Could not get a map in navigation_2d

asked 2017-05-18 04:31:40 -0500

saba.k
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Hi everyone

We are trying to use the navigation_2d package and after spawning the robot, and pressing the button which should make the robot start mapping, we get this error: Could not get a map. After pressing the button which should make the robot start exploration, we get these errors: Could not get a map. Is the robot out of the map? Exploration failed, could not get current position.

We believe that the problem is from the odometry because when we print the world_x and world_y , we get the values of 0 also mMapHeight is 0. but mMapWidth has the value of 5539489. What do you think the problem might be?

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There could be a lot of reasons for this problem. Try to test the components one at a time. Does the mapping work when you drive the robot manually? If not, check if the scan topic connected to the mapper and scans are send by the laser scanner. Or if a map is build, maybe the robot cannot move?

Sebastian Kasperski ( 2017-05-18 07:18:23 -0500 )edit

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answered 2017-06-18 07:15:34 -0500

saba.k
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So we got to solve this problem by changing the serviceName in the file RobotNavigator.cpp to "dynamic_map" because we are using gmapping and not the default mapper of the package. Thank you for your answer. We have now faced another problem with the robot. The exploration starts but then the robot sometimes just stops and keeps spinning around itself. Also it keeps spinning in circles and it seems like it wants to got to the beginning of the pink path. Videos of our run are uploaded here and here and here It would be appreciated if you could take a look at them and help us.

Regards.