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That's correct. MATLAB is single-threaded to the user because it has a lot of internal functions that use multithreading.

So you have 2 options:

1. Open up multiple MATLAB instances and run separate scripts/functions. Obviously really heavy on the processing, so opening MATLAB without the desktop can help: https://blogs.mathworks.com/community/2010/02/22/launching-matlab-without-the-desktop/

2. Generating standalone C++ ROS nodes which requires your code to be placed in a Simulink model (and you also need the Simulink Coder and/or Embedded Coder toolbox). Then you can run these generated nodes from multiple terminals like any other ROS node. See this video for more info: https://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-and-simulink-robotics-arena-deploying-algorithms-to-ros-1510659362460.html

Sebastian

That's correct. MATLAB is single-threaded to the user because it has a lot of internal functions that use multithreading.

So you have 2 options:

1. Open up multiple MATLAB instances and run separate scripts/functions. Obviously really heavy on the processing, so opening MATLAB without the desktop can help: https://blogs.mathworks.com/community/2010/02/22/launching-matlab-without-the-desktop/https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlablinux.html

   matlab -nodesktop -nodisplay -r myNode

2. Generating standalone C++ ROS nodes which requires your code to be placed in a Simulink model (and you also need the Simulink Coder and/or Embedded Coder toolbox). Then you can run these generated nodes from multiple terminals like any other ROS node. See this video for more info: https://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-and-simulink-robotics-arena-deploying-algorithms-to-ros-1510659362460.html

Sebastian

That's correct. MATLAB is single-threaded to the user because it has a lot of internal functions that use multithreading.

So you have 2 options:

1. Open up multiple MATLAB instances and run separate scripts/functions. Obviously really heavy on the processing, so opening MATLAB without the desktop can help: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlablinux.html

matlab -nodesktop -nodisplay -r myNode

That's correct. MATLAB is single-threaded to the user because it has a lot of internal functions that use multithreading.

So you have 2 options:

1. Open up multiple MATLAB instances and run separate scripts/functions. Obviously really heavy on the processing, so opening MATLAB without the desktop and display can help: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlablinux.html

matlab -nodesktop -nodisplay -r myNode

1. Generating standalone C++ ROS nodes which requires your code to be placed in a Simulink model (and you also need the Simulink Coder and/or Embedded Coder toolbox). Then you can run these generated nodes from multiple terminals like any other ROS node. See this video for more info: https://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-and-simulink-robotics-arena-deploying-algorithms-to-ros-1510659362460.html

Sebastian

That's correct. MATLAB is single-threaded to the user because it has a lot of internal functions that use multithreading.

So you have 2 options:

matlab -nodesktop -nodisplay -r myNode

Sebastian