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I've run amcl on S1 ( not a1 ). I'll give you some ideas from my experience. I hope there is something that will improve it.

Change the direction in which the lidar is mounted. What you think of as the front may be on the back.
Make laser_z_hit bigger and laser_z_rand smaller.
Set use_map_topic to true.

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