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mujoco_ros2_control

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A ros2_control system interface that runs ROS 2 controllers against the MuJoCo physics simulator, using MJCF or URDF-generated robot models.

Made by ros-controls.

Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-controls/mujoco_ros2_control (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 8a083ff (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 8a083ff (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides a full ros2_control SystemInterface plugin wrapping MuJoCo as a hardware interface.
  • Includes MJCF and URDF conversion utilities to generate MuJoCo models automatically.
  • Offers an optional plugin system for custom simulation publishers and services.
  • Ships demo launch files, configs and example robots showing basic control, PID and transmissions.
  • Includes integration and launch tests along with Docker files for CI and containers.
  • Supports the ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted, Lyrical and Rolling distributions.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 8a083ff.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
14 Oct 2026 on main
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.