diff --git a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewMap.qml b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewMap.qml
index e51f73b4486c934049c99529efdb8eae78a3c101..3a08cab9fbd6d87c0a12795b91a5235844324951 100644
--- a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewMap.qml
+++ b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewMap.qml
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ FlightMap {
 
         delegate: MapCircle{
             center:         modelData
-            border.color:   "transparent"
+            border.color:   "black"
+            border.width:   1
             color:          getColor(wimaController.nemoProgress[index])
             radius:         0.6
             opacity:        1
diff --git a/src/Wima/WimaController.cc b/src/Wima/WimaController.cc
index b3fb20ac580791c9709bc80625b45c13ed4cec86..6ad642c1af08e472fcfa174724ba49c18ca9a926 100644
--- a/src/Wima/WimaController.cc
+++ b/src/Wima/WimaController.cc
@@ -715,6 +715,10 @@ void WimaController::_eventTimerHandler()
 
     if (_enableSnake.rawValue().toBool() && rosBridgeTicker.ready()) {
 
+        qWarning() << "Connectable: " << _pRosBridge->connected() << "\n";
+
+
+        auto start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
         _pRosBridge->publish(_snakeTilesLocal, "/snake/tiles");
         _pRosBridge->publish(_snakeOrigin, "/snake/origin");
 
@@ -736,6 +740,10 @@ void WimaController::_eventTimerHandler()
             emit WimaController::nemoStatusChanged();
             emit WimaController::nemoStatusStringChanged();
         });
+
+        auto end = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        qWarning() << "Duration: " << std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end-start).count()
+                   << " ms\n";
     }
 }
 
@@ -862,7 +870,7 @@ void WimaController::_snakeStoreWorkerResults()
     const WorkerResult_t &r = _snakeWorker.getResult();
     _setSnakeCalcInProgress(false);
     if (!r.success) {
-        qgcApp()->showMessage(r.errorMessage);
+        //qgcApp()->showMessage(r.errorMessage);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/GenericMessages.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/GenericMessages.h
index ae381409e1b54eb5472210b332985ed9c7b68d67..7e19254cd27b243f9574cddb217849a034a070d9 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/GenericMessages.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/GenericMessages.h
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public:
     typedef MessageGroups::HeartbeatGroup Group;
     Heartbeat(){}
     Heartbeat(int status) :_status(status){}
-    Heartbeat(const Heartbeat &heartbeat) :_status(heartbeat.status()){}
+    Heartbeat(const Heartbeat &heartbeat) : MessageBaseClass(), _status(heartbeat.status()){}
     ~Heartbeat() = default;
 
     virtual Heartbeat *Clone() const override { return new Heartbeat(*this); }
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/MessageGroups.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/MessageGroups.h
index 8572183e1e3a9cbd039d2ddadc8d1a79c0b8cd29..7b95eef76aa215455731100b6007595b588266bb 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/MessageGroups.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/MessageGroups.h
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ struct GeometryMsgs {
     };
 };
 
+struct GeographicMsgs {
+
+    static StringType label() {return "geographic_msgs";}
+
+    //!
+    //! \brief The GeoPointGroup struct is used the mark a class as a ROS geographic_msgs/GeoPoint message.
+    struct GeoPointGroup {
+        static StringType label() {return "GeoPoint";}
+    };
+};
+
 struct JSKRecognitionMsgs {
 
     static StringType label() {return "jsk_recognition_msgs";}
@@ -118,8 +129,8 @@ typedef MessageGroups::MessageGroup<MessageGroups::GeometryMsgs,
                                     MessageGroups::GeometryMsgs::Point32Group>
         Point32Group;
 
-typedef MessageGroups::MessageGroup<MessageGroups::GeometryMsgs,
-                                    MessageGroups::GeometryMsgs::GeoPointGroup>
+typedef MessageGroups::MessageGroup<MessageGroups::GeographicMsgs,
+                                    MessageGroups::GeographicMsgs::GeoPointGroup>
         GeoPointGroup;
 
 typedef MessageGroups::MessageGroup<MessageGroups::GeometryMsgs,
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/ROSBridge.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/ROSBridge.h
index 48b090502c2e08ab0c90c6d1a91b2cb7a3dc13ec..589101a997a9a48078440f8c07771f0001d37469 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/ROSBridge.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/ROSBridge.h
@@ -34,14 +34,18 @@ public:
 
