realtime_tools
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Library
A set of ROS 2 tools that can be called from a hard realtime thread without breaking its realtime behavior.
Made by ros-controls.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-controls/realtime_tools (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 919978e (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 919978e (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides utilities for use inside hard realtime threads while keeping their realtime guarantees.
- Accepts contributions from the community; new contributors are welcomed through a contributing guide.
- Build status is tracked for ROS 2 Rolling, Lyrical, Kilted, Jazzy and Humble distributions.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 919978e.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 1 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
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.