# Is RE3 possible to use ROS1

**URL:** <https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/is-re3-possible-to-use-ros1/974>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/is-re3-possible-to-use-ros1/974 "2024-05-09T00:37:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yongbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yongbo](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/Yongbo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/is-re3-possible-to-use-ros1/974/1 "2024-05-09T00:37:34Z")

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Our lab has received the RE3. We would like to know it is possible to use ROS1 in RE3.

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**Author:** ![Mohamed\_Fazil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/mohamed_fazil/32/261_2.png) [@Mohamed\_Fazil](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/Mohamed_Fazil)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/is-re3-possible-to-use-ros1/974/2 "2024-05-10T16:47:51Z")

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Hi @Yongbo, To run ROS1, you would have to use our stretch\_ros package, which requires an Ubuntu 20.04 stretch install. We have stopped active development for this version, and all the latest features that are well-tested and compatible with Stretch 3 are only available with the ROS2 Humble Ubuntu 22.04 stretch install. Therefore, only ROS2 Humble with Ubuntu 22.04 is currently recommended for Stretch 3.  
If your application still requires ROS1 for some reason, you could experiment. You could try [ROS1-ROS2 Bridge](https://industrial-training-master.readthedocs.io/en/melodic/_source/session7/ROS1-ROS2-bridge.html), run ROS1 nodes in a [docker](https://wiki.ros.org/docker/Tutorials/Docker) environment, and use the pre-install stretch\_ros2 in humble to drive the robot.

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**Author:** ![Yongbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yongbo](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/Yongbo)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/is-re3-possible-to-use-ros1/974/3 "2024-05-15T23:59:51Z")

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Thanks. I try to run ros 1 in my pc and bridge ros1 and 2 by bridge. Then communication by ros 2 for multiple machines.