webots_ros2
- Software
- Simulators
- Library
A ROS 2 package that connects the Webots 3D robot simulator to ROS 2, so simulated robots can be driven and sensed through ROS 2 messages, services and actions.
Made by Cyberbotics Ltd..
Source on GitHub: github.com/cyberbotics/webots_ros2 (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 5f1a182 (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 5f1a182 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides the interfaces needed to simulate a robot in the Webots open-source 3D robots simulator.
- Integrates Webots with ROS 2 using ROS 2 messages, services and actions.
- Documentation covers getting started, examples, references and tutorials in the project wiki.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 5f1a182.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 12 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- 2025.0.0 (18 Feb 2025)
Checked on GitHub on 22 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.