diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rosgraph-msgs_1.9.41.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rosgraph-msgs_1.9.41.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f39fd8d2be32a6a31e823d7b5a1193237cc55c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rosgraph-msgs_1.9.41.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "C++ ROS message and service generators."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/ros_comm-release/archive/release/rosgraph_msgs/1.9.41.tar.gz;downloadfilename=rosgraph-msgs_1.9.41.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "741009a25766157ac436f836b5bf5519"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ec8302229ad51d1174c72d12f5e849c924a8e6d5a13c42fee76f7738d15405f2"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/ros_comm-release-release-rosgraph_msgs-1.9.41"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native message-generation std-msgs"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  -Dmessage_generation_DIR=${STAGING_DATADIR}/message_generation/cmake/ \
+  "
+
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostest_1.9.41.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostest_1.9.41.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a26b61a039329639dbb7554f52c669143ca861a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostest_1.9.41.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Integration test suite based on roslaunch that is compatible with xUnit frameworks."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/ros_comm-release/archive/release/rostest/1.9.41.tar.gz;downloadfilename=rostest_1.9.41.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "82c09640a27dedc6b1eabed2951a23dd"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f259d89e5ce02359c65dfc5bdb6c62be104600ddcb62ce6f9cffd630ff99a55d"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/ros_comm-release-release-rostest-1.9.41"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native boost rosunit"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  -Drosunit_DIR=${STAGING_DATADIR}/rosunit/cmake/ \
+  "
+
+export BUILD_SYS
+export HOST_SYS
+export STAGING_LIBDIR
+export STAGING_INCDIR
+
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/roswtf_1.9.41.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/roswtf_1.9.41.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a1784037b6b6aea56dd46ddba2442d992b3f651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/roswtf_1.9.41.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "roswtf is a tool for diagnosing issues with a running ROS system. Think of it as a FAQ implemented in code."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/ros_comm-release/archive/release/roswtf/1.9.41.tar.gz;downloadfilename=roswtf_1.9.41.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "422724ca5fb8bb1424f1cd7f73c9f7aa"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "74f8028c7eb43e2507d70461257c48cca3c4ea162eaf66e0163d307846d32ce3"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/ros_comm-release-release-roswtf-1.9.41"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native rostest"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  -Drostest_DIR=${STAGING_DATADIR}/rostest/cmake/ \
+  "
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/roslib_1.9.42.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/roslib_1.9.42.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95bc1d68d0a317bc0a05ad49113d1a61efd3b217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/roslib_1.9.42.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Base dependencies and support libraries for ROS."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=9;endline=9;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/ros-release/archive/release/roslib/1.9.42.tar.gz;downloadfilename=roslib_1.9.42.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3234ab5475e80e2598a534ab94066b40"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9443166266ba025984552d764c0a74e7d4a79f9ef3b533c5de6d3220f4aa03e8"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-release-release-roslib-1.9.42"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native boost rospack"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+    -Drospack_DIR=${STAGING_DATADIR}/rospack/cmake/ \
+  "
+
+export BUILD_SYS
+export HOST_SYS
+export STAGING_LIBDIR
+export STAGING_INCDIR
+
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/rosunit_1.9.42.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/rosunit_1.9.42.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a7255513692ebaff2ca73fd23d82225f0ddafdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/rosunit_1.9.42.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Unit-testing package for ROS. This is a lower-level library for rostest and handles unit tests, whereas rostest handles integration tests."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/ros-release/archive/release/rosunit/1.9.42.tar.gz;downloadfilename=rosunit_1.9.42.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "1ddf9898fdde848e7ccaea88abb62296"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "65ef24469c572f5b4105b95db3830a565e0de71f8f9c8982ecf80b3244ca9a33"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-release-release-rosunit-1.9.42"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  "
+
+export BUILD_SYS
+export HOST_SYS
+export STAGING_LIBDIR
+export STAGING_INCDIR
+
diff --git a/recipes-ros/rospack/rospack_2.1.16.bb b/recipes-ros/rospack/rospack_2.1.16.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6231d841d33b912f804726a5488764fb81f3c452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/rospack/rospack_2.1.16.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "ROS Package Tool"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=6;endline=6;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/rospack-release/archive/release/rospack/2.1.16.tar.gz;downloadfilename=rospack_2.1.16.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "35b37d6bea2ed092e9265dd975b3be17"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a9a997ea584ef2c41a78e03e3b24d315dc1020545b2a1a0cde474d24fe912f24"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/rospack-release-release-rospack-2.1.16"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native boost python libtinyxml"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  "
diff --git a/recipes-ros/std-msgs/std-msgs_0.5.7.bb b/recipes-ros/std-msgs/std-msgs_0.5.7.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..062d3c099a1ba6c92fff4a96d84888e32acb0bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/std-msgs/std-msgs_0.5.7.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Standard ROS Messages including common message types representing primitive data types and other basic message constructs, such as multiarrays. \
+    For common, generic robot-specific message types, please see common_msgs."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=9;endline=9;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros-gbp/std_msgs-release/archive/release/std_msgs/0.5.7.tar.gz;downloadfilename=std-msgs_0.5.7.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "7665733101cc69106dd7a2902dc67f19"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "636f0871d52531d6764d7b26ded476a49881e5e9166999efed2f1a6ee3787fec"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/std_msgs-release-release-std_msgs-0.5.7"
+
+DEPENDS = "catkin-native message-generation"
+# also depends on genlisp
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/*"
+
+inherit cmake pythonnative
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
+  -Dmessage_generation_DIR=${STAGING_DATADIR}/message_generation/cmake/ \
+  "
+