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roboplan_ros

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

ROS 2 wrappers that expose the RoboPlan motion planning library through C++ and Python packages, with RViz tools for visualization and interaction.

Made by open-planning.

Source on GitHub: github.com/open-planning/roboplan-ros (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 87ce56b (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 87ce56b (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides C++ ROS 2 functions wrapping the RoboPlan motion planning library.
  • Provides Python ROS 2 functions wrapping the same library.
  • Includes visualization tools for interacting with RoboPlan inside ROS 2 and RViz.
  • Ships examples and demos that use the ROS 2 wrappers.
  • Demonstrates interactive inverse kinematics in RViz with the Franka FR3 arm.
  • Demonstrates interactive motion planning in RViz with the Franka FR3 arm.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 87ce56b.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
8 Oct 2026 on main
Latest release
0.7.0 (20 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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.