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Problem with laser scan Hokuyo and windows/glass.

asked 2014-01-29 04:40:57 -0500

alex.filgueira gravatar image

updated 2016-10-24 08:35:40 -0500

ngrennan gravatar image

Hi, I use a laser Hokuyo UTM-30LX. I use hector_slam in ROS hydro. When I use my laser in a hallway with windows, hector_mapping create a false wall some meters behind to the windows. In this video, I think that they removes this problem. Video in youtube (I can´t publish links): Handheld Mapping System: Schloss Dagstuhl New Building Dataset

Someone have a solution for this problem? Thanks you very much.

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answered 2014-01-29 05:08:36 -0500

For the video you mention we didn't do any special filtering for reflective surfaces, but just let the system cope with the effects. Reflections are actually often reproducible and to the LIDAR/SLAM system things really look like there's "a room behind the mirror", with the "room" actually being used for scanmatching. It gets a little ugly if a robot tries to drive into this room of course (or if phantom obstacles are generated in otherwise free space). Actually detecting reflective/mirror surfaces reliably can be quite tricky and I don't know of a available open source solution for ROS for achieving that task. A classic advice would be "use another sensor with a different sensing modality" like a ultrasonic sensor. This can certainly help, but integrating that information with the rest of the software (SLAM as well as path planning) can be a non-trivial task.

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answered 2014-01-29 21:09:02 -0500

alex.filgueira gravatar image

Thank you very much for the quickly answer. I also think that this problem is complicated. I´m thinking filter the intensity but the intensity is connect to the distance and this perhaps is not the solution. Again much thanks.

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