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rqt_robot_steering

  • Software
  • Middleware
  • Tool

An RQT plugin that publishes Twist or TwistStamped velocity commands from a GUI, intended for 2D navigation scenarios.

Made by ros-visualization.

Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_robot_steering (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 6c62a68 (opens in a new tab).

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 6c62a68 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Publishes X linear and Z angular velocities as a Twist or TwistStamped message.
  • Provides a GUI with a vertical slider for X velocity and a horizontal slider for Z velocity.
  • Publishes to /cmd_vel by default; the topic name can be changed in the GUI.
  • Topic name and window size are saved to and restored from the RQT GUI settings file when closed cleanly.
  • Velocity slider ranges and default topic can be set through ROS parameters at launch.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 6c62a68.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
1 Jun 2026 on rolling
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

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.