MCAP Logging + Foxglove

Key Insight

Debugging complex, multi-rate robotics systems requires recording high-frequency data streams—such as images, point clouds, and transforms—without sacrificing performance. Using MCAP as a lightweight, standardized container format allows efficient serialization and structured playback of these diverse messages. When integrated with Foxglove, developers can visualize live or recorded robot trajectories, coordinate frames, and camera feeds to quickly pinpoint where hardware or software behaviors diverged.