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Localization is the problem of estimating a robot's pose relative to a map of its environment.

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Dead reckoning or SLAM for localization with unusual locomotion?

I am working on a senior design project with a robot that moves in an unusual way: it rolls around in a single spherical body, similar to BB-8 from the Star Wars sequels. My personal task for the ...
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Odometry into EKF for localization

I want to fuse a Lidar-Odometry into my EKF where I'm already using encoder, IMU, GPS. The odometry has as output a delta pose, how to put that into the filter? How to deal with the covariances?
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Localize a Mobile Robot on a Mirror

I am currently busy with a project which requires me to construct a robot capable of cleaning a heliostat (movable mirror used to redirect sunlight). Heliostats are basically large flat mirrors that ...
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Localisation of Robot in a Rectangle

I am wondering how to go about localising a robot in a rectangle drawn on a smooth surface. Basically, there is a tape that lines the shape of the rectangle, and the color of this tape is unique in ...
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How to use a EPM50S8 encoder?

How can I use this encoder with my robot applications? I couldn't find any tutorial about that and it has a lot of cables. (EPM50S8) I have read the datasheet but I don't understand the last three ...
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Collaboration of mobile robot and survaillance camera - classic localization (still) needed?

Just started with the topic of mobile robotics.. so I'm still into concept making and little programming, but have not setup everything or tested at all. I got a (differential) mobile robot (lego ...
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ROS2 robot_localization not working correctly with namespace

I have a straightforward ROS2 launch script that launches the following: gazebo client, gazebo server and spawn_entity to spawn a robot in gazebo robot_state_publisher and map->odom static ...
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LiDAR Feature Extraction

I'd like to extract "features" of an environment scanned with a 2D LiDAR. I tried to create a temporary occupancy map to extract "corners" with the Harris Corner Detector. However ...
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EKF SLAM : Missing older landmarks in new observation

I am a beginner to SLAM and robotics in general and I have been trying to implement SLAM on my GoPiGo3 robot car kit using primarily Chapter 10 from Probabilistic Robotics by Sebastian Thrun as ...
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Covariance of Gaussian after sequence of homogeneous transformations

Assume we have a robot that moves and observes landmarks on his path. The path is composed of $k$ poses $s_1 \: ... s_k$ where $s_i = [x,\ y,\ \theta]$. From the sensors, we read the motion ...
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Robot loses proper localization

Having trouble getting robot to stay localized in map. The lidar maps the correct position of robot but not the odometry or ekf tf. One can see the two positions on graphic below. The robot base is ...
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Vehicle Odometry Correction Using Lidar Contour Points (Localization)

I am currently working on a project where... Vehicle travels from point A to B GPS trajectory is used as a reference Vehicle odometry (bicycle model without slip angle beta) was used to estimate a ...
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odom frame keeps moving in ROS GPS robot_localization

I am using two instances of ROS robot_localization package to get the local and global odometry. In the local one, I am fusing IMU and twist messages. It is working fine. But when I use the second ...
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Omnidirectional kinematic model in robot_localization's EKF

I am looking for a more detailed mathematical background of robot_localization's kinematic model used for nonlinear kalman filtering. From the documentation, the ...
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Extended Kalman Filter Robot Localization Drift

I have implemented an EKF for robot localization in the style of robot_localization using the famous C++ template kalman library....
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SEIF ,online version of Graph slam create doubt in Motion Update state

I have a thesis work about Graph Slam The GraphSLAM Algorithm with Applications to Large-Scale Mapping of Urban Structures I try to implement it with the help of this paper but during the ...
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Modelling line sensors for localizing a mobile robot using the Kalman Filter

My goal is to localize a mobile robot with Mecanum wheels in a 8m x 10m area, that is outlined with white lines. The robot weighs around 25 kg, and has a top speed of 2 m/s. The localization should be ...
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multirobot_map_merge package not working properly

I am trying to map a Gazebo environment using 2 husky bots using the multirobot_map_merge package. However, the merged map being produced is wrong and the robots are not being localized correctly ...
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How to transform given latitude and longitude data to map frame

I am working with a multi sensor RTK-GNSS for localization of my robot. This is the data I am getting from the GNSS system. How to relate this data to my robot map frame for navigation?
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Self localization for 3 wheeled omnidirectional robot

I am trying to self localize a 3 wheeled omni directional robots using just motor encoders I followed the odometry method mentioned in equations 5,8,9 of https://bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt/bitstream/...
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Estimating angular velocity from position

If you have two position estimates $P_{t_1}$ and $P_{t_2}$ and times $t_1$ and $t_2$ how do you extract the average angular velocity from them? The linear velocity is a simple difference but how do ...
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How to get from lidar coordinates to gps coordinates

I build a map from lidar slam lego-loam, which is a lidar odometer, and then I want to use this map by gps localization. I know the map will have errors in some ...
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Fusing non-continuous global pose data

I am fusing the map pose data which is calculated from the fiducial_slam node. Here the topic being fused with ekf_node is /fiducial_pose (geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovarianceStamped). The problem i'm ...
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Differentiating correspondences in ICP objective function?

