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Intel RealSense SDK 2.0

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Intel RealSense SDK 2.0 is the official library suite for working with Intel RealSense cameras. It provides access to depth and color streams as well as device calibration data.

The SDK serves as the foundation for integration with ROS wrappers and projects based on the librealsense library, used in robotics, 3D perception, and computer vision applications.

Maturity and adoption
Technology readiness level and adoption scale
TRL 9
Proven in operational conditions
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First release1 January 2017
Last update22 March 2026
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Intel RealSense hardware and software manufacturer.

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Perception
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Intel RealSense✦

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RealSenseIntel RealSense SDK family
Last updated: 22 March 2026
Software types
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SDK

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An SDK (Software Development Kit) is a curated set of libraries, interfaces, tools, sample code, and documentation intended for building applications and integrating with a specific hardware device, platform, or service. In robotics, an SDK typically exposes device control, telemetry, sensor access, configuration, and execution functions, significantly reducing the time-to-first-integration for developers targeting a specific robot or platform.

Aliases:Software Development KitDevelopment Kit

Developer Tool

A Developer Tool is software designed to support the development workflow, including configuration, debugging, testing, monitoring, validation, and integration of robotic and embedded systems. Examples include IDE plugins, visual debuggers, log analysers, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test harnesses, and code-generation utilities specific to robotics platforms.

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Perception

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