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ros-mcp-server MCP Server

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

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Published as ros-mcp on pypi. Runs locally.

Known issues

46 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

publish_for_durations works not as expected by name

publish_for_durations really not for publish for durations but publish with intervals. See inside implementation: https://github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server/blob/199d21908a936d17fc8f02a318cf7758ab619376/ros_mcp/tools/topics.py#L651

The problem is that with this implementation, it's impossible to send commands continuously over any period of time. For example, to perform a 90-degree rotation through a diff_drive_controller that receives data in radians per second. So, I need to send the command

Read the thread · 2026-02-05 · closed · external user · 5 comments

Any way to work image recognition with Ollama Qwen-3-vl

I tryed various variants of MCP tool output for image for Ollama can recognize it but no one work. Ollama describes gotten image as default (just base on system prompt not base on image).

Any help how it posible to return image for Ollama from MCP tool.

I use: Langflow + Ollama + ros-mcp-server + camera in Gazebo on robot.

Some of my tryings:

def _encode_image_to_imagecontent(image) -> Image:
    """
    Encodes a PIL Image to a format compatible with ImageContent.

    Args:
        ima

[Read the thread](https://github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server/issues/208) · 2025-12-03 · closed · external user · 6 comments

### unitree Go2 can't work any action at all.

Hi, author

Thank you for great work. I've been trying this repo. I could make sure that I can see ros2 topic list on Claude-desktop while my laptop connects to Go2 Jetson with wired-LAN.
I've tried such the prompt orders as "sit down" or "go forward". Then Claude made some messages and sent them to Go2. But Go2 couldn't work at all.
I would like you to give me any help to solve this issue.

Thanks,

[Read the thread](https://github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server/issues/206) · 2025-12-01 · closed · external user · 6 comments

### Add CLI Client Examples and Support for Custom LLM Providers

Currently, the examples and code snippets provided in the repository mainly focus on **Claude**, **OpenAI**, and **Cursor** integrations.
To make the project more flexible and accessible, I propose adding examples and documentation for **CLI-based clients** that can integrate with **custom LLM providers** of the user’s choice.

This would enable developers to:

* Use the MCP server with any LLM (not just OpenAI or Claude).
* Easily integrate MCP capabilities into their own applications or workfl

[Read the thread](https://github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server/issues/154) · 2025-10-07 · closed · outside contributor · 5 comments

### Refactor needed for more standard python package structure

The current package structure limits some functionality in how the server can be called when installed via pip. Specifically having our entrypoint in the root directory of the package. 

Putting down a proposed structure that can be discussed and implemented if there is agreement.

ros-mcp-server/ ├── pyproject.toml # Package metadata & build config ├── MANIFEST.in # Additional file includes ├── README.md ├── LICENSE ├── server.json # MCP server

Read the thread · 2025-10-07 · closed · outside contributor · 5 comments

Most recent

Security scan results for ros-mcp-server — MCPSafe AIVSS 83/100 (Grade B)

Hi team 👋

I ran a free deep security scan of robotmcp/ros-mcp-server using MCPSafe — a purpose-built scanner for MCP servers using a 5-LLM consensus panel to detect prompt injection risks, over-scoped tool schemas, supply chain issues, and more.

Results: 83/100 · Grade B

Severity Count
🔴 Critical 0
🟠 High 0
🟡 Medium 30
🟢 Low 9

Summary: 30 medium-severity findings around ROS tool schemas and robot command perm

Read the thread · 2026-05-12 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Security reporting contact

Hi, I could not find a SECURITY.md or private security contact for this repository. Could you please open a GitHub Security Advisory so I can submit a potential vulnerability report privately?

Read the thread · 2026-05-08 · closed · external user · 0 comments

docs: macOS Claude Desktop config fails because zsh -lc does not source .zshrc

Description

The macOS installation guide in docs/installation.md configures the Claude Desktop MCP server as:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros-mcp-server": {
      "command": "zsh",
      "args": ["-lc", "uvx ros-mcp --transport=stdio"]
    }
  }
}

This configuration fails on macOS because zsh -lc starts a login, non-interactive shell that sources ~/.zprofile but not ~/.zshrc. The uv installer adds ~/.local/bin to PATH in ~/.zshrc only, so uvx is not found

Read the thread · 2026-03-30 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

fix: devcontainer fails to start on macOS due to --gpus=all and X11 configuration

Description

The devcontainer configuration (.devcontainer/devcontainer.json) fails to start on macOS for three reasons:

Read the thread · 2026-03-30 · open · outside contributor · 0 comments

Image saving fails in uvx execution due to relative path dependency (./camera)

Description

When running the MCP server using packaged execution:

uvx ros-mcp --transport=stdio

image subscription fails with the following error:

Permission denied: './camera'

However, the same functionality works correctly when running the server locally:

cd ~/ros-mcp-server && uv run server.py --transport=stdio

This results in inconsistent behavior depending on how the server is executed.

Environment

  • OS: Windows 11
  • WSL: Ubuntu 24.04 (WSL

Read the thread · 2026-03-30 · open · outside contributor · 1 comment

docs: 8_images README missing macOS/Docker setup instructions

Problem

The tutorial for examples/8_images assumes a native Linux environment with apt install for all ROS2 packages. macOS (and Windows without WSL) users have no way to follow this tutorial.

What's Missing

  • No Docker-based alternative: The entire tutorial depends on sudo apt install ros-* commands — unavailable on macOS
  • No macOS guidance in Troubleshooting: The "Display Issues" section mentions WSL, remote connections, and Docker, but gives no macOS-specific advice (e

Read the thread · 2026-03-30 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

docs: 6_chatgpt README missing macOS setup instructions

Problem

The tutorial for examples/6_chatgpt only covers Windows (PowerShell) and Linux (WSL/Ubuntu) setups. macOS users are left without guidance, despite the FAQ stating "Linux and macOS users can run directly."

What's Missing

  • No "Option C: macOS" for installing uv, ngrok, or running the MCP server
  • No guidance on running ROS2 on macOS (which requires Docker since ROS2 is Linux-native)
  • The FAQ acknowledges macOS support but the step-by-step tutorial doesn't include any macOS

Read the thread · 2026-03-30 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

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