Questions tagged [slam]
SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) refers to a robot building a map of its environment through it's sensor data (mapping) and keeping track of its own position in that map (localization) at the same time.
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SLAM using ydlidar g4
I am using a ydlidar g4 on ros2 foxy (Ubuntu 20.04). I succeeded at getting the view of the LiDAR on rviz2 following this tutorial: https://github.com/YDLIDAR/ydlidar_ros2_driver. But I want to ...
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NAV2 and slam toolbox without prior map
First Represents my simple custom gazebo world
Second image shows rviz and NAV2 terminal output(Right top), slam Toolbox(Left bottom) launched in empty world
The third image represents launched NAV2(...
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Using SLAM in window cleaning robot
With my industrial design project group we are in the early stages of developing a window cleaning robot for tall buildings.
We would like to have this robot map the facade of the building using SLAM. ...
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No map received | rvis | le potato aml-s905X-cc | rp lidar a1
I currently have a SLAMTEC RPlidar a1 hooked up to a le potato (rasp pi copy).
I'm trying to run turtlebot3 cartographer (and eventually nav2). When I run the command
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How to use smartphone IMU in ROS?
I would like to get the IMU sensors (accelerometer and gyroscope) on my android smartphone to be usable in ROS running on my laptop so I can use it with SLAM.
What would be the best way to go about ...
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Is there a way to do a 3D map only with a 2D Lidar and IMU sensor in ros2?
I'm working in ros2 humble with a 2D lidar and an IMU sensor and I'm willing to do a 3D mapping with this things. I have already done a 2D mapping using RF2O pkg (that gives me an odometry only with ...
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SLAM but without actually driving the Robot?
I am just starting with SLAM and have to implement SLAM to get a dimensions (map) of an indoor space.
I have looked at the turtlebot3 slam and slam_toolboox packages with algorithms like gmapping and ...
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explore_lite targets places that cannot be moved
https://youtu.be/2WH144VZezA
As shown in the video, explore_lite targets a place that cannot be moved, and teb_local_planner stops moving.
I want to aim far away from walls and avoiding obstacle areas....
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Is there any way to know if tmux is slow for a multi-robot experiment and if there are alternatives?
I'm trying to run a multi-robot SLAM experiment, which is similar to that of Kimera-Multi, that uses tmux to run numerous shell and ROS commands. I'm on ubuntu 20.04 and ROS noetic.
I'm running on an ...
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How should a small robotics startup go about building a data platform?
We're a small company making ROS based robots that rely heavily on SLAM and perception. We're looking for a data platform solution, something like Foxglove or formant.io as a base data management tool,...
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ROS1 Noetic Slam Toolbox No Map received in rviz
i want to use the slam toolbox to create a map.
I git cloned the slam_toolbox package inside my workspace and created a slam_toolbox.launch file. However, the map doesn't show up. Did i forget ...
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Regarding rviz display after converting from sensor_msgs::Range type to sensor_msgs::LaserScan type
ver: lubuntu20.04, ros1-noetic, raspberry Pi 4
I am currently thinking of doing SLAM using a ToF sensor called vl53l1x.
The SLAM I plan to use is Hector-SLAM.
However, I am confused about converting ...
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slam problem with information about depth and position
I am trying to solve a slam problem for a unicycle moving on a plane. The sensor is a camera (eyes3d) that can provide the distance of the camera from a certain landmark and the position of the ...
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Goal pose off the gloabl costmap with nav2 and slam-toolbox
I'm using slam_toolbox and nav2 stack to carry out SLAM with a quadcopter equipped with a LIDAR and a odometry camera in a simulated environment using Gazebo Garden (ROS2, Humble).
On the left, the ...
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ROS2 SLAM without Lidar
I am trying to implement SLAM and robot localization for my ROV - remotely operated underwater vehicle- without using lidar. nor wheel encoders since the rov's movement uses T200 thrusters and not ...
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Understanding reprojection error / visual residual in ORB-SLAM3
I am trying to understand ORB-SLAM3 paper. It gives visual residual / reprojectio error equation as follows:
$$r_{ij}=u_{ij}-\prod(T_{CB}T^{-1}_i\oplus x_j)$$
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$r_{ij}$ is reprojection error ...
