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gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
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Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro jazzy showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro kilted showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro rolling showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro galactic showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro iron showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

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gz-sensors9

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Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

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Build Status
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Ubuntu Noble Build Status
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Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange

No version for distro noetic showing github. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.
Package symbol

gz-sensors9 package from gz-sensors repo

gz-sensors9

ROS Distro
github

Package Summary

Tags No category tags.
Version 9.2.0
License Apache License 2.0
Build type CMAKE
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Description Provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments.
Checkout URI https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sensors.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version gz-sensors9
Last Updated 2025-07-10
Dev Status UNKNOWN
Released UNRELEASED
Tags robotics simulation gazebo sensors hacktoberfest robotics-simulation ignition-rendering ignition-robotics gazebosim ignition-sensors sensors-models
Contributing Help Wanted (-)
Good First Issues (-)
Pull Requests to Review (-)

Package Description

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Ian Chen

Authors

No additional authors.

Gazebo Sensors : Sensor models for simulation

Maintainer: ichen AT openrobotics DOT org

GitHub open issues GitHub open pull requests Discourse topics Hex.pm

Build Status
Test coverage codecov
Ubuntu Noble Build Status
Homebrew Build Status
Windows Build Status

Gazebo Sensors, a component of Gazebo, provides numerous sensor models designed to generate realistic data from simulation environments. Gazebo Sensors is used in conjunction with Gazebo Libraries, and especially relies on the rendering capabilities from Gazebo Rendering and physics simulation from Gazebo Physics.

Table of Contents

Features

Install

Usage

Folder Structure

Code of Conduct

Contributing

Versioning

License

Features

Gazebo Sensors provides a set of sensors models that can be configured at run time to mimic specific real-world sensors. A noise model is also provided that can be used to introduce Gaussian or custom noise models into sensor streams.

Supported Sensors

Sensor Name API Link SDF Element Notes
Air Pressure Sensor AirPressureSensor <air_pressure> Measures atmospheric pressure
Air Speed Sensor AirSpeedSensor N/A Measures the speed of air relative to the sensor
Altimeter AltimeterSensor <altimeter> Measures altitude above a reference point
Bounding Box Camera BoundingBoxCameraSensor <camera> Captures images with bounding box annotations
Camera CameraSensor <camera> Captures standard RGB images
Depth Camera DepthCameraSensor <depth_camera> Captures depth information
Doppler Velocity Log DopplerVelocityLog N/A Measures relative velocity of an underwater vehicle
Force-Torque ForceTorqueSensor <force_torque> Measures forces and torques on a joint
GPU Lidar GpuLidarSensor <lidar> Simulates a 3D laser scanner using GPU acceleration
IMU ImuSensor <imu> Measures linear acceleration and angular velocity
Logical Camera LogicalCameraSensor <logical_camera> Detects models within a specified volume
Magnetometer MagnetometerSensor <magnetometer> Measures magnetic field strength and direction
NavSat (GPS) NavSatSensor <navsat> Simulates GPS-like positioning sensor
RGBD Camera RGBDCameraSensor <camera> Captures RGB + Depth streams
Segmentation Camera SegmentationCameraSensor <camera> Captures labeled segmentation images
Thermal Camera ThermalCameraSensor <camera> Detects heat signature
Wide Angle Camera WideAngleCameraSensor <camera> Captures wide field of view

Install

See the installation tutorial.

Usage

Please refer to the examples directory.

A list of sensors and SDF examples can be found in the SDF specification

Folder Structure

Refer to the following table for information about important directories and files in this repository.

├── examples                  Example programs.
├── include/gz/sensors        Header files that will be installed.
├── src                       Source files and unit tests.
├── test
│    ├── integration          Integration tests.
│    ├── performance          Performance tests.
│    └── regression           Regression tests.
├── tutorials                 Tutorials, written in markdown.
├── Changelog.md              Changelog.
├── CMakeLists.txt            CMake build script.
└── README.md                 This readme.

Contributing

Please see the contribution guide.

Code of Conduct

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CHANGELOG
No CHANGELOG found.

Package Dependencies

Deps Name
gz-cmake4
gz-common6
gz-math8
gz-msgs11
gz-rendering9
gz-transport14
sdformat15

System Dependencies

Dependant Packages

Name Deps
gz-sim9

Launch files

No launch files found

Messages

No message files found.

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

Recent questions tagged gz-sensors9 at Robotics Stack Exchange