     //! @brief Start ROS bridge.
     void start();
-    //! @brief Reset ROS bridge.
+    //! @brief Stops ROS bridge.
     void reset();
+    //! @return Returns true if connected to the rosbridge_server, false either.
+    //! @note This function can block up to 100ms. However normal execution time is smaller.
+    bool connected();
 
 private:
     TypeFactory             _typeFactory;
     JsonFactory             _jsonFactory;
     CasePacker              _casePacker;
     RosbridgeWsClient       _rbc;
+    std::mutex              _rbcMutex;
     ComPrivate::TopicPublisher     _topicPublisher;
     ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber    _topicSubscriber;
 
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/RosBridgeClient.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/RosBridgeClient.h
index 76805dfc0ae961ebeb66032eaccc54a69e293698..003167d598d4af5a10af913a784f27b3d3f68d46 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/RosBridgeClient.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/RosBridgeClient.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <functional>
 #include <thread>
+#include <future>
+#include <functional>
 
 using WsClient = SimpleWeb::SocketClient<SimpleWeb::WS>;
 using InMessage =  std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection>, std::shared_ptr<WsClient::InMessage>)>;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class RosbridgeWsClient
  std::string server_port_path;
  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<WsClient>> client_map;
 
+ // Starts the client.
  void start(const std::string& client_name, std::shared_ptr<WsClient> client, const std::string& message)
  {
    if (!client->on_open)
@@ -103,6 +106,34 @@ public:
    }
  }
 
+ // The execution can take up to 100 ms!
+ bool connected(){
+
+    auto p = std::make_shared<std::promise<void>>();
+    auto future = p->get_future();
+
+    auto callback = [](std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection> connection, std::shared_ptr<std::promise<void>> p) {
+        p->set_value();
+        connection->send_close(1000);
+    };
+    std::shared_ptr<WsClient> status_client = std::make_shared<WsClient>(server_port_path);
+    status_client->on_open = std::bind(callback, std::placeholders::_1, p);
+
+    std::async([status_client]{
+
+        status_client->start();
+        status_client->on_open = NULL;
+        status_client->on_message = NULL;
+        status_client->on_close = NULL;
+        status_client->on_error = NULL;
+
+    });
+
+    auto status = future.wait_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    return status == std::future_status::ready;
+ }
+
+ // Adds a client to the client_map.
  void addClient(const std::string& client_name)
  {
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<WsClient>>::iterator it = client_map.find(client_name);
@@ -170,6 +201,7 @@ public:
 #endif
  }
 
+ // Gets the client from client_map and starts it. Advertising is essentially sending a message.
  void advertise(const std::string& client_name, const std::string& topic, const std::string& type, const std::string& id = "")
  {
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<WsClient>>::iterator it = client_map.find(client_name);
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.cpp b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.cpp
index 3b8d62639e94466610fdcf6fdadef5cdeb7cabdb..5e36c2e6864a3fea629400b82f6e2e3d7252d173 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.cpp
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,27 @@
 
 
 
+
+
+struct ROSBridge::ComPrivate::ThreadData
+{
+    const ROSBridge::CasePacker      &casePacker;
+    RosbridgeWsClient                &rbc;
+    std::mutex                       &rbcMutex;
+    ROSBridge::ComPrivate::JsonQueue &queue;
+    std::mutex                       &queueMutex;
+    ROSBridge::ComPrivate::HashSet   &advertisedTopicsHashList;
+    const std::atomic<bool>          &running;
+    std::condition_variable          &cv;
+};
+
 ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicPublisher::TopicPublisher(CasePacker *casePacker,
-                                                      RosbridgeWsClient *rbc) :
+                                                      RosbridgeWsClient *rbc,
+                                                      std::mutex *rbcMutex) :
       _running(false)
     , _casePacker(casePacker)
     , _rbc(rbc)
+    , _rbcMutex(rbcMutex)
 {
 
