MiniCERNBot ROS2

Control and stream camera data from MiniCERNBot robots using ROS2. Adjust JPEG quality, frame rate and resolution for real-time robotics experiments and education.

MiniCERNBot ROS2 is an educational and research application designed to stream camera data from MiniCERNBot mobile robots using the ROS2 middleware.

The app allows a smartphone to act as a camera publisher, transmitting images in real time to ROS2 systems running on external computers or robotic platforms. It is designed for robotics education, experimentation and rapid prototyping of perception pipelines.

Using a simple interface, users can control the image publishing process and tune the parameters that affect network usage and image quality.

Features

• Real-time camera streaming from iPhone to ROS2 systems • Adjustable frame rate using IPG (Inter-Packet Gap) • Configurable JPEG compression quality • Adjustable image resolution • Front and rear camera support • Network configuration display for quick connection • Designed for robotics experimentation and teaching

Educational use

MiniCERNBot ROS2 is intended for use in robotics courses, research laboratories and educational demonstrations. It provides a simple way to integrate smartphone cameras into ROS2 perception pipelines.

The application has been developed as part of robotics education initiatives related to the MiniCERNBot platform, used in academic environments for teaching mobile robotics, teleoperation and computer vision.

Typical use cases

• robotics perception experiments • ROS2 camera publisher testing • network streaming experiments • mobile robot teleoperation setups • educational robotics laboratories

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: http://blogs.uji.es/irs/files/2026/07/2026_03_19_MinicernbotIOS_ROS2_AppVideo.mp4 https://cernbox.cern.ch/s/JLmRNS84thhQKJr