# ROS-Sensor

> Developer Tools

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6763729159](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6763729159)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6763729159`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Burf Development
- **Category:** Developer Tools
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-29
- **First published:** 2026-04-28
- **Size:** 1.62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ros-sensor/id6763729159)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://burf.co/contact.php](https://burf.co/contact.php)

## Description

ROS2 Sensor turns your iPhone or iPad into a fully-featured ROS2 sensor node. Using native DDS communication, it publishes real-time sensor data directly to your ROS2 network — no rosbridge or middleware required.                                                                                                                                                                                 

Supported sensors:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  - IMU (accelerometer + gyroscope) — sensor_msgs/Imu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  - GPS location — sensor_msgs/NavSatFix                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  - Camera — sensor_msgs/CompressedImage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  - Barometer — sensor_msgs/FluidPressure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  - LiDAR point clouds — sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 (Pro devices)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  - ARKit 6DOF pose tracking — geometry_msgs/PoseStamped                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Perfect for robotics researchers, hobbyists, and developers who want to leverage the high-quality sensors in their Apple devices for ROS2 projects. Use your phone as an IMU, a mobile camera, a GPS source, or even a LiDAR scanner for your robot.                                                                                                                                                  

Requires a local network with ROS2 nodes to communicate with.

## Rankings

- #1,863,125 — Overall

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