The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm usually alternates between two steps: Point correspondence finding Nonlinear least squares optimization of ICP objective function given those ...
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Kalman Filter for 2d pose

I'm really sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don't have a clue on how to do this. I'm trying to write a kalman filter with a State vector of : $$ {x, y, \dot{x}, \dot{y}, \ddot{x}, \ddot{y} ...
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Likelihood field sensor model (Probabilistic Robotics, Thrun et al., p.169-174)

I am currently working on the "likelihood field" sensor model (aka "endpoint model") by Thrun et al. (book: Probabilistic Robotics, Thrun et al., p.169-174) In this context I have ...
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Lawn Mower Robot Boundary Wire Current

Robot Lawn Mowers have those Boundary Wires where a weak current runs through. This creates a magnetic field around it. The Robot then detects the magnetic field and knows it has reached the end of ...
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robot_localization ros package: UKF estimate jump but input did not

The UKF is configured to fuse odometry, a reference pose (using ndt matching), and IMU data. But although the robot is standing and all sensors are telling that it is not moving the UKF is jumping see ...
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Localization by comparing current lidar scan with previous lidar scan

I have managed to use an ICP algorithm to produce a relative pose difference between a new lidar range scan and the previous lidar scan. When I tested it on individual scan pairs, the results look ...
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building a grid map from gps trajectory poses

I am trying to create a feature grid map with Images from camera mounted to the top of the car. Novatel ProPak RTK gps poses Beforehand, I've checked to ensure that the standard deviations of the ...
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Distance calculation with two robots and two obstacles

I have a problem with two robots and two obstacles in a space. Each robot can communicate its measurements to the other and can measure angles and distances. The two obstacles in the environment are ...
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Robot-to-robot relative position over time?

I have 3 robots and I know the starts and end coordinate of each of them. For example for Robot 1 I have Xr1, Yr1 and Xr2,Yr2 coordinates pair , same for Robot2 and 3. I have lateral cameras so can ...
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How to synchronise data for fusion in Kalman from multiple sensors with different timestamp information?

I'm using Kalman filter to track the position of a vehicle and receive position data from 2 sensors: A GPS sensor and an Ultrasonic sensor for which I want to implement sensor fusion into the Kalman. ...
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GPS+IMU sensor fusion not based on Kalman Filters

Do you know any papers on or implementations of GPS + IMU sensor fusion for localization that are not based on an EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) or UKF (Unscented Kalman Filter)? I'm asking is because ...
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robot_localization not fusing imu data

According to the documentation in : http://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/robot_localization/html/state_estimation_nodes.html I was able to transform the imu data header fram from "imu_link" ...
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Absolute positioning without GPS

Using an IMU a robot can estimate its current position relative to its starting position, but this incurs error over time. GPS is especially useful for providing position information not biased by ...
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Difference between odometry and localization wrt determining robot's pose?

AFAIK, localization is used to determine a robot's pose from a given a map and sensor data. I know of statistical localization approaches which use particle filters to determine a robot's location ...
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Include information on the environment in map-aware particle filter

I have a robot equipped with some sensors for estimating the movement in a 2D environment (IMU, odometer). The robot is free to move within an area delimited by some walls. The map of the environment (...
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I'm trying to understand an equation from a motor simulation $\dot w_i (u_ i ​ ,w_i,l _i ​ , \dot l _ i ​ )$

I have a simulated motor and I'm not understanding the math to control it. This is the equation for the force of the motor, also called an 'actuator'. $\dot w_i (u_ i ​ ,w_i,l _i ​ , \dot l _ i ​ )$ w ...
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robot_localization EKF node does not publish on /odometry/filtered (ROS2 Foxy)

I am using ROS2 Foxy and Gazebo 11 in Ubuntu 20.04. I have a URDF description of a mobile robot that uses 4 wheels for mecanum drive. Using the robot_localization package, I am creating an EKF node ...
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Why innovation equation in Extended Kalman filter is called innovation?

In the Extended Kalman filter for SLAM, why is the innovation equation called so? Is there a reason for using the specific word "innovation" for the difference between the observed ...
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Why does the complexity of the particle filter scales exponentially with the number of dimentions?

In the AI for Robotics course from Udacity, Sebastian Thrun mentions that "the complexity of the particle filter grows exponentially with the number of dimensions". Why is this the case? We ...
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What is the difference between Markov localization and hidden Markov localization?

I just started studying localization for robotics. I started with Markov localization. There was a cool lecture on Udacity. I also came across another localization called hidden Markov localization, ...
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Is VIO a good solution for autonomous drone navigation at higher altiutues (200+ms)?

When it comes in indoor scenarios, VIOs may provide good performance, but when it comes to outdoor environments and high altitudes without proper GPS coverage/stability, are current VIOs capable of ...
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World and Map Frame for a real robot

I am trying to develop a robot for mapping purposes. Currently, I have a Velodyne VLP16 lidar and an IMU. I am having a bit of a confusion in stating the transforms of the system. For the lidar and ...
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Estimate noise covariance matrix of measurements using a ros-bag

I am facing the following issue, and some hint or orientation would be great. I am working on a project in which I was given a ROS bag, and I have to implement a localization node using SLAM. To do so,...
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Effect of platform speed (how fast it is moving) on the quality of SLAM

I want to know how big of on an impact does the speed of the platform on which your sensors are mounted have on the quality of the outcome of a SLAM solution. Are there are any methods that are better ...
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Fiducials in conjuction with AMCL

I'm having some trouble getting fiducials (using aruco_detect) to work alongside amcl. The goal here is to use normal amcl localization when a fiducial is not present, and to switch to localization ...
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How to handle curved paths in maze

-I have an RPi on Ubuntu with ROS (Kinetic). The task is to solve a maze. I have implemented a left-hand algorithm to navigate through the maze. -The robot is equipped with 3 ultrasonic HC-SR04 ...
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Using Google Cartographer library standalone

I am working on a project that requires the analysis of the results of different SLAM libraries with respect their accuracy on building a map. Right now, I am more interested in the development with ...

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