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I believe that Clearpath Robotics has a modification to robot_pose_ekf in their Github account (https://github.com/clearpathrobotics/navigation), which allows for using absolute positioning systems.

They specifically mention using it in conjunction with a motion capture system (which makes sense, as they also maintain mocap_optitrack.

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