# Looking to buy UR16e, what is current (18th Dec 2019) ROS support? **URL:** \ **Category:** ROS\ **Created:** [December 18, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890 "2019-12-18T16:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon24941150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@anon24941150](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon24941150)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/1 "2019-12-18T16:08:42Z")
Hi My company is looking to buy a cobot with extensive ROS support. We were previously using the Sawyer and its Intera SDK, but we are now looking at alternatives. I have not been able to find out if the UR16e has a similar level of SDK and driver support as the rethink sawyer. To take an example, if I wanted to create a simple planar movement path with the UR16e in ROS, with c++ or python, using sensors such as RGBD cameras for collision avoidance, visualizing the model and output in RVIZ, does the capability exist now to do this? Thanks! PS apologies to jbm who I private messaged, I could not post in the forum before but now appear to have permissions, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Savoia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/savoia/32/4844_2.png) [@Savoia](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Savoia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/2 "2019-12-18T16:48:54Z")
Hi Ross, Where are you located? You should check out this page on our main website to find the local contact near you. [https://www.universal-robots.com/distributors/](https://www.universal-robots.com/distributors/) Also, we are proud to say that UR has offically released a ROS driver for UR. You can read more about it here: [Universal Robots launches ROS driver](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/universal-robots-launches-ros-driver/5289) ---
**Author:** ![anon24941150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@anon24941150](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon24941150)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/3 "2019-12-20T14:25:46Z")
Thank you for your response! Someone has contacted me from UK distribution. Hope you have a great christmas! ---
**Author:** ![anon24941150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@anon24941150](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon24941150)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/4 "2019-12-20T16:49:24Z")
Hi Looking at the github page, the driver only has launch files for the 3, 5 and 10, not the 16. Is it actually supported out of the box? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Savoia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/savoia/32/4844_2.png) [@Savoia](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Savoia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/5 "2019-12-20T18:08:01Z")
This is worth opening an issue on the GitHub around this if you see something missing. I would recommend that. ---
**Author:** ![nah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/nah/32/1589_2.png) [@nah](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/nah)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/6 "2019-12-27T08:39:34Z")
We’ve waited since October for ROS support of the 16e. There is a thread here on the forum. The last response was that it wasn’t “high priority” ---
**Author:** ![mauch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mauch](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mauch)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/looking-to-buy-ur16e-what-is-current-18th-dec-2019-ros-support/5890/7 "2020-01-07T10:22:01Z")
Please see github issues [ROS support for UR16e · Issue #73 · UniversalRobots/Universal\_Robots\_ROS\_Driver · GitHub](https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_ROS_Driver/issues/73#issuecomment-570622997) and [Add support for UR16e · Issue #460 · ros-industrial/universal\_robot · GitHub](https://github.com/ros-industrial/universal_robot/issues/460). We will keep the discussion there.