ros2_kortex

ROS 2 package to control Kinova Gen3 and Gen3 lite robot arms through the Kortex API, with URDF models, drivers, and MoveIt configurations.

Licenses

Code: BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit b2aa46b (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
Commercial use: Unknown

It needs closed parts under their own terms: read them before any commercial use.

One part it needs is closed

Needs KINOVA KORTEX API (prebuilt): The kortex_api package downloads the API as a prebuilt library from Kinova's server during the build (kortex_api/CMakeLists.txt); its source is not in the repository.

Provides the official ROS 2 interface to Kinova Kortex robots, built on the Kortex API.
Includes URDF and mesh descriptions for Gen3 and Gen3 lite arms with optional Robotiq grippers.
Its driver node communicates with a physical Gen3 or Gen3 lite robot over the network.
Offers launch files for bringup on real hardware or with fake hardware, and Gazebo simulation.
Ships MoveIt 2 configurations for motion planning with Gen3 and Gen3 lite arms.
Can command the arm via joint trajectory messages or Twist messages through a twist controller.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit b2aa46b.

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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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