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What NVIDIA Isaac ROS is used for in robotics
Isaac ROS provides GPU-accelerated ROS 2 packages for perception, visual SLAM, depth and sensor processing on NVIDIA hardware.
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A practical check for NVIDIA Isaac ROS
Match the package, ROS distribution and NVIDIA device to the documented configuration. Measure the sensor-to-output delay while the rest of the robot workload is running. Package acceleration does not establish end-to-end control latency.
Compatibility and installation
- Developer
- NVIDIA
- License
- Open source
- Operating systems
- Linux
- ROS support
- ROS 2
- Languages
- C++, Python
- Installation method
- Official containers and repositories
Use official installation sources
Use the vendor download page, official documentation, package repository or official GitHub release. Third-party installers and mirrors are not linked from this directory.