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srdfdom

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

A parser for the Semantic Robot Description Format (SRDF), with C++ and Python parsers and a C++ writer for that format.

Made by MoveIt.

Source on GitHub: github.com/moveit/srdfdom (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 2c820aa (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 2c820aa (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Parses SRDF robot description files in C++ and Python.
  • Includes a C++ writer that produces SRDF XML.
  • Provides C++ test examples showing how to access SRDF elements.
  • Provides Python test examples showing how to access SRDF elements.
  • Includes a display_srdf script that prints SRDF in YAML and can dump regenerated XML to a file.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 2c820aa.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
8 Apr 2026 on ros2
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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.