ROSscope v0.1.0 brings Prometheus-style monitoring to ROS 2 fleets
One command deploy with native ROS 2 awareness and anomaly detection.
ROSscope v0.1.0, released by developer jawad-glitch, is an open-source observability platform purpose-built for ROS 2 robot fleets. Think of it as Prometheus + Grafana but with native ROS 2 awareness. The system monitors every topic in real time, capturing publish rate, message count, and publisher health. It automatically detects anomalies using statistical z-score baselines, allowing teams to catch issues before they cascade. An interactive graph maps live publisher/subscriber relationships, and the platform tracks service availability and node lifecycle states. Alert management supports firing, acknowledged, and resolved states with notes.
The platform includes a pre-built Grafana dashboard that auto-provisions on first boot. Deployment is trivial: a single curl command or a Docker pull (jawadglitch/rosscope:latest). Currently tested on ROS 2 Humble, the v0.1.0 release is functional. The roadmap promises multi-robot fleet support, persistent storage, and auto-remediation. Contributions and feedback are welcome on GitHub.
- Real-time topic monitoring with publish rate, message count, and publisher health
- Statistical anomaly detection using z-score baseline, plus alert management lifecycle
- One command install via curl or Docker with pre-built, auto-provisioned Grafana dashboard
Why It Matters
Zero-config observability for ROS 2 fleets saves debugging time and prevents robot failures.