Open source · free files
Bumperbot
Wheeled · Intermediate
- Score
- Buildability 71 out of 100
- Cost
- Not stated
Software
joystick_drivers
By ROS device drivers, from github.com/ros-drivers/joystick_drivers (opens in a new tab)
- Middleware
- Driver or SDK
- Licensed per package
A set of ROS nodes that read joystick inputs and publish them as ROS messages, converting them from the underlying operating system's input messages.
- Licensed per package. No license at the repository's root: each of its packages carries its own license.
Facts
- GitHub stars
- 276read on 6 Nov 2026
- Last update
- 16 Mar 2026Newest commit on ros2
- Maintenance
- Maintaineda commit in the last 12 months
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Checked on GitHub on 6 Nov 2026.
Licenses
- Code
- Licensed per package
No license at the repository's root: each package carries its own. Read the license of each package you use.
No license file at the repository's root at commit 50bcf0f (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Each package has its own licence file (joy, joy_linux, ps3joy, spacenav BSD-3-Clause; sdl2_vendor Apache-2.0; wiimote GPL-2.0), except wiimote_msgs: only its package.xml says BSD.
Overview
What it does: Robotheca's summary
- Provides nodes for several types of joystick input devices.
- Converts operating system joystick messages into ROS messages.
- Dependencies are installed with rosdep from the package path.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 50bcf0f, not by its creator.
The README
Files and versions
Facts read at commit 50bcf0f
- Repository on GitHubgithub.com/ros-drivers/joystick_drivers (opens in a new tab)
- The version Robotheca read50bcf0f (opens in a new tab)
- Latest releaseNone published on GitHub
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- Score
- Buildability 79 out of 100
- Cost
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- Score
- Buildability 74 out of 100
- Cost
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