[GSoC 2026] Scalable Multi-Robot Simulation in ROS 2 and Gazebo
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This article describes a GSoC project by Open Robotics contributor Jiayi Cai aimed at simplifying multi-robot simulation in ROS 2 and Gazebo.
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“Organization: Open Robotics Contributor: Jiayi Cai ( @C88-YQ ) Mentor: Addisu Taddese ( @azeey ) Community Meeting Talk : Talk video ; Talk slides Project Overview Multi-robot simulation is widely used in robotics research and development, including warehouse automation, robot swarms, and multi-robot coordination. However, setting up a multi-robot simulation in ROS 2 and Gazebo can require a lot of repetitive configu”
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Reported quantity · Simulation scale (robots): 12 robots · Basis not reported
“the same bridge instance, manually configured bridges take priority, and automated bridging handles the remaining interfaces. To evaluate the overhead of continuous discovery and matching, I tested the automated bridge with a simulation containing 12 robots, 124 Gazebo topics, and 94 Gazebo services, along with a separate ROS 2 node providing 115 topics and 44 services. With actual bridge creation disabled during thi”
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Reported quantity · Gazebo topics count: 124 other · Basis not reported
“the same bridge instance, manually configured bridges take priority, and automated bridging handles the remaining interfaces. To evaluate the overhead of continuous discovery and matching, I tested the automated bridge with a simulation containing 12 robots, 124 Gazebo topics, and 94 Gazebo services, along with a separate ROS 2 node providing 115 topics and 44 services. With actual bridge creation disabled during thi”
Exact source · revision 2Source owner not reported
Reported quantity · Gazebo services count: 94 other · Basis not reported
“the same bridge instance, manually configured bridges take priority, and automated bridging handles the remaining interfaces. To evaluate the overhead of continuous discovery and matching, I tested the automated bridge with a simulation containing 12 robots, 124 Gazebo topics, and 94 Gazebo services, along with a separate ROS 2 node providing 115 topics and 44 services. With actual bridge creation disabled during thi”
Exact source · revision 2Source owner not reported
Reported quantity · ROS 2 topics count: 115 other · Basis not reported
“the same bridge instance, manually configured bridges take priority, and automated bridging handles the remaining interfaces. To evaluate the overhead of continuous discovery and matching, I tested the automated bridge with a simulation containing 12 robots, 124 Gazebo topics, and 94 Gazebo services, along with a separate ROS 2 node providing 115 topics and 44 services. With actual bridge creation disabled during thi”
Exact source · revision 2Source owner not reported
Reported quantity · ROS 2 services count: 44 other · Basis not reported
“the same bridge instance, manually configured bridges take priority, and automated bridging handles the remaining interfaces. To evaluate the overhead of continuous discovery and matching, I tested the automated bridge with a simulation containing 12 robots, 124 Gazebo topics, and 94 Gazebo services, along with a separate ROS 2 node providing 115 topics and 44 services. With actual bridge creation disabled during thi”
Exact source · revision 2Source owner not reported
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This article describes a GSoC project by Open Robotics contributor Jiayi Cai aimed at simplifying multi-robot simulation in ROS 2 and Gazebo.
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