topic_tools | Tools for directing, throttling and selecting ROS topics |
| trajectory_msgs | Messages for defining robot trajectories |
| transmission_interface | Transmission Interface |
| turtle_actionlib | Demonstrates how to write an action server and client with the turtlesim |
| turtle_tf | Demonstrates how to write a tf broadcaster and listener with the turtlesim |
| turtle_tf2 | Demonstrates how to write a tf2 broadcaster and listener with the turtlesim |
| turtlesim | Tool made for teaching ROS and ROS packages |
| unique_id | ROS Python and C++ interfaces for universally unique identifiers |
| urdf | C++ parser for the Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) |
| urdf_parser_plugin | C++ base class for URDF parsers |
| urdf_tutorial | URDF tutorials |
| urg_c | URG Helper / URG Widget / URG Library / urg_c |
| urg_node | ROS wrapper for the Hokuyo urg_c library |
| uuid_msgs | ROS messages for universally unique identifiers |
| visp_auto_tracker | Online automated pattern-based object tracker relying on visual servoing |
| visp_bridge | Converts between ROS structures and ViSP structures |
| visp_camera_calibration | Calibration of cameras using a customizable pattern and ViSP library |
| visp_hand2eye_calibration | Estimates the camera position with respect to its effector using the ViSP library |
| visp_tracker | Wraps the ViSP moving edge tracker provided by the ViSP visual servoing library into a ROS package |
| visualization_marker_tutorials | Visualization marker tutorials |
| visualization_msgs | Messages used by higher level packages that deal in visualization-specific data. |
| voxel_grid | Implementation of an efficient 3D voxel grid |
| xacro | XML macro language |
| xmlrpcpp | C++ implementation of the XML-RPC protocol |