ROS Distributed Computation

1. Make sure all machines are connected to the same network.

2. edit /etc/hosts:

command: gedit /etc/hosts

Master:

<slave IP> <slave name>

Slave:

<master IP> <master name>

3. set static IP address:

Master:

command: gedit ~/.bashrc

add:

export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://<Master IP>:11311

export ROS_HOSTNAME=<Master IP>

Slave:

command: gedit ~/.bashrc

add:

export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://<Master IP>:11311

export ROS_HOSTNAME=<Slave IP>