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time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

ros-mcp-server · Summary

ROS MCP Server connects AI models like Claude & GPT with robots via ROS without changing existing robot code.

time · Use cases

  • Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
  • Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
  • Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

ros-mcp-server · Use cases

  • Controlling mobile manipulators in simulation environments
  • Enabling natural language control for quadruped robots
  • Debugging industrial robots through natural language queries

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}

ros-mcp-server · Install

Installation

  1. Install the package via pip:

``bash pip install ros-mcp-server ``

  1. Set up your ROS environment (ROS 1 or ROS 2)
  1. Add the rosbridge node to your ROS setup
  1. Configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) with:

``json { "mcpServers": { "ros": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "ros_mcp_server.server"], "env": {} } } } ``

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