Tinca: ROS 2 Dashboards

A ROS 2 dashboard you build yourself. Drag widgets onto a canvas, save multiple layouts, switch robots in a tap.

Connect over Foxglove WebSocket or rosbridge. No cloud, no middleware, direct to your robot.

WHO IT'S FOR

Roboticists, hobbyists, students, and small teams who are tired of SSHing into their robot from a laptop every time they need a quick control session. Tinca is a configurable ROS 2 dashboard that runs on the phone already in your pocket.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Joysticks, gauges, cameras. A widget for every part of your robot. Command, monitor, debug.

- Build custom dashboards by dragging widgets onto a flexible grid
- Save up to three dashboards, each with portrait and landscape layouts
- Connect over Wi-Fi using Foxglove WebSocket or rosbridge
- Subscribe to topics, call services, send actions
- Switch between robots without reconfiguring everything

SMART AUTO-DETECTION

Connect to a robot and Tinca scans the topics it publishes. A smart wizard recommends pre-configured widgets for what it finds. While you build or edit a dashboard, widget configuration autocompletes with live topic suggestions, so you never need to remember exact topic names. Available on Free and Pro.

WORKS WITH ANY ROS 2 ROBOT

TurtleBot, Unitree Go2, SO-101, Clearpath Jackal, custom platforms in your lab. If it speaks ROS 2, Tinca speaks to it.

NO CLOUD. NO SERVER. DIRECT TO YOUR ROBOT.

Tinca connects directly to your robot over Wi-Fi. No accounts, no telemetry, no middleware to configure. Your data stays on your network.

WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE

16 widgets covering everything you need for a real control session: Single Joystick, Dual Joystick, D-Pad, Gamepad Buttons, Custom Button, Camera Feed, Battery Gauge, Velocity Gauge, Compass, Knob, Slider, Toggle Switch, Value Display, Heartbeat, Indicator Light, and Publish Log. Plus two connection protocols (Foxglove WebSocket and rosbridge) and compressed camera topic support.

UPGRADE TO PRO ONCE, KEEP IT FOREVER

One-time payment, lifetime unlock. No subscription. Pro adds:

- 14 advanced widgets: Joint Sliders, GPS Display, IMU Display, Pose Display, Robot Status, TimeSeries, Map2D, LaserScan Viewer, Topic Log, Topic Publisher, Notification Feed, Sparkline, Parameter Editor, Action Client
- WebRTC and MJPEG video options for lower latency than the compressed topic
- HUD overlay mode: place widgets directly on top of camera feeds or maps for fullscreen real-time control without losing your tools
- Advanced configuration on free widgets: velocity curves, deadzones, axis mapping, hold and toggle and service-call modes, bidirectional feedback sync, per-button labels and colors, and value thresholds

OPEN CORE

Tinca is built on ros-mobile-bridge, our open-source connection library, licensed Apache 2.0. Inspect it, fork it, build on it.

BUILT FOR FIELD AND LAB

Smooth 60fps rendering. Efficient message handling. Minimal battery drain even during long sessions.

Android today. iOS on the way.

Made by Auri Labs. More at aurilabs.tech/tinca.

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