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ROS Custom Message Support

Create ROS custom messages

You can create your own ROS custom messages and use them in MATLAB^® and Simulink^® with ROS networks to transmit information. For ROS custom messages, use rosAddons to install the necessary addon and use the rosgenmsg function. To learn the requirements for generating custom messages, see ROS Custom Message Support.

For ROS 2, use ros2genmsg with your custom message packages.

Functions

`rosgenmsg`	Generate custom messages from ROS definitions
`ros2genmsg`	Generate custom messages from ROS 2 definitions
`rosAddons`	Install add-ons for ROS

Topics

ROS

Install ROS Toolbox Add-ons

How to install ROS Toolbox add-ons.

ROS Custom Message Support

Description of ROS custom message structure and how to create them.

Create Custom Messages from ROS Package

This example shows the procedure for creating a ROS custom message in MATLAB

ROS 2

ROS 2 Custom Message Support

Custom messages are user-defined messages that you can use to extend the set of message types currently supported in ROS 2.

ROS Toolbox Documentation

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