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Trying to understand gmapping and playback some bag

asked 2016-01-29 14:57:59 -0500

SeekerOfRos
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Hi all, I have a bag with scanner data. I am not trying to build a map.
THe scanner is in /scan.
So I ran
rosparam set use_sim_time true
roscore

rosrun gmapping slam_gmapping scan
rosrun tf static_transform_publisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 base_link laser 100

Nothing seems to be published in /map.
In rviz, I see for map... transform:No transform from [] to [laser]
What am I missing?
From the doc, I can see base_link → odom is needed.. How?
Why is that needed? Is not the purpose of slam to determine just that? (the base_link relative to odom)?

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answered 2016-03-04 21:45:36 -0500

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In order to use gmapping, you have to generate an odometry estimate by integrating your encoder and/or inertial measurements, and publish the estimate as a TF transform from base_link --> odom. See my answer on another question for more details about how particle filter SLAM algorithms like gmapping work:

http://answers.ros.org/question/22742...

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answered 2016-01-31 20:48:42 -0500

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base_link -> odom can be gotten using your robot's odometry. gmapping requires odometry to do its calculation.

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What if I do not have that?

SeekerOfRos ( 2016-02-01 02:53:39 -0500 )edit

then you may want to try other slam techniques eg hector slam.

learner88 ( 2016-02-02 03:16:11 -0500 )edit

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