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On November 10, 2026, LiveKit released LiveKit Portal for ROS 2. According to the LiveKit product and engineering blog, this is a standalone ROS 2 node that connects the ROS graph to LiveKit rooms via WebRTC, allowing ROS and non-ROS participants to exchange topics, service calls, and video. The node supports four types of data pathways: topics are forwarded bidirectionally via DataTracks, service calls are routed via LiveKit RPC, images are published as VideoTracks, and video sources can be published directly bypassing ROS; ROS-to-ROS retains the native CDR format, while ROS-to-non-ROS can be encoded as JSON with an accompanying JSON Schema. The node is provided as a Docker image and a Debian package, supports ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted, and Lyrical, and can connect to LiveKit Cloud or self-hosted servers. There are currently no reports of further developments.
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LiveKit Releases ROS 2 Portal, Connecting the ROS Graph to LiveKit Rooms
LiveKit has released LiveKit Portal for ROS 2, a standalone ROS 2 node that connects the ROS graph to LiveKit rooms via WebRTC, enabling ROS and non-ROS participants to exchange topics, service calls, and video. It supports four types of data pathways: topics are forwarded bidirectionally via DataTracks, service calls are routed via LiveKit RPC, images are published as VideoTracks, and video sources can be published directly bypassing ROS; ROS-to-ROS retains the native CDR format, while ROS-to-non-ROS can be encoded as JSON with an accompanying JSON Schema. The node is provided as a Docker image and a Debian package, supports ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted, and Lyrical, and can connect to LiveKit Cloud or self-hosted servers.