ros_battery_monitoring
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Library
Utilities for monitoring battery state in ROS with ros2_control. It publishes battery data and shows it as an RViz overlay.
Made by Fraunhofer IPA, Germany (checked on github.com/ipa320 (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/ipa320/ros_battery_monitoring (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit f5c0977 (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 f5c0977 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Battery_state_broadcaster publishes BatteryState messages built from ros2_control state interfaces.
- Battery_state_rviz_overlay converts BatteryState messages into display messages for RViz 2D overlays.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit f5c0977.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 21 Jan 2026 on main
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
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