rmf_visualization
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A set of ROS 2 packages that visualize Open-RMF entities such as robots, doors, lifts, lanes, floorplans and obstacles in RViz, plus a websocket server for querying the schedule.
Made by open-rmf.
Source on GitHub: github.com/open-rmf/rmf_visualization (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit e3dbf92 (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 e3dbf92 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Launches a main visualization file that starts all the visualizers together.
- Shows lifts and doors with their location and status as RViz markers.
- Displays robot positions reported by fleet managers as markers.
- Converts building level floorplan images into occupancy grids for display.
- Draws navigation lanes per fleet, with closed lanes in grey and speed-limited lanes narrower.
- Visualizes detected obstacles and planned robot trajectories with conflicts shown in red.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit e3dbf92.
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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