diff --git a/examples/tokio_client.rs b/examples/tokio_client.rs
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+use r2r;
+
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    let duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(2500);
+
+    use r2r::example_interfaces::srv::AddTwoInts;
+    let client = node.create_client::<AddTwoInts::Service>("/add_two_ints")?;
+    let mut timer = node.create_wall_timer(duration)?;
+    let waiting = node.is_available(&client)?;
+
+    let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || loop {
+        node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    });
+
+    println!("waiting for service...");
+    waiting.await?;
+    println!("service available.");
+    for i in 1..10 {
+        let req = AddTwoInts::Request { a: i , b: 5 };
+        if let Ok(resp) = client.request(&req)?.await {
+            println!("{}", resp.sum);
+        }
+        timer.tick().await?;
+    }
+
+    handle.await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/tokio_examples.rs b/examples/tokio_examples.rs
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+++ b/examples/tokio_examples.rs
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+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use futures::future;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+use r2r;
+use tokio::task;
+
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    let arc_node = Arc::new(Mutex::new(node));
+
+    let an = arc_node.clone();
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        subscriber(an).await.unwrap()
+    });
+    
+    let an = arc_node.clone();
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        publisher(an).await.unwrap()
+    });
+
+    let an = arc_node.clone();
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        client(an).await.unwrap()
+    });
+
+    let an = arc_node.clone();
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        service(an).await.unwrap()
+    });
+
+    let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || loop {
+        {
+            arc_node.lock().unwrap().spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100))
+    });
+
+    handle.await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+
+async fn subscriber(arc_node: Arc<Mutex<r2r::Node>>) -> Result<(), r2r::Error> {
+    let sub = arc_node.lock().unwrap().subscribe::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::String>("/topic")?;
+    sub.for_each(|msg| {
+        println!("topic: new msg: {}", msg.data);
+        future::ready(())
+    }).await;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn publisher(arc_node: Arc<Mutex<r2r::Node>>) -> Result<(), r2r::Error> {
+    let (mut timer, publisher) = {
+        // Limiting the scope when locking the arc
+        let mut node = arc_node.lock().unwrap();
+        let timer = node.create_wall_timer(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2))?;
+        let publisher = node.create_publisher::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::String>("/topic")?;
+        (timer, publisher)
+    };
+    for _ in 1..10 {
+        timer.tick().await?;
+        let msg = r2r::std_msgs::msg::String{data: "hello from r2r".to_string() };
+        publisher.publish(&msg)?;
+    };
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn client(arc_node: Arc<Mutex<r2r::Node>>) -> Result<(), r2r::Error> {
+    use r2r::example_interfaces::srv::AddTwoInts;
+    let (client, mut timer, service_available) = {
+        // Limiting the scope when locking the arc
+        let mut node = arc_node.lock().unwrap();
+        let client = node.create_client::<AddTwoInts::Service>("/add_two_ints")?;
+        let timer = node.create_wall_timer(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2))?;
+        let service_available = node.is_available(&client)?;
+        (client, timer, service_available)
+    };
+    println!("waiting for service...");
+    service_available.await?;
+    println!("service available.");
+    for i in 1..10 {
+        let req = AddTwoInts::Request { a: i , b: 5 };
+        if let Ok(resp) = client.request(&req).unwrap().await {
+            println!("{}", resp.sum);
+        }
+        timer.tick().await?;
+    };
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn service(arc_node: Arc<Mutex<r2r::Node>>) -> Result<(), r2r::Error> {
+    use r2r::example_interfaces::srv::AddTwoInts;
+    let mut service = {
+        // Limiting the scope when locking the arc
+        let mut node = arc_node.lock().unwrap();
+        node.create_service::<AddTwoInts::Service>("/add_two_ints")?
+    };
+    loop {
+        match service.next().await {
+            Some(req) => {
+                let resp = AddTwoInts::Response {
+                    sum: req.message.a + req.message.b,
+                };
+                req.respond(resp).expect("could not send service response");
+            }
+            None => break,
+        }
+    } 
+    Ok(())
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/tokio_publisher.rs b/examples/tokio_publisher.rs
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+++ b/examples/tokio_publisher.rs
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+use r2r;
+
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    let duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(2500);
+    
+    let mut timer = node.create_wall_timer(duration)?;
+    let publisher = node.create_publisher::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::String>("/topic")?;
+
+    let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || loop {
+        node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    });
+    
+    for _ in 1..10 {
+        timer.tick().await?;
+        let msg = r2r::std_msgs::msg::String{data: "hello from r2r".to_string() };
+        publisher.publish(&msg)?;
+    }
+
+
+    handle.await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/tokio_service.rs b/examples/tokio_service.rs
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+++ b/examples/tokio_service.rs
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+use r2r;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+
+    use r2r::example_interfaces::srv::AddTwoInts;
+    let mut service = node.create_service::<AddTwoInts::Service>("/add_two_ints")?;
+
+    let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || loop {
+        node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    });
+
+    loop {
+        match service.next().await {
+            Some(req) => {
+                let resp = AddTwoInts::Response {
+                    sum: req.message.a + req.message.b,
+                };
+                req.respond(resp).expect("could not send service response");
+            }
+            None => break,
+        }
+    }
+    
+    handle.await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/tokio_subscriber.rs b/examples/tokio_subscriber.rs
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+++ b/examples/tokio_subscriber.rs
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+use futures::future;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+use r2r;
+
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    
+    let sub = node.subscribe::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::String>("/topic")?;
+
+    let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || loop {
+        node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    });
+
+    sub.for_each(|msg| {
+        println!("topic: new msg: {}", msg.data);
+        future::ready(())
+    }).await;
+
+    handle.await?;
+   
+    Ok(())
+}