moveit_visual_tools

Software
Robot arms and industry
Library

A C++ helper library for visualizing MoveIt data in Rviz, such as markers, trajectories, collision objects and robot states. It is built on top of rviz_visual_tools.

Made by MoveIt.

Source on GitHub: github.com/moveit/moveit_visual_tools (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit e5681a7 (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 e5681a7 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
Commercial use: Yes

What it does

Displays basic Rviz geometric shapes via published markers.
Visualizes MoveIt collision objects, such as blocks, cylinders, trees, tables and walls.
Shows MoveIt and ROS trajectories, robot states and end effectors.
Provides interactive markers to move robot arms using inverse kinematics from remote applications.
Offers helpers for adding, removing and attaching collision objects in the planning scene.
Includes a demo launch file that shows robot states and collision objects in Rviz.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit e5681a7.

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: 3 Aug 2026 on ros2
Latest release: None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Robots on Robotheca that use 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.