ros-mcp-server

Why we included this project

If you've got a ROS 1 or ROS 2 robot and you'd like an LLM to actually control it, this server gives you a direct path. It exposes your existing topics, services, actions, and parameters through the Model Context Protocol, so any MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, ChatGPT, or Cursor can both send commands and read live sensor data. The trick is that you don't modify your robot's code: you just add a rosbridge node and the server handles discovery and type introspection, even for custom messages, so the model learns the correct calling syntax on its own. The demos are worth a look: an industrial end-effector diagnosis, natural-language navigation with Nav2 and MoveIt, and a Unitree Go2 via Isaac Sim. That gives teams prototyping LLM-driven manipulation, teleoperation, or autonomous inspection a working baseline that spans ROS versions and MCP clients.