network_bridge
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A ROS2 node that bridges ROS2 topics across networks over UDP, TCP, or ZMQ, for remote communication between a base station and robots or between several robots.
Source on GitHub: github.com/brow1633/network_bridge (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 24ce039 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 24ce039 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Bridges ROS2 topics between systems using UDP, TCP, or ZMQ, which are supported out of the box.
- UDP suits low-latency telemetry where occasional loss is acceptable; TCP suits reliable delivery of commands.
- ZMQ offers one-to-many publish/subscribe or round-robin push/pull; its links are one-directional.
- Special handling for TF topics: the subscriber side accumulates transforms and sends them at a configured rate, with include/exclude regex filters.
- Network protocols are pluginlib plugins built on an abstract base interface, so new protocols can be added.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 24ce039.
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
- 12 Oct 2026 on main
- 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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