RealSense USB Depth Cameras#

RealSense USB depth cameras provide color, depth, and motion data for robot perception workloads. Review the System Requirements before installing camera software.

Software#

Install the RealSense SDK 2.0 packages using the official librealsense Linux installation instructions

For ROS 2 Jazzy, install the required RealSense tools and ROS 2 wrapper from your configured package repositories.

NOTE: Prerequisites for the RealSense packages can be found in the Getting Started guide.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ros-jazzy-librealsense2-tools ros-jazzy-realsense2-camera

For ROS 2 Humble, install the required RealSense tools and ROS 2 wrapper from your configured package repositories.

NOTE: Prerequisites for the RealSense packages can be found in the Getting Started guide.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ros-humble-librealsense2-tools ros-humble-realsense2-camera

Next steps#

Individual Blueprints can require additional firmware, launch parameters, or camera calibration. Follow their prerequisites before using a camera in a robot application.