How to obtain odometry for using it on navigation package?
I am working in a real project in ROS using an holonomic mobile robot. I have a lidar and an IMU and I don't know how to obtain the odometry just to use with the navigation package in a real unknown world application. I have almost implemented it on the simulated world but now I don't know how to integrate the sensors for calculate the odometry of the robot. I will be so pleased if someone could help me on that. I think that having a laser and an IMU that have to be so easy but in practice I don't know how to do it.
Asked by lucasrebra on 2022-05-09 07:46:53 UTC
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For ROS1 ros_control is an interesting option. You have to use/configure the correct drive train. Then you have to write a hardware interface. In the hardware interface you basically get the speed commands per motor and you have to give it the speed that the encoders measure.
It will then calculate the odometry for you.
If you do not have encoders, you could use the IMU only, but I don't know how well that would work. Theoretically you might just be able to use something like localization and only have 1 input (only your IMU) but I'm not 100% how that would work.
Asked by Joe28965 on 2022-05-09 08:39:33 UTC
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What do you mean with drive train? Do you have some example on how to implement a hardware interface? I don't have so many info about it
Asked by lucasrebra on 2022-05-09 09:47:52 UTC
Thinking again, I don't think it's the correct term, basically whether you have skid steer/diff drive/holonomic. In your case that would be holonomic.
ros_control also has tutorials and you might be able to find an example too, if you google 'ros_control example' or 'ros_control demo'.
I've only used ros2_control so that's not too useful for you, since it works quite a bit different.
Asked by Joe28965 on 2022-05-09 09:54:08 UTC
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