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Intel RealSense with ROS 2
I am just getting started with Intel Real Sense integration with ROS2. When trying to install Intel real sense packages in ROS 2 Humble, the official documentation says the supported kernel version of ...
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Observability of Gravity in SLAM
A number of SLAM systems only optimize over 4 variables(location and yaw) as they argue gravity is observable which constrains roll and pitch.
I don't understand this argument since in theory you ...
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Pose Graph SLAM Frontend and Backend confusion
I have confusion about constructing the graph for pose graph SLAM. What I understood, there are two types of edges (i.e. constraints):
Edge/Constraint between two consecutive poses
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Unable to localize multi robot due to amcl not receiving scan data
Hello guys i am working on multi robot. All works well. I am able to get topics for different robot for their namespaces . I am also able to echo the scan topics , provide the map by the map-server ...
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ROS2 Humble, 3D Lidar, LIO-SAM slam and nav2: how to make it work together with global map?
This is my very first question in this community.
So, I'm a bit stuck.
Given data: I got akkerman mode robot with 3D Lidar, 9-Axis IMU + GNSS, ROS2 Humble, Nav2 stack. After a while, achieved LIO-SAM ...
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ROS2 SLAM doesn’t scan the map properly
It’s sometimes really frustrating. I used slam for a really big map and suddenly it didn’t scan the map correctly. So I had to start again. Yesterday i spended 30 min (the map is really big) and ...
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SVO 2.0 - is there any way to save/load a map?
I was looking for an indoor SLAM algorithm to run on a robot and came across SVO 2.0 which looks very impressive: https://github.com/uzh-rpg/rpg_svo_pro_open
But from a brief look it doesn't seem to ...
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2Dcostmaps are not working properly
I DON'T use a pre-built map and i am trying to do navigation. I am using gmapping for that.
First of all the rolling window in local costmap is not working at all.
Second problem is that it doesn't ...
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Sensors in Formula student racing
as part of formula student car racing I need a SLAM algorithm that will recognize cones and will build a map (there will be a few laps therefore map is needed for optimal path). The cones are of ...
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submap_slices and last_frame_id is empty | Rviz2 not opening
I am trying to use cartographer on theros2 launch turtlebot3_gazebo turtlebot3_world.launch.py but when i run ...
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UM7 Orientation Sensor IMU not Publishing at 255 Hz. It is around 20-45 Hz, How to fix?
I really want to ask you about the UM7 Orientation Sensor we purchased. We want so much to use the UM7 in our research.
As it is mentioned on the Pololu website, the IMU transmits data using human-...
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Which ROS2 version for RPI4?
I wasted like 2 weeks with Humble before realizing Gazebo packages were not available for ARM64/rpi4 platforms
I dont feel like trying them all, so can someone point me to a ROS2 version that is sure ...
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No map received on RVIZ2
i did slam cartographer and saved succesfully the map. But after running nav2 the map doess not appear on RVIZ2 and the message says no map received. I did check and /scan and /map works, also ...
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<Using SLAM to map areas> Unable to save map
I'm working on a tutorial for turtlebot4. And now I'm working on "mapping with SLAM".
I spawned turtlebot4 on an original world different from the tutorial and used the keyboard to move the ...
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LiDAR Mapping Methods for a straight section of featureless environment (straight sections of pipe, tunnels etc)
Are there lidar mapping methods(algorithms/software packages) available that can be used to map featureless environment like straight sections of pipes? (It could use imu/wheel encoders to estimate ...
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Heading estimation for differential drive robot
My robot fried its BNO055 IMU, (which never gave the heading estimation improvement I sought), so I am investigating my options. I noticed the ROS 2 iRobot Create uses wheel encoders, an optical flow ...
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How can I get the relative position of a static object to another device with IMU?
I want to be able to search for an lost RFID, in a room. I have an RFID scanner (hand held) and an Android phone with typical sensors (gravity, acceleration, gyroscpose, etc.). I also have RSSI and ...
