What to Expect From Foxglove at ROSCon 2023

Esther Weon ·

6 min read

Published October 11, 2023

Catch the Foxglove team at ROSCon 2023 later this month (October 18 - 20) in beautiful New Orleans!

Swing by Booth 21-22 to meet the team, see live product demos, and pick up some limited edition Foxglove swag.

Check out some of the exciting product updates we’ve shipped since we last attended ROSCon:

Data sources

• MCAP as ROS 2 default
  ROS 2 users can record their data directly to MCAP files, for easy analysis with third-party tools like Foxglove

• ROS 2 message types over the wire
  Fetch type descriptions for ROS 2 topics at runtime

• ROS 2 IDL support
  Visualize ROS 2 data with message schemas defined using the OMG Interface Definition and Language spec

• New Foxglove bridge connection
  Connect more reliably to live ROS 1 and 2 data

Visualization

• Drag-and-drop topics
  Easily multi-select topics for instant visualization

• URDF support
  Visualize meshes in the context of a 3D scene with collision geometries

• Point clouds
  Visualize point clouds with your own custom colors

• New Image panel
  Superimpose text labels and 2D and 3D annotations on camera images

• Message converters
  Convert your custom messages into supported schemas for visualization

Data management

• Free Team trial
  Enjoy 14 days of free data management and collaboration features on signup

• Data storage everywhere
  Manage data in our Foxglove-hosted cloud (US or EU), your own self-managed cloud account, or on-premises at an edge site wherever your robots operate

• More data attributes
  Enrich your MCAP files with metadata and attachments, and add custom properties to devices for easier search and discovery

• SSO support
  Use Microsoft or Okta SSO to securely log in to your Foxglove account

• Foxglove Insights
  Understand your team’s data usage

Feel free to swing by our ROSCon booth for a demo of any of these features in-person!

If you have more questions, you can schedule a meeting with our team beforehand by contacting us directly.

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