ros_gz
- Software
- Simulators
- Tool
A set of ROS 2 packages that connect ROS with the Gazebo simulator, covering message bridging, simulation launch, images and point clouds.
Made by Gazebo.
Source on GitHub: github.com/gazebosim/ros_gz (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 6590460 (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 6590460 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Bidirectional bridge that passes messages between Gazebo Transport and ROS.
- Unidirectional bridge that sends Gazebo camera images to ROS through image_transport.
- Launch files and executables for running Gazebo Sim together with ROS.
- Plugins that publish point clouds from Gazebo Sim simulations to ROS.
- Demo package showing the ROS and Gazebo integration in use.
- Metapackage ros_gz that installs all the other packages; supported pairings vary by ROS and Gazebo version.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 6590460.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 13 Oct 2026 on ros2
- Latest release
- Release 0.3.0 (1 Jul 2019)
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.
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