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Autonomous Mapping help!
I have a robot that uses odometry and Lidar.
Im using both Nav2 and slam_toolbox in order to manually create the map and then navigating through it.
My question is, Is there a way to make the robot ...
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Lidar/laser scan moves when the bot is moving while generating map
I have been trying to generate a map using lidar/laser scan data in my 4_wheel_bot with the help of slam_gmapping package. When i start the simulation the output of the terminal shows "...
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Issues with Goal Pose Setting using SLAM in Nav2 Stack for GPS-based Navigation
I am currently working on a GPS-based navigation solution to send latitude and longitude (converted to odom local coordinate system by navsat_transform_node) as a goal pose and use the Nav2 stack to ...
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offline mapping with slam_toolbox does not publish /map
I am trying to obtain an offline map by using slam_toolbox with the F1TENTH car. Setup on the car is ros foxy and ubuntu 20.04
First, I collected rosbag of all topics by ros2 bag record -a
Then runned ...
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EKFSLAM with LiDAR and IMU + GPS localization module
There are many resources that relate to EKFSLAM based on the presence of only a LiDAR unit, which localize both the vehicle and the detected landmarks.
I see that they often use state vectors that get ...
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slam_toolbox + LD19 LIDAR
I recently purchased the LIDAR LD19. I managed to configure it and it is working fine, presenting the data in the RVIZ (LaserScan).
The LIDAR node is configured as described at: https://github.com/...
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Alternative Landmark Observation Model for Fast SLAM using 3D Point Clouds
I am in the process of implementing a Fast-SLAM Algorithm as it is described in Chapter 13 of Probabilistic Robotics by Thrun, Burgard and Fox or this publication by Thrun, Koller and Wegbreit however,...
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Problem in Launching Gazebo using bot_launch.py file in launch file [duplicate]
hello good day i experience error on running a launch file in ros2. The file is use to launch gazebo empty world. I'm new in ROS2 i still confuse on how to create workspaces and etc. can you ...
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How can I derive a metric comparing two 2D laser scans quantitatively, WITHOUT using any scan matching techniques?
TLDR version: I have two laser scans taken at the same pose that align nearly completely (see image). I want to come up with a metric that can quantify how well one did as opposed to the other.
Longer ...
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How to launch any launch.py file in ros2 humble?
My question is a little bit different. I am following this video and this GitHub repository.
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How can I launch turltebot3_dqn_stage4.launch.py file instead ...
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External camera as SLAM sensor/input for navigation
Hi everyone!
If this question has been asked somewhere else, please point me there.
Consider the following challenge: onboard navigation is not accurate enough.
We'd like to enhance it using outboard ...
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Multisession odometry
I have two bag files with significant overlap and multiple loop closure opportunities. However, these bag files were recorded at different times. I want to use these bag files to reconstruct a scene ...
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How does BA work for 3d lidar? Particularly VLP16/VLP32 aren't dense enough
How do you run bundle adjustment on a sequence of 3d lidar recordings if the scan is relatively sparse? I read something about attempting to match up planes/edges but there wasn't much detail given. I ...
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Marginalization vs Dropping states for sliding window VO
When doing fixed lag smoothing or Windowed Smoothing for visual odometry and map construction, how does marginaliztion differ from dropping past states? How does each work?
I assumed fixed lag ...
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Drifting issue in ROS2 using SLAM-Toolbox
I'm slightly new to robotics and I'm trying to prototype using ROS2-Galactic, I am using built-in packages such as Slam Toolbox and others.
Now that I'm trying to run it, I'm having some issues with ...
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Why visual SLAM is seldomly used in autonomous driving?
In research called Occupancy Network by Tesla, the occupancy map is constructed by the deep learning method.
We know that visual SLAM can compose maps like Octomap, either. And Octomap can be used for ...
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How does NDT work with global bundle adjustment?
I was reading about pointcloud matching and SLAM.
NDT is one approach to scan matching, what I am confused on is how you do global bundle adjustment using NDT occupancy grid.
https://www.researchgate....
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