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draw pose in rviz: wrong direction

asked 2011-07-19 22:25:51 -0600

minne gravatar image

updated 2011-09-14 05:42:06 -0600

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Hi! I want to publish a poseArray to rviz. For understanding I implement a simple pose msg, which I want to send to rviz now with:


geometry_msgs::Pose_< std::allocator<void> > test;
test.position.x = 2;
test.position.y = 2;
test.position.z = 0;
test.orientation = tf::createQuaternionMsgFromYaw(3.14/2);
geometry_msgs::PoseStamped pose;
pose.header.frame_id="/world";
pose.header.stamp = ros::Time::now();
pose.pose = test;
poses_pub->publish(pose);
 

If I set the shape to "axis", the result is fine. But if I set it to "arrow", the arrow points in (-z) direction. In my opinion, it should point in x-y plane (orientation in msg). Setting the quaternion by hand leads to the same result. A message with an "arrow" marker instead of the pose works fine.

I have checked out the newest geometry_msgs and rviz trunk.

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answered 2011-09-13 04:58:25 -0600

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You found a bug in rviz! I have created a ticket for it:

https://code.ros.org/trac/ros-pkg/ticket/5165

You first said that you want to publish a PoseArray to rviz, but your code publishes a PoseStamped. If you actually do the PoseArray, it will work, because I fixed the PoseArray display already. (It's fixed in the "Electric" release of rviz.)

For now, if you need the "PoseStamped" version, just use the "Axes" display.

I'll have this fixed and a new release pushed out in the next week or so.

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answered 2011-07-30 03:29:41 -0600

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I calculated the quaternion (which was send by message) back to euler angles. The equation 'roll=quaternion' delivered the correct values. Yaw and pitch were zero. Is this an error in ros?

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