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I have only been in ROS for a few months myself.

uncomment this line:

<!--  <param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="some frame in which the robot moves" /> -->

so it is like this:

<param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="some frame in which the robot moves" />

as for the point cloud topic in your .yaml file check your rviz for the proper topic(VERY IMPORTANT) in my case is was:

point_cloud_topic: /depth/points

This is mostly because i used a simlpified version of a kinect urdf.

after setting all of these configurations correct, if you try to display the pointcloud2 via the /move_group/filtered_cloud topic, and if this is still not showing anything. Try to add this to your launch file:

<launch>    
<node name="joint_state_publisher" pkg="joint_state_publisher" type="joint_state_publisher"/>
</launch>

Good luck!

I have only been in ROS for a few months myself.

uncomment this line:

<!--  <param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="some frame in which the robot moves" /> -->

so it is like this:

<param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="some value="odom" />

I used the frame in which the robot moves" />

"odom" it can be "world" "map" depends on you. as for the point cloud topic in your .yaml file check your rviz for the proper topic(VERY IMPORTANT) in my case is was:

point_cloud_topic: /depth/points

This is mostly because i used a simlpified version of a kinect urdf.

after setting all of these configurations correct, if you try to display the pointcloud2 via the /move_group/filtered_cloud topic, and if this is still not showing anything. Try Check if you have the camera point cloud form the normal topic(ie. not the /move_group/filtered_cloud ) and if this is showing try to add this to your launch file:

<launch>    
<node name="joint_state_publisher" pkg="joint_state_publisher" type="joint_state_publisher"/>
</launch>

If this still does not work, check if you have a "static_transform" in your launch file, if not add that like this, I got my stuff working from this.

Good luck!

I have only been in ROS for a few months myself.

uncomment this line:

<!--  <param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="some frame in which the robot moves" /> -->

so it is like this:

<param name="octomap_frame" type="string" value="odom" />

I used the frame "odom" it can be "world" "map" depends on you. as for the point cloud topic in your .yaml file check your rviz for the proper topic(VERY IMPORTANT) in my case is was:

point_cloud_topic: /depth/points

This is mostly because i used a simlpified version of a kinect urdf.

after setting all of these configurations correct, if you try to display the pointcloud2 via the /move_group/filtered_cloud topic, and if this is still not showing anything. Check if you have the camera point cloud form the normal topic(ie. not the /move_group/filtered_cloud ) and if this is showing try to add this to your launch file:

<launch>    
<node name="joint_state_publisher" pkg="joint_state_publisher" type="joint_state_publisher"/>
</launch>

If this still does not work, check if you have a "static_transform" in your launch file, if not add that like this, I got my stuff working from this.. These guys figured this out! Thank goodness! :)

Good luck!