# ROS General

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## [About the ROS General category](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/about-the-ros-general-category/36)

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**Author:** [@jackie](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jackie)\
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**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/about-the-ros-general-category/36 "2016-03-09T00:43:59Z")

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A place for general talk, by anyone, about the ROS project. This is not a place to get help. If you have a question: Please ask on Robotics Stack Exchange according to our support guidelines. This is not the right place…

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## [Welcome to discourse.ros.org](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/welcome-to-discourse-ros-org/8)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/welcome-to-discourse-ros-org/8 "2016-02-23T02:44:16Z")

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Hello and welcome to discourse.ros.org This is a place to talk about ROS and ROS related things. If you have a specific question or want help getting something running, please visit https://robotics.stackexchange.com/ a…

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## [Intrinsic Core released: Open-source, ROS-compatible real-time control, motion planning and more](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/intrinsic-core-released-open-source-ros-compatible-real-time-control-motion-planning-and-more/59457)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
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**Last updated:** [November 2, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/intrinsic-core-released-open-source-ros-compatible-real-time-control-motion-planning-and-more/59457 "2026-11-02T18:13:28Z")

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A couple of weeks ago during ROSCon, we released Intrinsic Core (GitHub - intrinsic-ai/intrinsic-core: Intrinsic Core™ provides an open, local runtime, SDK, and hardware agnostic, real-time control framework for industri…

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## [Agentic Development platform for robotics](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/agentic-development-platform-for-robotics/59385)

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**Author:** [@Vignesh](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Vignesh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/agentic-development-platform-for-robotics/59385 "2026-11-02T01:06:56Z")

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Hi everyone! :waving\_hand: I’m excited to share something we’ve been building. We are Upfreq Robotics — building an AI-native development environment for robotics software engineers to accelerate robot software develop…

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## [How did you like the Wordly service at RosCon Global?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-did-you-like-the-wordly-service-at-roscon-global/59408)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-did-you-like-the-wordly-service-at-roscon-global/59408 "2026-11-01T16:37:05Z")

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In the opening remarks of this year’s RosCon Global, there is a reference to the “AI interpretation” service Wordly. Could I ask those who used it how did they like it? Did it do well with all the technical terms? Were …

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## [ROSCon Türkiye 2026](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-turkiye-2026/58981)

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**Author:** [@BCK](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/BCK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-turkiye-2026/58981 "2026-10-31T21:38:46Z")

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In collaboration with the Open Robotics , Saha Robotics and Terminal Istanbul will jointly host and organize the very first ROSCon Türkiye 2026! Location: Terminal Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye Date: December 3–4, 2026 C…

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## [Survey: where does your time go between laptop and robot? (3 min, results shared back)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/survey-where-does-your-time-go-between-laptop-and-robot-3-min-results-shared-back/59366)

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**Author:** [@muhammadhumais](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/muhammadhumais)\
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**Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/survey-where-does-your-time-go-between-laptop-and-robot-3-min-results-shared-back/59366 "2026-10-30T18:13:36Z")

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Hi all, I am a robotics researcher looking at where engineering time goes when software moves from a laptop or simulation to a real robot: integration, bring-up, timing, configuration, debugging between parts. I am tr…

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## [Open Telemetry - the next steps after logs with Matthew Macdonald-Wallace | Cloud Robotics WG Meeting 2026-11-16](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-telemetry-the-next-steps-after-logs-with-matthew-macdonald-wallace-cloud-robotics-wg-meeting-2026-11-16/59358)

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**Author:** [@mikelikesrobots](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mikelikesrobots)\
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**Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/open-telemetry-the-next-steps-after-logs-with-matthew-macdonald-wallace-cloud-robotics-wg-meeting-2026-11-16/59358 "2026-10-30T12:26:54Z")

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The next meeting of the CRWG will be at 2026-11-16T16:00:00Z (UTC)→2026-11-16T17:00:00Z (UTC), where guest speaker Matthew Macdonald-Wallace from Dash0 will talk about what comes next once you’ve got your logs under cont…

