Quadruped
Build reliable quadrupeds faster with Foxglove.
Foxglove is a purpose-built platform to visually debug and manage multimodal data, so you can accelerate and scale your physical AI development.
Visualization
Debug your quadruped in real time.
Visualize and interact with your quadruped in a rich 3D scene—complete with point clouds, transforms, camera feeds, and meshes. Stream live or recorded data at high rates to debug joint sync, gait transitions, or balance issues quickly and intuitively.
Analysis
Correlate patterns and better understand behavior.
Plot sensor and control data over time to spot patterns in velocity, orientation, or contact timing. Share customized layouts with charts, diagnostics, and 3D views to collaborate effectively and accelerate debugging across your team.
Connecting to data
Build better, reliable quadrupeds faster.
Stream or replay data seamlessly, organize logs, and filter by sensors or time slices. Overlay terrain maps or GPS to understand your quadruped's behavior in context and manage data efficiently as you scale from one robot to many.
Data Management
Foxglove streamlines your data management, so you can focus on building reliable quadrupeds, faster.
Foxglove simplifies data serialization, transportation, and processing—whether you're dealing with asynchronous data streams from diverse sources or trawling through petabytes of recorded data.
FAQ
Can I try Foxglove for free?
Yes, absolutely. Foxglove's free plan is available to everyone and will remain free forever. You can have up to 3 developer seats, 10 GB of cloud storage, and 5 connected devices (i.e., robots).
Are academic discounts available to students and researchers?
Yes. Students, professors, and researchers alike—anyone using Foxglove for academic purposes—can access Foxglove free of charge. Invite your entire lab or team, leverage the data platform, and take advantage of all Foxglove features to help advance the robotics community at large.
Can Foxglove be used for my particular robotics application?
Most likely, yes. Foxglove supports a wide range of data formats and offers several connection options, including the ability to use local files with no internet connectivity. Foxglove's extensibility also allows you to build bespoke panels, convert custom messages, alias topic names, and configure layouts to suit your unique needs. Read the documentation at docs.foxglove.dev/docs/connecting-to-data/introduction#data-sources to learn more.
What data formats does Foxglove support?
Foxglove natively supports MCAP, ROS 1, ROS 2, and custom formats like Protobuf, JSON, or FlatBuffers, using an encoding-agnostic WebSocket connection or a local or remote MCAP file.
What development workflows can Foxglove help my team with?
Foxglove's primary use cases include multimodal data visualization and management. Visualizing all your robotic data on a single screen enables you to troubleshoot and debug issues more quickly. Managing data through Foxglove's connections and platform creates seamless development loops: while your robot operates and records data, you identify issues, make improvements, redeploy, and repeat.
Are data recordings uploaded to Foxglove secure?
Yes, absolutely. Foxglove enforces HTTPS on all connections, encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.2, and secures data at rest with AES 256-bit encryption. Foxglove also uses single sign-on (SSO) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) for secure authentication. Additionally, Foxglove is SOC 2 Type II certified and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant. View the security page at foxglove.dev/security to learn more.
How long does it take to integrate and start using the Foxglove platform?
You can start using the Foxglove platform instantly. Simply drag .bag or .mcap files onto the screen to begin visualizing your data. Connecting to your robot is just as easy—use a WebSocket, the Foxglove Rosbridge, or the Foxglove Agent.
Do I need to sign up for a paid plan for my team to use Foxglove?
Not if your team has 3 or fewer developer seats. If your team needs more seats, you will need to sign up for the Pro plan to continue using Foxglove.