xarm_ros2
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Driver or SDK
ROS 2 packages with simulation models, motion planning and control demos for UFACTORY xArm robot arms, including Lite6 and UFACTORY850 variants.
Made by xArm-Developer.
Source on GitHub: github.com/xArm-Developer/xarm_ros2 (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit ac736c9 (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 ac736c9 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides URDF descriptions and 3D models of xArm arms, viewable in RViz.
- Offers an API layer exposing the arm's SDK functions as ROS 2 services and topics.
- Supports motion planning through MoveIt 2, for simulated arms or real hardware.
- Includes Gazebo simulation, both standalone and combined with MoveIt control.
- Enables jogging the arm with an Xbox 360 joystick, a 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse or a keyboard.
- Offers hand-eye calibration and object detection demos using an Intel RealSense D435i camera.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit ac736c9.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 or 24.04 with a matching ROS 2 release (Foxy, Galactic, Humble, Jazzy or Rolling); a UFACTORY xArm, Lite6 or UFACTORY850 arm for real-robot use; an Intel RealSense D435i camera for the vision demos.
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 20 Oct 2026 on humble
- Latest release
- v2.0.0-rolling (23 Feb 2024)
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.
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