Remote Control Options

Remote Control Options

Classes

1. Remote Procedure Calls
2. Remote Desktop with independent sessions
3. Remote Desktop with shared session

Remote Procedure Calls

Upsides:

• Best performance
• Most reproducibility
• Integratable with development environment

Downsides:

• More initial configuration

Rvis Remote

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~cteo/umd-erratic-ros-data/README-rvis-remote

http://answers.ros.org/question/104991/best-way-to-view-rviz-remotely/

Remote Desktop with independent sessions

Upsides:

• Compatable with most desktop applications
• Everyone has their own space to work with
• Everyone can work at the same time

Downsides:

• Can't look at the same instance of the application
• Can cause undefined behavior when accessing same resources

X Forwarding

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ssh.html

Remote Desktop Protocol

http://www.xrdp.org/

Remote Desktop with shared session

Upsides:

• Everyone sees the same remote desktop screen
• Compatable with most desktop applications

Downsides:

• Only one person can be in control at a time

X11vnc

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11vnc

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