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What's the difference between "laser" and "scan" of tf

asked 2017-02-16 21:47:14 -0500

Bill5785
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 <node pkg="tf" type="static_transform_publisher" name="base_link_to_laser" 
        args="0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 /base_link /laser 50">
 </node>

When I write the above. I'm not clear about the names of tf frames, especially for the "laser". Is this argument always like this even if my sensor topic is "/scan" ? Does it mean the frame name is given by a name space and it has no relation to topic names?

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answered 2017-02-17 02:38:43 -0500

Humpelstilzchen

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Short: Yes, there is no direct relation.

Long: There are two things to distinguish here:

The name of the laserscan topic, which e.g. for amcl and gmapping defaults to "scan".
The tf-frame in which your laser publishes. This is the value of the field "frame_id" in the header of your "scan"-topic. Usually this is what you named your sensor in your urdf-file and has to reflect the position of the laserscanner on your robot. E.g. your laserscanner can have an offset of 1m to your base_link. With a tf transform this offset is automatically added to all scan data.

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