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Orion's trajectory around the Moon visualized in the Foxglove 3D panel

Visualizing the Artemis II Mission

CommunityTutorialVisualizationJul 20, 2026

In April 2026, four astronauts flew around the Moon for the first time in over fifty years. I built a Foxglove visualization of the Artemis II mission: Orion's real trajectory through inertial space in 3D, 476 mission photos synchronized to the timeline, and a custom photo-stepper extension that turns the whole thing into a navigable album.

ros2_medkit Foxglove extension in action

When you can't reach the robot: SOVD diagnostics and OTA updates in Foxglove via the ros2_medkit extension

CommunityROSTutorialJul 15, 2026

When your connection to a warehouse robot drops, ros2_medkit brings SOVD diagnostics, on-robot failure capture, and OTA repair actions into Foxglove panels—so you can see the problem and fix it in one application.

An SO-101 arm teleoperated live with camera feeds and joint/action plots in Foxglove

Native Foxglove Visualization in LeRobot

Product ReleaseTutorialVisualizationJul 8, 2026

LeRobot 0.6.0 adds Foxglove as a native visualization backend. Pass --display_mode=foxglove to teleoperate, record, and rollout, or replay any dataset as a seekable timeline — all streaming to the Foxglove app with no extra code.

The LeKiwi robot with its OAK-D S2 pan-tilt camera on a desk, next to a monitor showing a pointcloud in Foxglove and a Steam Deck

Visualizing Depth Maps and Pointclouds from the OAK-D S2 in Foxglove

CommunityTutorialJun 18, 2026

How I integrated a Luxonis OAK-D S2 stereo depth camera into my LeKiwi robot's ROS 2 stack — configuring the depthai-ros driver for low bandwidth, compressing pointclouds with Cloudini, and visualizing RGB images, depth maps, and pointclouds in Foxglove's 3D panel.

The LeKiwi mobile robot on a desk, with its pan-tilt camera, 360° LiDAR, and omni wheels

Autonomous Navigation with LeKiwi and Nav2

CommunityTutorialJun 9, 2026

How I added autonomous navigation to my LeKiwi robot with Nav2 — covering LiDAR filtering, mapping with slam_toolbox, localization with AMCL, and configuring Nav2 for a holonomic base, all visualized and controlled from Foxglove.