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Ros MCP Server

Ros MCP Server is an MCP server that connects AI models like Claude & ChatGPT with ROS robots using MCP. It has 1,487 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx ros-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server (opens in a new tab)

  • Other
  • Apache-2.0
  • Actively maintained
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Install Ros MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ros-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio ros-mcp-server -- uvx ros-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ros-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ros-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ros-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Ros MCP Server

ROS-MCP-Server connects large language models (such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini) to robots, enabling bidirectional communication with no changes to existing robot source code.

  • ros
  • ros2
  • ros-mcp-server
  • ros2-mcp-server
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • modelcontextprotocol

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What is Ros MCP Server?

Ros MCP Server is an MCP server that connects AI models like Claude & ChatGPT with ROS robots using MCP. It has 1,487 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx ros-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. The source code is at github.com/robotmcp/ros-mcp-server.

How do I install the Ros MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command uvx ros-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Ros MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Ros MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 23, 2026. The latest release is v3.1.2, published Sep 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.