mrpt_ros_bridge
- Software
- Navigation and mapping
- Library
A ROS 2 package providing a C++ bridge between the MRPT toolkit and ROS 2, converting maps, sensor data, poses and images between the two message formats.
Made by MRPT, Spain (checked on github.com/MRPT (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/MRPT/mrpt_ros_bridge (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit eb9a4d5 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from COPYING (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit eb9a4d5 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides bidirectional converters between MRPT data structures and ROS 2 message types, such as poses, laser scans, images, IMU, GPS fixes and point clouds.
- Includes a rosbag2rawlog command-line tool that converts ROS 2 bag files into MRPT rawlog datasets.
- Targets ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted and Rolling, and is written in C++17 using ament_cmake.
- Includes unit tests covering the conversions and message integrity.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit eb9a4d5.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 8 Oct 2026 on ros2
- 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.
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