ros2_control + ros2_controllers
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Framework
ros2_control is a framework for ROS 2 that provides a generic control architecture for robots, along with the ros2_controllers package of ready-made controllers.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit b5c4009 (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 b5c4009 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Part of the ros2_control framework for ROS 2, providing a control architecture for robots.
- Full documentation and an API reference are published for each ROS 2 distribution.
- Docker images with the latest releases are published, described in the .docker folder.
- Open to contributions; a contributing guide is provided for newcomers.
- Build status is tracked for Rolling, Lyrical, Kilted, Jazzy and Humble distributions.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit b5c4009.
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
- 14 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.