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## [How much RTK fix do your outdoor robots keep under tree canopy? Field data and a test design](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-much-rtk-fix-do-your-outdoor-robots-keep-under-tree-canopy-field-data-and-a-test-design/59222)

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**Author:** [@Eviewgnss](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Eviewgnss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-much-rtk-fix-do-your-outdoor-robots-keep-under-tree-canopy-field-data-and-a-test-design/59222 "2026-10-29T23:48:01Z")

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For those of you running outdoor robots (lawn mowers, orchard or vineyard platforms, campus AMRs), how much RTK fix do you actually keep under tree canopy? We recently went through a field test that logged several RTK r…

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## [FOSDEM 2027: Robotics & Simulation Devroom, 3rd edition!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/fosdem-2027-robotics-simulation-devroom-3rd-edition/59333)

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**Author:** [@KimMcG](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/KimMcG)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/fosdem-2027-robotics-simulation-devroom-3rd-edition/59333 "2026-10-29T15:39:56Z")

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Hi folks! We have done it again, the 3rd edition of the Robotics and Simulation Devroom got accepted at FOSDEM. It will take place on 2027-01-31T08:00:00Z (UTC)→2027-01-31T18:00:00Z (UTC) and is on the ULB campus, in…

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## [Logging and Observability Guide Review Part 4 | Cloud Robotics WG Meeting 2026-10-19](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/logging-and-observability-guide-review-part-4-cloud-robotics-wg-meeting-2026-10-19/58901)

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**Author:** [@mikelikesrobots](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mikelikesrobots)\
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**Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/logging-and-observability-guide-review-part-4-cloud-robotics-wg-meeting-2026-10-19/58901 "2026-10-29T07:54:40Z")

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The next meeting of the CRWG will be at 2026-10-19T16:00:00Z (UTC)→2026-10-19T17:00:00Z (UTC), where we will continue editing the first draft of the Logging and Observability guide. This will be very similar to the last …

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## [The accountability gap in ROS2: where does "why did the robot do that?" get answered?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/the-accountability-gap-in-ros2-where-does-why-did-the-robot-do-that-get-answered/54841)

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**Author:** [@altunbulakemre75](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/altunbulakemre75)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/the-accountability-gap-in-ros2-where-does-why-did-the-robot-do-that-get-answered/54841 "2026-10-29T01:26:00Z")

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A question I keep running into and don’t have a clean answer for: when a ROS2-based autonomous system makes a consequential decision — a mobile robot reroutes around a person, an arm stops mid-motion, a drone aborts — …

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## [What VPN / networking solution do you use for ROS robots?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-vpn-networking-solution-do-you-use-for-ros-robots/57544)

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**Author:** [@kubja](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/kubja)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-vpn-networking-solution-do-you-use-for-ros-robots/57544 "2026-10-24T20:57:37Z")

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For anyone running ROS across more than a single machine or LAN, how are you handling networking today? I’m particularly curious about setups where you need remote access to robots, ROS 1/ROS 2 communication across site…

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## [Is OTA for ROS 2 robots a solved problem?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-ota-for-ros-2-robots-a-solved-problem/58933)

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**Author:** [@maxh1t](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/maxh1t)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-ota-for-ros-2-robots-a-solved-problem/58933 "2026-10-23T16:34:48Z")

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I could not find anything out there built specifically for OTA updates in the ROS 2 ecosystem. Coming from the web I wanted to see how close I could get to the developer experience I know, so I built a small project on a…

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## [Rclnodejs 2.3.0: ROS 2 Actions over WebSocket and HTTP/SSE](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rclnodejs-2-3-0-ros-2-actions-over-websocket-and-http-sse/58817)

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**Author:** [@minggangw](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/minggangw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rclnodejs-2-3-0-ros-2-actions-over-websocket-and-http-sse/58817 "2026-10-22T08:20:14Z")

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Send a goal, follow the feedback, get the result. rclnodejs 2.3.0, the ROS 2 client library for Node.js, brings ROS 2 actions to web apps over WebSocket and HTTP/SSE. ROS 2 Actions from the Browser The browser SDK deriv…

