# Controlling BlueROV2 from topside computer via ROS

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/controlling-bluerov2-from-topside-computer-via-ros/10215>\
**Category:** Blue Robotics Software\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/controlling-bluerov2-from-topside-computer-via-ros/10215 "2021-07-19T18:52:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![EliotBR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/eliotbr/32/6937_2.png) [@EliotBR](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/EliotBR)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/controlling-bluerov2-from-topside-computer-via-ros/10215/4 "2021-07-20T05:32:31Z")

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Hi @Firestarss,

> [@Firestarss](#):
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> The solution I found was to use the [bluerov\_ros\_playground repo](https://github.com/patrickelectric/bluerov_ros_playground) instead of using mavROS but the bluerov\_ros package looks to be around 4 years old and I am wondering if there is a more up-to-date solution for controlling the ROVs using ROS that I have just not seen

I haven’t worked with this, but as far as I’m aware there isn’t a more recent control solution than @patrickelectric’s bluerov\_ros package. From what I understand the controls shouldn’t have changed significantly in that time though, so I’d expect it should still work fine.

> [@Firestarss](#):
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> I would also greatly appreciate any resources you guys know of that may help me.

Best things I can point you to are other relevant forum posts. From the looks of things,

- [this post](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/ros-support-for-bluerov2/1550) covers a decent amount of detail about mavros and the bluerov\_ros package, and
- [this one](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/simulating-manual-control-using-mavros/1745) is the most viewed post in a [forum search for `mavros`](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/search?q=mavros%20order%3Aviews), and seems to cover many issues people had along the way while trying to get things set up and running as expected

> [@Firestarss](#):
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> Alright update for the update (i am slowly rubber-ducking myself out of this lol).

Classic 😛  
But hey, rubber-ducking and sharing what you learn as you go means that others who are interested can follow your steps afterwards - I’d count that as a win 🙂

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