 }
@@ -21,14 +37,22 @@ void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicPublisher::start()
     if ( _running.load() )  // start called while thread running.
         return;
     _running.store(true);
-    _rbc->addClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey);
-    _pThread.reset(new std::thread(&ROSBridge::ComPrivate::transmittLoop,
-                                   std::cref(*_casePacker),
-                                   std::ref(*_rbc),
-                                   std::ref(_queue),
-                                   std::ref(_queueMutex),
-                                   std::ref(_advertisedTopicsHashList),
-                                   std::cref(_running)));
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(*_rbcMutex);
+        _rbc->addClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey);
+        _rbc->addClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicPublisherKey);
+    }
+    ROSBridge::ComPrivate::ThreadData data{
+                *_casePacker,
+                *_rbc,
+                *_rbcMutex,
+                _queue,
+                _queueMutex,
+                _advertisedTopicsHashList,
+                _running,
+                _cv
+    };
+    _pThread = std::make_unique<std::thread>(&ROSBridge::ComPrivate::transmittLoop, data);
 }
 
 void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicPublisher::reset()
@@ -36,36 +60,32 @@ void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicPublisher::reset()
     if ( !_running.load() )  // stop called while thread not running.
         return;
     _running.store(false);
+    _cv.notify_one(); // Wake publisher thread.
     if ( !_pThread )
         return;
     _pThread->join();
-    _pThread.reset();    
-    _rbc->removeClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey);
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(*_rbcMutex);
+        _rbc->removeClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey);
+        _rbc->removeClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicPublisherKey);
+    }
     _queue.clear();
     _advertisedTopicsHashList.clear();
 }
 
-void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::transmittLoop(const ROSBridge::CasePacker &casePacker,
-                                          RosbridgeWsClient &rbc,
-                                          ROSBridge::ComPrivate::JsonQueue &queue,
-                                          std::mutex &queueMutex,
-                                          HashSet &advertisedTopicsHashList,
-                                          const std::atomic<bool> &running)
+void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::transmittLoop(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::ThreadData data)
 {
-    rbc.addClient(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicPublisherKey);
-
-    while(running.load()){
-        // Pop message from queue.
-        queueMutex.lock();
-        //std::cout << "Queue size: " << queue.size() << std::endl;
-        if (queue.empty()){
-            queueMutex.unlock();
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(20));
+    while(data.running.load()){
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(data.queueMutex);
+        // Check if new data available, wait if not.
+        if (data.queue.empty()){
+            data.cv.wait(lk); // Wait for condition, spurious wakeups don't matter in this case.
             continue;
         }
-        JsonDocUPtr pJsonDoc(std::move(queue.front()));
-        queue.pop_front();
-        queueMutex.unlock();
+        // Pop message from queue.
+        JsonDocUPtr pJsonDoc(std::move(data.queue.front()));
+        data.queue.pop_front();
+        lk.unlock();
 
         // Debug output.
 //        std::cout << "Transmitter loop json document:" << std::endl;
@@ -76,26 +96,32 @@ void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::transmittLoop(const ROSBridge::CasePacker &casePacke
 
         // Get tag from Json message and remove it.
         Tag tag;
-        bool ret = casePacker.getTag(pJsonDoc, tag);
+        bool ret = data.casePacker.getTag(pJsonDoc, tag);
         assert(ret); // Json message does not contain a tag;
         (void)ret;
-        casePacker.removeTag(pJsonDoc);
+        data.casePacker.removeTag(pJsonDoc);
 
         // Check if topic must be advertised.
         // Advertised topics are stored in advertisedTopicsHashList as
         // a hash.
         HashType hash = ROSBridge::ComPrivate::getHash(tag.topic());
-        if ( advertisedTopicsHashList.count(hash) == 0) {
-            advertisedTopicsHashList.insert(hash);
-            rbc.advertise(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey,
-                          tag.topic(),
-                          tag.messageType() );
+        if ( data.advertisedTopicsHashList.count(hash) == 0) {
+            data.advertisedTopicsHashList.insert(hash);
+            {
+                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(data.rbcMutex);
+                data.rbc.advertise(ROSBridge::ComPrivate::_topicAdvertiserKey,
+                                   tag.topic(),
+                                   tag.messageType() );
+            }
         }
         // Debug output.
         //std::cout << "Hash Set size: " << advertisedTopicsHashList.size() << std::endl;
 
         // Send Json message.
-        rbc.publish(tag.topic(), *pJsonDoc.get());
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(data.rbcMutex);
+            data.rbc.publish(tag.topic(), *pJsonDoc.get());
+        }
     } // while loop
 }
 
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.h
index a762eafd42e01197d9431929ff28ecb29ebb96ba..87ede08a3925dda3eae266e7dbab771bb4778756 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicPublisher.h
@@ -10,18 +10,23 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <set>
+#include <condition_variable>
 
 namespace ROSBridge {
 namespace ComPrivate {
 
+struct ThreadData;
+
 class TopicPublisher
 {
     typedef std::unique_ptr<std::thread> ThreadPtr;
+    using CondVar = std::condition_variable;
 public:
 