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## [Oh noes! What's going on with Anubis?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/oh-noes-whats-going-on-with-anubis/58302)

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**Author:** [@Bernd\_Pfrommer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Bernd_Pfrommer)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/oh-noes-whats-going-on-with-anubis/58302 "2026-10-21T12:33:34Z")

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Lately I’ve been intermittently but often getting this message when trying to access ROS documentation (like c++ API etc). Am I the only one running into this? I definitely have browser cookies enabled, and I’m not going…

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## [GPS says ~5m accuracy but the fixes agree to 9 cm. Anyone else seen this?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gps-says-5m-accuracy-but-the-fixes-agree-to-9-cm-anyone-else-seen-this/57831)

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**Author:** [@manankharwar](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/manankharwar)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gps-says-5m-accuracy-but-the-fixes-agree-to-9-cm-anyone-else-seen-this/57831 "2026-10-20T16:42:45Z")

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So I’ve been chasing something for a couple of days and I figured I’d just post it, partly in case it helps someone and partly because I’m not totally sure I’m reading it right. I’ve got a u-blox on a small rover doing …

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## [Help us make image\_transport and point\_cloud\_transport better for Makoa!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/help-us-make-image-transport-and-point-cloud-transport-better-for-makoa/58979)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/help-us-make-image-transport-and-point-cloud-transport-better-for-makoa/58979 "2026-10-20T11:51:59Z")

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Hi all, I’m not a maintainer of neither image\_transport nor point\_cloud\_transport, though I’m their big user and proponent (point\_cloud\_transport has, in the end, origins in my lab :slight\_smile: , though it has come a l…

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## [ros2\_lingua: A safe, dependency-aware grounding engine for LLMs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-lingua-a-safe-dependency-aware-grounding-engine-for-llms/54645)

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**Author:** [@purahan](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/purahan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-lingua-a-safe-dependency-aware-grounding-engine-for-llms/54645 "2026-10-16T11:18:49Z")

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​Hi everyone, ​Like many of us, I’ve been experimenting with giving LLMs control over robot hardware. However, I quickly ran into the classic problems: LLMs hallucinate actions, assume prerequisites that haven’t been me…

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## [AI-assisted inspection of ROS 2 systems: a preview of DDS Monitor Pro’s MCP integration](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ai-assisted-inspection-of-ros-2-systems-a-preview-of-dds-monitor-pro-s-mcp-integration/58853)

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**Author:** [@Jaime\_Martin\_Losa](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Jaime_Martin_Losa)\
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**Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ai-assisted-inspection-of-ros-2-systems-a-preview-of-dds-monitor-pro-s-mcp-integration/58853 "2026-10-14T09:09:24Z")

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Hi everyone, We at eProsima are sharing a preview of the upcoming AI capabilities in DDS Monitor Pro, with a workflow that is also relevant to engineers working with DDS-based ROS 2 systems. The Monitor’s built-in Mode…

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## [\[Show and Tell\] ROS 2 Blueprint Studio: Visual Node Editor & Boilerplate Generator (Alpha)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/show-and-tell-ros-2-blueprint-studio-visual-node-editor-boilerplate-generator-alpha/53251)

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**Author:** [@NeiroEvgen](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/NeiroEvgen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/show-and-tell-ros-2-blueprint-studio-visual-node-editor-boilerplate-generator-alpha/53251 "2026-10-13T13:43:56Z")

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Hi everyone! Like many of us, I appreciate the power and flexibility of ROS 2, but I’ve always found the amount of manual boilerplate to be a bottleneck for rapid development. Keeping track of all the configuration deta…

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## [Some Knowledge about ros](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/some-knowledge-about-ros/57267)

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**Author:** [@Himanshu1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Himanshu1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/some-knowledge-about-ros/57267 "2026-10-10T06:15:29Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m a 2nd-year Mechanical Engineering student at NIT Jalandhar, currently exploring Robotics and Automation. I’m starting my journey with C++/Python, electronics, CAD and eventually ROS 2. My long-term goa…

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## [What is the hardest part of learning ROS 2 as a beginner](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-is-the-hardest-part-of-learning-ros-2-as-a-beginner/57917)

