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ReductStore v1.19: Open Data Backbone for Robotics and ROS

· 4 min read

ReductStore v1.19.0 Released

ReductStore 1.19.0 is now available. This release extends the storage model for robotics and telemetry workloads and introduces new integration points for ROS and Zenoh.

To download the latest release, visit the Download Page.

What's new in 1.19.0?

The first major change in v1.19 is licensing. ReductStore Core is now open source under Apache 2.0, which makes the core database easier to evaluate, integrate, and extend in production systems.

The second major change is the data model. ReductStore now supports hierarchical entry names, similar to ROS topics, and adds entry attachments for schemas and metadata. This makes it possible to represent structured robotics data without flattening topic hierarchies or moving context into external systems.

The release also introduces a native Zenoh API for direct ingestion and querying over Zenoh, and ReductBridge for ROS1 and ROS2 integration.

Visualize Robotics Data in Grafana with ReductStore

· 5 min read
Alexey Timin
Co-founder & CTO - Database & Systems Engineering

Grafana query editor with ReductROS extension

Grafana is a powerful tool for visualizing time-series data, and it is widely used for monitoring and analysis. However, it does not natively understand robotics data formats, such as ROS 2 messages, since they are usually stored in binary formats (e.g., CDR). ReductStore's flexible query engine and extension system can bridge this gap. With the ReductROS extension, you can extract ROS 2 messages as JSON directly in Grafana queries. This enables you to build rich dashboards and alerts on your robotics data without preprocessing it into a different format.