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Connect to ROS Network

Step 2 of 6 in Getting Started with ROS Connectivity

Set the MATLAB® and ROS IP addresses in the environment variable. For more information on environment variables, see Connect to a ROS Network. Execute these commands in the MATLAB sequentially to connect to the existing ROS network.

matlabIP = '192.168.0.103'; % IP address of MATLAB host PC
rosIP = '192.168.0.103';    % IP address of ROS enabled machine
setenv('ROS_IP',matlabIP); 
setenv('ROS_MASTER_URI',['http://' rosIP ':11311']);

Initialize MATLAB global node and connect to the existing ROS network.

rosinit;
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