ROS 2 is a next gen Robot Operating System, a leading middleware and ecosystem for developing software for autonomous robots and even for autonomous vehicles. ROS provides a decentralized architecture with so called Nodes responsible for specific tasks as complex as path planning, SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) or just processing single sensor data.
ROS 2 nodes can automatically discover each other when ROS 2 powered robots or computers are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Doing the same over the internet is more challenging. I will however show you how to do that in an easy way!
In this article you will learn:
- how to connect ROS 2 nodes running in different networks to a single ROS 2 system
- how to install, configure and use VPN client
- how to configure DDS to enable communication over VPN
- how to do everything above with Docker and Docker-Compose to make your life easier
Let's do it!
