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ros-industrial/universal_robot

ROS-Industrial Universal Robots support (https://wiki.ros.org/universal_robot) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ros-industrial/universal_robot · C++ observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 93
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4921
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 44
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1412 stars · 1071 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A ROS-Industrial meta-package providing support for Universal Robots manipulators, including URDF descriptions, meshes, drivers, and MoveIt integration. It enables controlling and simulating UR cobots within the Robot Operating System ecosystem.

Use cases

  • control a UR5 robot arm from ROS
  • simulate a UR10e in Gazebo with MoveIt motion planning
  • get URDF descriptions and meshes for Universal Robots cobots
  • integrate UR robots into an industrial ROS-Industrial workflow
  • plan and execute pick-and-place trajectories on a UR robot
  • set up a Catkin workspace with Universal Robots packages

When to choose

  • you use Universal Robots arms with ROS1 (Noetic or earlier)
  • you need official URDF models, meshes, and MoveIt configs for UR robots
  • you want the community-supported ROS-Industrial driver stack for UR cobots

When to avoid

  • you are starting a new project on ROS 2 (use the Universal_Robots_ROS2_Driver instead)
  • you need a non-ROS or vendor-independent robot control solution
  • you require strict OSI-compliant licensing for all assets, since some UR meshes have restricted terms

Facets

library · maturity active

simulation robotics sdk developer-tools robotics developer-tools cpp python universal-robots ros-industrial urdf moveit robot-arm meta-package catkin automation linux ros

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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