Can master(raspberry pi) and slave(jetson nano) have different Ros distros?

Jetson nano comes with ubuntu 18.04 and ros kinetic is supported in 16.04. Can I install ros melodic on my jetson nano. Will I be still able to establish a connection by connecting to ros nodes of ros slave?

Thanks in advance.

Asked by PriyaKonda on 2021-05-12 10:26:31 UTC

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If I am not mistaken if you try to use two different ROS versions when you exchange information via a topic/service you will get an error indicating that there is an mismatch in the md5sum of the msgs.

Something like this: https://answers.ros.org/question/226746/subcribe-and-publish-md5-error/

Why don't you update your raspberry pi to ubuntu 18.04 and install ROS melodic? The kinect version of ROS has already reached its end of life.

Asked by rezenders on 2021-05-12 15:32:33 UTC