KUKA ROS 2 drivers (kuka_drivers)
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Driver or SDK
ROS 2 drivers for KUKA robot controllers, covering all KUKA operating systems, for connecting robots to the ROS 2 ecosystem.
Made by KUKA.
Source on GitHub: github.com/kuka-ros/kuka_drivers (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 15fbb69 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 15fbb69 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides ROS 2 drivers for all KUKA operating systems.
- Includes support packages for individual robot families, such as Agilus, and a metapackage for the drivers.
- Robot models are provided through a separate descriptions package.
- Works with cyclic, real-time communication with the robot.
- Available for ROS 2 Jazzy (master branch) and ROS 2 Humble (humble branch).
- Can be installed as binary packages from apt or built from source in a colcon workspace.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 15fbb69.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- A system with ROS installed; Ubuntu 24.04 with ROS Jazzy is recommended, and a client machine with a real-time kernel is recommended. Windows is not recommended.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 6 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- Courageous Curie (KROSHU 2.0 - Jazzy) (7 Aug 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.