     TopicPublisher() = delete;
     TopicPublisher(CasePacker *casePacker,
-                   RosbridgeWsClient *rbc);
+                   RosbridgeWsClient *rbc,
+                   std::mutex *rbcMutex);
 
     ~TopicPublisher();
 
@@ -37,8 +42,11 @@ public:
         publish(std::move(docPtr));
     }
     void publish(JsonDocUPtr docPtr){
+        {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_queueMutex);
         _queue.push_back(std::move(docPtr));
+        }
+        _cv.notify_one();  // Wake publisher thread.
     }
 
 private:
@@ -46,19 +54,16 @@ private:
     std::mutex          _queueMutex;
     std::atomic<bool>   _running;
     CasePacker         *_casePacker;
-    ThreadPtr           _pThread;
     RosbridgeWsClient  *_rbc;
+    std::mutex         *_rbcMutex;
     HashSet            _advertisedTopicsHashList; // Not thread save! This container
                                                   // is manipulated by transmittLoop only!
+    CondVar             _cv;
+    ThreadPtr           _pThread;
 };
 
 
-void transmittLoop(const ROSBridge::CasePacker &casePacker,
-                   RosbridgeWsClient &rbc,
-                   ROSBridge::ComPrivate::JsonQueue &queue,
-                   std::mutex &queueMutex,
-                   HashSet &advertisedTopicsHashList,
-                   const std::atomic<bool> &running);
+void transmittLoop(ThreadData data);
 
 
 } // namespace CommunicatorDetail
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.cpp b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.cpp
index a76971253cf90b17be7f03919a9522b11be67e15..f58c1088592a8f02c997b917772c82b50fd3433a 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.cpp
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #include "TopicSubscriber.h"
 
 
-ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::TopicSubscriber(
-        ROSBridge::CasePacker *casePacker,
-        RosbridgeWsClient *rbc) :
+ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::TopicSubscriber(ROSBridge::CasePacker *casePacker,
+        RosbridgeWsClient *rbc, std::mutex *rbcMutex) :
     _casePacker(casePacker)
   , _rbc(rbc)
+  , _rbcMutex(rbcMutex)
   , _running(false)
 {
 
@@ -24,10 +24,17 @@ void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::start()
 void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::reset()
 {
     if ( _running ){
-        for (std::string clientName : _clientList)
-            _rbc->removeClient(clientName);
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(*_rbcMutex);
+            for (std::string clientName : _clientList){
+                _rbc->removeClient(clientName);
+            }
+        }
         _running = false;
-        _callbackMap.clear();
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(_callbackMap.mutex);
+            _callbackMap.map.clear();
+        }
         _clientList.clear();
     }
 }
@@ -44,25 +51,30 @@ bool ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::subscribe(
     _clientList.push_back(clientName);
 
     HashType hash = getHash(clientName);
-    auto ret = _callbackMap.insert(std::make_pair(hash, callback)); //
-    if ( !ret.second )
-        return false; // Topic subscription already present.
-
     {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(_callbackMap.mutex);
+        auto ret = _callbackMap.map.insert(std::make_pair(hash, callback)); //
+        if ( !ret.second )
+            return false; // Topic subscription already present.
+
+    }
+
     using namespace std::placeholders;
     auto f = std::bind(&ROSBridge::ComPrivate::subscriberCallback,
                       hash,
-                      std::cref(_callbackMap),
+                      std::ref(_callbackMap),
                       _1, _2);
 
 //    std::cout << std::endl;
 //    std::cout << "topic subscription" << std::endl;
 //    std::cout << "client name: " << clientName << std::endl;
 //    std::cout << "topic: " << topic << std::endl;
-    _rbc->addClient(clientName);
-    _rbc->subscribe(clientName,
-                    topic,
-                    f );
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(*_rbcMutex);
+        _rbc->addClient(clientName);
+        _rbc->subscribe(clientName,
+                        topic,
+                        f );
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -72,7 +84,7 @@ bool ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::subscribe(
 using WsClient = SimpleWeb::SocketClient<SimpleWeb::WS>;
 void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::subscriberCallback(
         const HashType &hash,
-        const ROSBridge::ComPrivate::TopicSubscriber::CallbackMap &map,
+        ROSBridge::ComPrivate::CallbackMapWrapper &mapWrapper,
         std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection>,
         std::shared_ptr<WsClient::InMessage> in_message)
 {
@@ -97,26 +109,21 @@ void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::subscriberCallback(
 //              << std::endl;
 
