Hello,

For inspiration, we're using (have to use) RTI DDS in an other
project, and although the whole setup is not as practical as ROS, they
have a masterless implementation and per topic, fine-grain
configurable quality of service.
This might be an interesting reference for these white board discussions.

Cheers

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Dirk Thomas <dthomas@willowgarage.com> wrote:
> Hi Gaëtan,
>
>
>> I am wondering if there any work done about decentralise architecture for
>> ROS. I mean connection and exchange of services between nodes without the
>> need of a ROS Master, in an "ad hok mode".
>>
>> I found no information about this neither in the Wiki, FAQ or ROS Answer
>> pages.
>>
>> If you have some information about previous or ongoing work on the subject
>> I'm interested !
>
>
> For now the suggested multi-master approach is the best way to go.
>
> For the future we are actively thinking about master-less solutions.
> But this is all still in "white-board" phase and nothing which will be
> available in the near term.
> As soon as ideas and concepts get more concrete we will put together
> information in the Wiki.
>
> Dirk
>
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