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.
It uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to allow LLMs to publish/subscribe to ROS topics, call services & actions, set parameters, and monitor robot state in real time via a rosbridge WebSocket connection.
Supports ROS 2 (Jazzy, Humble, and others) and ROS 1 distributions.
When using HTTP or Streamable HTTP transports, the snap automatically runs
the server as a background daemon. Set the transport via
snap set ros-mcp-server transport=http (or transport=streamable-http)
and the daemon will start automatically.
Usage: ros-mcp-server # stdio transport (default) ros-mcp-server --transport http --port 9000 # HTTP transport ros-mcp-server --transport streamable-http --port 8080 # Streamable HTTP transport
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
To install ROS MCP Server, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install ros-mcp-server
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