import ar_track_alvar

can anyone tell me how to include artrackalvar in a python script?

can anyone also clarify is artrackalvar is compatible with writing in python? I've seen more examples of artrackalvar usage in C++.

Thanks in advance

Cheers, Luke

Asked by lr101095 on 2018-10-11 02:11:07 UTC

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You can run ar_track_alvar as a stand alone node and then subscribe to the ar_pose_marker topic it produces or the TF frames that it broadcasts from your python script. This way you don't have to interact directly with the code of ar_track_alvar at all.

You'll need to add a package dependency on the ar_track_alvar package because it uses a custom message type to publish these pose estimates, but apart from that it should be as simple as adding a subscriber to your python node.

Hope this helps.

Asked by PeteBlackerThe3rd on 2018-10-11 02:23:51 UTC

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I'm fairly new to this, so how and where would you add the ar_track_alvar dependency? also, since ar_track_alvar uses a bespoke message type, how would i make use of the pose? I'm assuming i would have to convert to a PoseStamped message somehow?

Asked by lr101095 on 2018-10-23 00:21:20 UTC