Gmapping question

Could someone explain to me the required frames from http://wiki.ros.org/gmapping

All i get from this ,is that a statictransformpublisher is need to TF the frames

(laser or base_scan or etc.) --> base_link and base_link --> odom

but i already have transformation (coming from arduino code )

which is { odom --> baselink } and i also got statictransform from my LIDAR's launch file which is baselink -->basescan

Soo for a complete tf tree does it need to be a backwards trasnformation of the frames i already have , or maybe one tf between 2 frames is enough

Asked by Kostas Tzias on 2022-09-24 08:55:02 UTC

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I think you have what is required. The parent is the odom, then the base_link and then base_scan. I do not understand your last sentence. If you are asking if one transform between two frames is enough (like the coordinate of base_scan with respect to base_link) or if you need two transforms, then I say one transform is enough.

Asked by zrahman on 2022-09-24 12:29:08 UTC

Yeah that's what i thought but the tf tree between them is keep breaking while its already providing map . What i mean is that the map is provided and after a few seconds the tf tree is splitting to .. map-->odom and base_link-->base_scan

Asked by Kostas Tzias on 2022-09-24 13:54:29 UTC

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With gmapping, "building a map" and "using a map" require different launch file configurations. When using a map, you need to either 1) provide a static transform map->odom (and you'll likely experience odom drift), or 2) you need to run some ros node like amcl that will publish map->odom and correct for odom drift.

Beware of one quirk of amcl: in my experience, you need to trigger it using a ros service i.e. it doesn't re-run itself once it finishes.

Asked by Mike Scheutzow on 2022-09-27 14:59:59 UTC

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What happens when "building a map" ,does it have similar requirements .

Asked by Kostas Tzias on 2022-09-28 10:58:00 UTC