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Connect to ROS Network

Set the MATLAB® and ROS IP addresses in the environment variable. For more information on environment variables, see Connect to ROS Network and Establish Communication (ROS Toolbox). Execute these commands in the MATLAB sequentially to connect to the existing ROS network.

matlabIP = '192.168.0.103'; % IP address of MATLAB host PC
rosIP = '192.168.0.103';    % IP address of ROS enabled machine
setenv('ROS_IP',matlabIP); 
setenv('ROS_MASTER_URI',['http://' rosIP ':11311']); 

Initialize MATLAB global node and connect to the existing ROS network.

rosinit;