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How to write a driver for Hokuyo Laser Scanner?

asked 2014-03-25 02:39:10 -0600

mr.karimi gravatar image

updated 2014-03-26 22:11:24 -0600

I want to write a driver for laser scanner and publish data on /scan topic. I write this code for initializing:

    sensor_msgs::LaserScan laser_data;
    laser_data.header.frame_id="laser";
    laser_data.angle_max=((210.234375)/180)*M_PI;
    laser_data.angle_min=((-29.53125)/180)*M_PI;
    laser_data.angle_increment=(0.3515625/180)*M_PI;
    laser_data.header.stamp=ros::Time::now();
    laser_data.scan_time=0.10000000149;
    laser_data.time_increment=9.76562732831e-05;
    laser_data.range_min=0.019999999553;
    laser_data.range_max=5.59999990463;
    laser_data.ranges.resize(682);

and put my data on ranges array.

I can see laser data in Rviz but when i used it for hector_slam , It's not worked and I saw this error:

[ INFO] [1395750671.645863427]: lookupTransform base_link to laser timed out. Could not transform laser scan into base_frame.

[ERROR] [1395750671.815635459]: Trajectory Server: Transform from /map to scanmatcher_frame failed: "map" passed to lookupTransform argument target_frame does not exist

another warning that i saw in Rviz in Global Status box is :

No tf data. Actual error: Fixed Frame [laser] does not exist

This is my tf_tree when run hector_slam:

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When i try with urg_node , hector_slam worked correctly. This is the tf tree with urg_node:

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I used a Hokuyo 04LX laser scanner.

Does anyone has any suggestion about this problem?

Thank you

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This sounds more like a TF problem than an implementation problem of your driver. Investigate your TF tree and so on.

BennyRe gravatar image BennyRe  ( 2014-03-25 02:48:53 -0600 )edit

Is the TF broadcaster "/base_to_laser_broadcaster" the same in both cases? Is it a tf static_transform_publisher or a node you wrote yourself? Can you try to increase the publish rate for /base_to_laser_broadcaster?

timm gravatar image timm  ( 2014-03-27 03:53:29 -0600 )edit

I also got problem like this. Is there anyone can solve this? Thank a Lot

MiNiBot gravatar image MiNiBot  ( 2015-11-14 02:38:29 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-03-25 02:55:46 -0600

I´d suspect that the frame_id you use is different from the one used when using the hokuyo_driver, as the transform error says that there is no connection from the laser to the base_frame. If you´re sure you didn´t change any other parts of your robot system, doing a "rostopic echo" on your scans and comparing the output for both the hokuyo_driver and your own driver should show you the difference (if any). If at all possible, I´d suggest using the existing driver however.

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I checked "rostopic echo" but there is no difference between my program and urg_node. yes ,you're right.i should use existing drivers but in my situation i think i don't have another choice.

mr.karimi gravatar image mr.karimi  ( 2014-03-26 22:02:28 -0600 )edit

I want to connect the laser scanner to an embedded board that doesn't have ros and send laser data through udp. I have another program in ROS that receive udp data and publish as LaserScan topic.

mr.karimi gravatar image mr.karimi  ( 2014-03-26 22:03:01 -0600 )edit

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