Launching MATLAB with no UI (headless) for remote automation
I’m sharing here an answer I just gave at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3100251/can-i-run-matlab-on-windows-with-ui-just-that-the-code-runs-on-remote-server/7507515#7507515 for archiving, since this may interest fellow Roboticists Launching MATLAB on a server without the GUI is covered thoroughly at http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2010/02/22/launching-matlab-without-the-desktop/ you should also read the user comments/discussion there e.g. you can use start matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -nojvm -minimize -r "testcommand,quit" if not using Java [...]