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tf canTransform doesn't update return

asked 2015-10-21 12:50:49 -0600

amasiero
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I have this code:

        dist.is_calibrated = listener.canTransform('/openni', '/torso_1', rospy.Time(0))
        if dist.is_calibrated:
            (trans, rot) = listener.lookupTransform('/openni', '/torso_1', rospy.Time(0))

When canTransform function returns True, it never come False again even if /torso_1 doesn't exists anymore.

Anyone knows why it happen?

Best Wishes.

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answered 2015-10-21 14:36:02 -0600

tfoote

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If you use Time(0) construction it asks for the "latest valid time". If you stop publishing a transform the transform still exists at the older time and tf will return it.

It is good practice to bounds check the timestamp of the returned transform if there is some expected valid range. You can see it through listener.getLatestCommonTime

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