diff --git a/fogros2/utils/check_running_instances.py b/fogros2/utils/check_running_instances.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3742bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fogros2/utils/check_running_instances.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import jmespath
+import boto3
+import configparser
+import os
+
+
+def get_all_instances():
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.aws/credentials'))
+    ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2')
+    regions = [region['RegionName']
+                for region in ec2_client.describe_regions()['Regions']]
+
+    result = []
+    for profile in config.sections():
+        for region in regions:
+            current_session = boto3.Session(profile_name = profile, region_name = region)
+            client = current_session.client('ec2')
+            response = client.describe_instances()
+            output = jmespath.search("Reservations[].Instances[].[NetworkInterfaces[0].OwnerId, InstanceId, InstanceType, \
+                State.Name, Placement.AvailabilityZone, PrivateIpAddress, PublicIpAddress, KeyName, [Tags[?Key=='Name'].Value] [0][0]]", response)
+            if output and any("FogROS" in instance[7] for instance in output): 
+                result.append(output)
+
+    return result
+
+def get_running_instances():
+    return [[instance for instance in region if "running" in instance] for region in get_all_instances()]
diff --git a/fogros2_examples/launch/talker.auto_aws.launch.py b/fogros2_examples/launch/talker.auto_aws.launch.py
index aab47a5..498afc7 100644
--- a/fogros2_examples/launch/talker.auto_aws.launch.py
+++ b/fogros2_examples/launch/talker.auto_aws.launch.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 from launch_ros.actions import Node
 import fogros2
-from utils import region_ami_selection, ec2_instance_type_selection
+from utils import region_ami_selection, ec2_instance_type_selection, check_running_instances
 
 
 def generic_ubuntu_ami():
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ def generate_launch_description():
     ec2_instance_type = ec2_instance_type_selection.find_cheapest_ec2_instance_type(region)
 
     print(region, ami, ec2_instance_type)
+
+    all_instances = check_running_instances.get_all_instances()
+    running_instances = check_running_instances.get_running_instances()
+    print("All instances: ", all_instances)
+    print("Running instances: ", running_instances)
+
     machine1 = fogros2.AWSCloudInstance(
         region=region, ec2_instance_type=ec2_instance_type, ami_image=ami
     )