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ROSTopics: Only advertiser can publish? [closed]

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asked 2013-05-26 06:15:27 -0600

Median
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This is a simple question about the ROS communication between nodes.

Only the node that advertises a topic can publish to it?

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answered 2013-05-26 06:26:48 -0600

Philip

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updated 2013-05-26 07:58:10 -0600

Yes and no :-)

A node needs to create a publisher, which advertises a topic, in order to send anything. So "yes": a node can't send anything on a topic if it doesn't advertise it.

However, multiple nodes can advertise the same topic and publish on it (as well as multiple subscribers can listen). So "no": not only the first node that advertises a topic is allowed to publish on a given topic name.

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What that means is that multiple nodes may advertise the same ROS topic, is that right?

Median ( 2013-05-26 07:04:35 -0600 )edit

Correct! Updated my answer to explicitly state that.

Philip ( 2013-05-26 07:58:34 -0600 )edit

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