kuka_robot_descriptions
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Tool
A ROS 2 collection of URDF descriptions, xacro macros, joint limits and MoveIt configs for KUKA robot arms and KL external axes, usable with real hardware and simulations.
Made by kuka-ros.
Source on GitHub: github.com/kuka-ros/kuka_robot_descriptions (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 5ddbc41 (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 5ddbc41 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides robot models for many KUKA families, including KR, Agilus, Cybertech, Fortec, Iontec, Quantec, LBR iiwa, iisy and iico arms.
- Includes ros2_control integration with a fake hardware option, plus a mock hardware interface that mimics roundtrip timing.
- Ships MoveIt configuration packages with planning groups, joint limits and fake-hardware launch files for planning in RViz.
- Offers launch files for Gazebo simulation with MoveIt planning for several robot models.
- Supports composing robots with KL external-axis rails through shared xacro and SRDF templates.
- Supports GPIO control through an optional configuration file, and includes generated simplified collision meshes.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 5ddbc41.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 30 Sept 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 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.