mavlink/mavros

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

MAVROS is a MAVLink-to-ROS 2 gateway that exposes flight controller data (PX4, ArduPilot) as standard ROS 2 topics, services, and parameters. It also proxies between a ground control station, the flight controller, and multiple ROS processes over a single link.

Use cases

• control a drone from ROS 2 without writing MAVLink code
• stream autopilot telemetry like IMU, GPS, and battery into ROS topics
• send arm, takeoff, land, and mode-change commands to a flight controller via ROS services
• upload waypoint missions and geofences to a UAV
• proxy MAVLink between a ground control station and multiple ROS nodes
• run software-in-the-loop drone simulations with PX4 or ArduPilot

When to choose

• you build drone/UAV software on ROS 2 and need to talk to PX4 or ArduPilot
• you want standard ROS sensor_msgs instead of raw MAVLink
• you need to route one MAVLink link to a GCS and several ROS processes
• you want a plugin architecture to add custom MAVLink message handling

When to avoid

• you are not using ROS or ROS 2 in your stack
• you need a lightweight MAVLink library without the ROS dependency
• your flight controller does not speak MAVLink
• you need ROS 1 support only (this targets ROS 2 Humble and newer)

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middleware sdk plugin-system networking robotics autonomous-vehicles developer-tools cpp cross-platform mavlink ros2 drone uav px4 ardupilot ground-control-station flight-controller telemetry sitl drones linux ros

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