aruco_ros
- Software
- Perception
- Library
A ROS package wrapping the Aruco augmented-reality marker detector, for tracking markers and estimating their poses from camera images.
Made by PAL Robotics S.L., Spain (checked on github.com/pal-robotics (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/pal-robotics/aruco_ros (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 2872a00 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 2872a00 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Tracks Aruco AR markers at high frame rates.
- Generates AR markers of a given size, optimized to reduce perceptive ambiguity when several markers are tracked.
- Improves precision by tracking boards made of multiple markers.
- Provides ROS wrappers and publishes marker poses as ROS messages.
- Used for object pose estimation and visual servoing, such as tracking an object and a hand together.
- Includes a 'single' node launch example for tracking one marker and publishing its pose in the camera or a chosen reference frame.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 2872a00.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 7 Oct 2026 on humble-devel
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
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