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**Author:** [@Prasad\_Prabhu](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Prasad_Prabhu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-is-the-hardest-part-of-learning-ros-2-as-a-beginner/57917 "2026-10-09T18:15:11Z")

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I teach a robotics lab and my students lose about a week each semester to workspace and sourcing problems before they write any robot code. I recorded the whole thing end to end on Jazzy, including the errors rather th…

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## [Upcoming breaking changes in ros2\_control: deprecated Handle / export APIs removed](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/upcoming-breaking-changes-in-ros2-control-deprecated-handle-export-apis-removed/58708)

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**Author:** [@bmagyar](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/bmagyar)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/upcoming-breaking-changes-in-ros2-control-deprecated-handle-export-apis-removed/58708 "2026-10-08T18:02:33Z")

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Quick heads-up for anyone maintaining hardware components or controllers on Rolling or Lyrical: ros2\_control 6.12.0 removes the API that has been deprecated since Jazzy. It has been released into Lyrical and Rolling and …

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## [Rokoko ROS 2 bridge for Smartgloves II is released](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-ros-2-bridge-for-smartgloves-ii-is-released/58658)

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**Author:** [@Olivia\_Rokoko](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Olivia_Rokoko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rokoko-ros-2-bridge-for-smartgloves-ii-is-released/58658 "2026-10-07T16:11:22Z")

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We’ve released an open-source ROS 2 bridge for the Rokoko Device SDK. It takes solved hand data from Smartgloves II and publishes it natively into ROS 2. What’s included: 26-joint hand poses per solved frame, in Op…

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## [University of Waterloo user study on understanding CMake changes](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/university-of-waterloo-user-study-on-understanding-cmake-changes/58616)

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**Author:** [@MattieN](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/MattieN)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/university-of-waterloo-user-study-on-understanding-cmake-changes/58616 "2026-10-06T06:26:11Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m Mattie Nejati, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo. I’m recruiting participants for a user study on understanding the impact of changes to CMake build specifications. Since CMake is widely …

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## [Tuning StereoSGBM on PS5 Camera (ROS 2 Galactic) for Dense Depth Maps](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tuning-stereosgbm-on-ps5-camera-ros-2-galactic-for-dense-depth-maps/58568)

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**Author:** [@Vladimir\_Privalov](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Vladimir_Privalov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tuning-stereosgbm-on-ps5-camera-ros-2-galactic-for-dense-depth-maps/58568 "2026-10-04T09:10:01Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m working on setting up a stereo camera PS5 HD Camera in ROS 2 Galactic for stereo depth estimation using stereo\_image\_proc (DisparityNode), with the end goal of feeding the depth data into RTAB-Map for 3…

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## [RobotCAD v12.10.0 is released!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/robotcad-v12-10-0-is-released/58566)

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**Author:** [@fenixionsoul](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/fenixionsoul)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/robotcad-v12-10-0-is-released/58566 "2026-10-04T06:26:18Z")

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It’s been a long time since I posted any news. Many new features and fixes have been released. Here is a list of some of them that have appeared in recent versions. Added RobotCAD MCP server for agentic robot assemblin…

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## [ROS2 Parameter Value Querying](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-parameter-value-querying/58542)

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**Author:** [@engnfrc](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/engnfrc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-parameter-value-querying/58542 "2026-10-04T00:02:53Z")

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I need a much better way of grabbing the current value of every parameter of every node running on my system. Not just the dynamic ones, but the defaults and overrides from the launch system. From an experiment documenta…

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## [Has anyone found a reliable way to validate a hand eye calibration result?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reliable-way-to-validate-a-hand-eye-calibration-result/58556)

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**Author:** [@sanethdassanayake](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sanethdassanayake)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reliable-way-to-validate-a-hand-eye-calibration-result/58556 "2026-10-03T12:00:31Z")

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I have been trying to work out how a hand eye calibration should be validated and I have not found any complete answer yet There are some tools I looked at (MoveIt Calibration, easy\_handeye, Kalibr) that just print repr…

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