nicla_vision_ros2
- Software
- Perception
- Driver or SDK
A ROS 2 package that receives sensor data streamed from an Arduino Nicla Vision board and republishes it as ROS topics. It is aimed at using the board inside ROS 2 systems.
Made by ADVR Humanoids.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ADVRHumanoids/nicla_vision_ros2 (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 846c5ae (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 846c5ae (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Receives data from the Nicla Vision board over TCP, UDP, or serial connection, selected by launch parameters.
- Publishes color camera images (raw and compressed) with camera info on ROS topics.
- Publishes time-of-flight distance readings, microphone audio, and IMU data on ROS topics.
- Individual sensors can be enabled or disabled through launch arguments.
- Includes a Gazebo and Rviz simulation of the board.
- Optionally runs offline speech recognition on the board with VOSK and publishes recognized words.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 846c5ae.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Arduino Nicla Vision board, and a ROS-running machine on the same network (or connected by serial).
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 12 Nov 2025 on master
- 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.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.