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control_msgs

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  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

A ROS package providing base messages, services and actions for robot control, including controller setpoints and joint and Cartesian trajectories.

Made by ros-controls.

Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-controls/control_msgs (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 1e91e24 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 1e91e24 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Contains message, service and action definitions used for controlling robots.
  • Provides representations for controller setpoints.
  • Provides representations for joint and Cartesian trajectories.
  • Maintained as part of the ros-controls project, with build status shown for several ROS distributions.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 1e91e24.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
4 Oct 2026 on master
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Robots that can run it

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.