ROS MCP Server

MCP server connecting AI models like Claude to robots running ROS/ROS2

Adds natural language control and sensing capabilities to ROS/ROS2 robots. Enables bidirectional communication for natural language commands, topic subscriptions, service calls, and sensor data reading without modifying existing robot code.

Author: robotmcp

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Install: pip install ros-mcp-server

Key Features

• ROS/ROS2 topic subscription and publishing
• Natural language service call execution
• Real-time sensor data reading and monitoring
• No modification to existing robot code required
• Support for both ROS1 and ROS2
• Bidirectional LLM-robot communication

Use Cases

• Natural language robot control — Control robots with natural language commands like 'move forward and turn right' without learning ROS syntax
• Autonomous robot monitoring — LLM continuously monitors sensor data and autonomously detects anomalies or environmental changes
• Accelerated R&D — Quickly conduct robot experiments and have LLM analyze results without deep ROS expertise
• Complex behavior automation — Automate complex multi-step robot behaviors by combining topics and services through natural language