     // Search callback.
-    auto it = map.find(hash);
-    if (it == map.end()) {
-        assert(false); // callback not found
-        return;
+    CallbackType callback;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(mapWrapper.mutex);
+        auto it = mapWrapper.map.find(hash);
+        if (it == mapWrapper.map.end()) {
+            //assert(false); // callback not found
+            return;
+        }
+        callback = it->second;
     }
 
     // Extract message and call callback.
     JsonDocUPtr pDoc(new JsonDoc());
     pDoc->CopyFrom(docFull["msg"].Move(), docFull.GetAllocator());
-    it->second(std::move(pDoc)); // Call callback.
+    callback(std::move(pDoc));
     return;
 
 }
-
-void ROSBridge::ComPrivate::test(
-        std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection>,
-        std::shared_ptr<WsClient::InMessage> in_message)
-{
-
-    std::cout << "test: Json document: "
-              << in_message->string()
-              << std::endl;
-}
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.h b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.h
index 3c05edf7a3ba1e48c48a6d35abea63eef588a9bc..4ce46231398d5d752560a35d0a34799fc8b4d79b 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.h
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/include/TopicSubscriber.h
@@ -8,15 +8,21 @@
 namespace ROSBridge {
 namespace ComPrivate {
 
+
+typedef std::function<void(JsonDocUPtr)> CallbackType;
+struct CallbackMapWrapper{
+    typedef std::map<HashType, CallbackType> Map;
+    Map map;
+    std::mutex mutex;
+};
+
 class TopicSubscriber
 {
     typedef std::vector<std::string> ClientList;
-public:    
-    typedef std::function<void(JsonDocUPtr)> CallbackType;
-    typedef std::map<HashType, CallbackType> CallbackMap;
+public:
 
     TopicSubscriber() = delete;
-    TopicSubscriber(CasePacker *casePacker, RosbridgeWsClient *rbc);
+    TopicSubscriber(CasePacker *casePacker, RosbridgeWsClient *rbc, std::mutex *rbcMutex);
     ~TopicSubscriber();
 
     //! @brief Starts the subscriber.
@@ -31,19 +37,20 @@ public:
     bool subscribe(const char* topic, const CallbackType &callback);
 
 private:
+
+
+
     CasePacker         *_casePacker;
     RosbridgeWsClient  *_rbc;
-    CallbackMap         _callbackMap;
+    std::mutex         *_rbcMutex;
+    CallbackMapWrapper         _callbackMap;
     ClientList          _clientList;
     bool                _running;
 };
 
 void subscriberCallback(const HashType &hash,
-                        const TopicSubscriber::CallbackMap &map,
+                        CallbackMapWrapper &mapWrapper,
                         std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection> /*connection*/,
                         std::shared_ptr<WsClient::InMessage> in_message);
-
-void test(std::shared_ptr<WsClient::Connection> /*connection*/,
-                        std::shared_ptr<WsClient::InMessage> in_message);
 } // namespace ComPrivate
 } // namespace ROSBridge
diff --git a/src/comm/ros_bridge/src/ROSBridge.cpp b/src/comm/ros_bridge/src/ROSBridge.cpp
index f18a1da6235242f8544a4f3ad6d54f38a70df619..9b8d07fa537a0cb1986473f2cbacb1467c98e704 100644
--- a/src/comm/ros_bridge/src/ROSBridge.cpp
+++ b/src/comm/ros_bridge/src/ROSBridge.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ROSBridge::ROSBridge::ROSBridge() :
     _casePacker(&_typeFactory, &_jsonFactory)
   , _rbc("localhost:9090")
-  , _topicPublisher(&_casePacker, &_rbc)
-  , _topicSubscriber(&_casePacker, &_rbc)
+  , _topicPublisher(&_casePacker, &_rbc, &_rbcMutex)
+  , _topicSubscriber(&_casePacker, &_rbc, &_rbcMutex)
 {
 
 }
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ void ROSBridge::ROSBridge::reset()
     _topicSubscriber.reset();
 }
 
+bool ROSBridge::ROSBridge::connected()
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(_rbcMutex);
+    return _rbc.connected();
+}
+