Attention: Answers.ros.org is deprecated as of August the 11th, 2023. Please visit robotics.stackexchange.com to ask a new question. This site will remain online in read-only mode during the transition and into the foreseeable future. Selected questions and answers have been migrated, and redirects have been put in place to direct users to the corresponding questions on Robotics Stack Exchange. Additional details are available here.

Can several publishers publish on a single topic

asked 2011-11-22 20:58:09 -0600

quimnuss
169 ●8 ●12 ●20

... or that doesn't make any sense?

edit retag flag offensive close merge delete

add a comment

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted

answered 2011-11-22 21:45:48 -0600

Ben_S

2500 ●14 ●29 ●53

Yes it is possible and sometimes even useful. For example: we are using it to teleop our robot from multiple devices (by keyboard and android smartphones) that all publish to the /cmd_vel topic.

edit flag offensive delete link

add a comment

Question Tools

Stats

Asked: 2011-11-22 20:58:09 -0600

Seen: 1,288 times

Last updated: Nov 22 '11

Can several publishers publish on a single topic edit

1 Answer

Question Tools

Stats

Related questions

Can several publishers publish on a single topic