[Announcement] Intel RealSense D555 with Native ROS 2 Support – Powered by Safe DDS

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We’re excited to share that Intel has just launched the RealSense Depth Camera D555, and it comes with native ROS 2 support out of the box – no additional installation required!

The D555 is powered by Safe DDS, an ISO 26262-certified implementation of the Data Distribution Service (DDS), designed specifically for safety-critical and embedded applications. Best of all, Safe DDS is fully interoperable with Fast DDS, the middleware powering ROS 2.

What does this mean for ROS 2 users?

  • Plug-and-play integration: Simply connect the D555 via Ethernet, and the camera will start streaming data directly to ROS 2 nodes on the network.
  • No extra setup needed: No additional drivers or ROS packages are necessary to get started.
  • Safety and reliability: Built on Safe DDS, the system is ready for demanding environments where robustness and determinism matter.

Learn more about the D555 camera:

We’re proud that Safe DDS is helping enable seamless, high-performance ROS 2 integration in the latest generation of RealSense cameras.

If you have questions about Safe DDS, Fast DDS, or ROS 2 integration, feel free to ask here!

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That is quite interesting, thanks for sharing!

I remember having some discussion related to using ROS 2 for these kind of use cases (see Deploying/distributing a ROS2 application as a standalone (self-contained) package on Windows is difficult. (We need a Snap equivalent for Windows) · Issue #1514 · ros2/ros2 · GitHub), and one of the blocking aspects seemed that ROS 2 does not guarantee any cross-distro compatibility (Cross-Distro/Vendor communication in ROS 2 · Issue #3288 · ros2/ros2_documentation · GitHub, Document that cross-distro communications are not guaranteed by christophebedard · Pull Request #5640 · ros2/ros2_documentation · GitHub).

How are you dealing with these in the context of Native ROS 2 support? Do the users that use that feature need to use a specific ROS 2 distro and a specific RMW?

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