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marti_common

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  • Middleware
  • Library

A collection of utility ROS 2 packages from Southwest Research Institute for working with the Robot Operating System, released for several ROS 2 distributions.

Made by Southwest Research Institute Robotics.

Source on GitHub: github.com/swri-robotics/marti_common (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 192261d (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 192261d (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides a set of separate utility packages covering command-line tools, console output, geometry, image, math, OpenCV, routing, serial communication and transforms.
  • Packages are installable through apt-get for a ROS 2 distribution, or can be built from source with colcon.
  • Building from source requires rosdep to install dependencies.
  • Supports ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted, Lyrical and Rolling, with build and CI status shown per distribution.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 192261d.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
30 Sept 2026 on ros2-devel
Latest release
3.12.0 (21 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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.