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@robotmcpMCP server · External

Connect AI models like Claude & ChatGPT with ROS robots using MCP

Roboticsv3.1.2Apache-2.0Python
Freeno charge per call
How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

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What it does

  1. Reads
  2. Writes
  3. High impact

At most: moves money, runs code or commands, deletes data, or sends messages for you.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

PyPIros-mcpv3.1.2

Run

uvx ros-mcp

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ros-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
README2 min read

ROS MCP Server 🧠⇄🤖

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ROS-MCP-Server connects large language models (such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini) to robots, enabling bidirectional communication with no changes to existing robot source code.

Why ROS-MCP?

  • No robot source code changes → just add the rosbridge node to your existing ROS setup.
  • True two-way communication → LLMs can both control robots and observe everything happening on the Robot.
  • Full context → publish & subscribe to topics, call services & actions, set parameters, read sensor data, and monitor robot state in real time.
  • Deep ROS understanding → guides the LLM to discover available topics, services, actions, and their types (including custom ones) — enabling it to use them with the right syntax without manual configuration.
  • Works with any MCP client → built on the open MCP standard, supporting Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more.
  • Works across ROS versions → compatible across ROS 2 (Jazzy, Humble, and others) and ROS 1 distros.

🎥 Examples in Action

ROS MCP demos

🏭 Example - AI Agent diagnosis of Industrial Robot End Effector (Video)

  • The MCP server connects Claude to a production industrial robot, with only the technician manuals as reference.
  • Claude discovers the robot's custom topic and service types and their syntax on its own.
  • From a single prompt to test the gripper, it reads the manuals, runs its own tests, finds an anomaly, and reports the root cause.

Testing and debugging an industrial robot

🤖 Example - Controlling "Wilson" with natural language (video)
From a single prompt — "Grab a Coke from the fridge & go to the living room." — Google Gemini uses the MCP server to navigate and manipulate autonomously. Built on ROS 2 with Nav2 (SLAM) for mapping and navigation, and MoveIt to command the manipulator.

Wilson robot controlled with natural language

🐕 Example - Controlling Unitree Go2 in NVIDIA Isaac Sim (video)
The MCP server connects Claude to a simulated Unitree Go2 quadruped in NVIDIA Isaac Sim, interpreting natural language commands to navigate and control the robot.

Controlling Unitree Go2 in NVIDIA Isaac Sim

🛠 Getting Started

Follow the installation guide to get started.

ROS-MCP works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

📚 More Examples & Tutorials

Browse our examples to see the server in action.
We welcome community PRs with new examples and integrations!

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions of all kinds:

  • Bug fixes and documentation updates
  • New features (e.g., Action support, permissions)
  • Additional examples and tutorials

Check out the contributing guidelines and see issues tagged good first issue to get started.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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