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navsat_transform_node - no transform from base_link to map [closed]

asked 2018-12-04 18:09:30 -0500

PG_GrantDare gravatar image

updated 2018-12-06 00:04:42 -0500

Edit2: I have tested my heading towards NSEW and have found that I am actually -19 degrees at East not 0 at north like I expected. I will be making this improvment tomorrow but would still love anyone to point out any mistakes I have made. All nodes are running at 30Hz again.


EDIT1: I have done some further research and have found that the imu is running at 100Hz and the navsat node is publishing messages at 30Hz. I am assuming the problem is in that the navsat node is looking for a transform every 30hz but my ekf node is only publishing a transform every 100Hz and so it doesn't line up nicely? (i haven changed my ekf nodes to 100Hz since the config was posted since the imu data is at 100Hz


I am having troubles with my navsat transform node where the GPS data is either jumping around a lot or we experience the error

transform from base_link to map was unavailable for the time requested. Using latest instead

The launch file is

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<launch>

    <include file="$(find state_publisher)/launch/state_launcher.launch"/>

    <group ns="/localisation">
    <rosparam command="load" file="$(find maps_ekf)/ekf_params.yaml"/>

    <node pkg="robot_localization" type="ekf_localization_node" name="ekf_cont" clear_params="true"/>

    <node pkg="robot_localization" type="ekf_localization_node" name="ekf_disc" clear_params="true">
        <remap from="odometry/filtered" to="odometry/filtered_disc"/>
    </node>

    <node pkg="robot_localization" type="navsat_transform_node" name="navsat_transform" clear_params="true" output="screen">
        <remap from="odometry/filtered" to="odometry/filtered_disc"/>
        <remap from="gps/fix" to="/fix"/>
        <remap from="imu/data" to="/imu/data"/>
    </node>
    </group>
</launch>

The parameters are the same as the dual_ekf_navsat_example.yaml with covariance, topic names and the node names edited. The imu and gps data is set to 100ms

ekf_cont:
frequency: 30
sensor_timeout: 0.1
two_d_mode: true
transform_time_offset: 0.0
transform_timeout: 0.0
print_diagnostics: true
debug: false

map_frame: map
odom_frame: odom
base_link_frame: base_link
world_frame: odom

odom0: /wheel_odom/odom
odom0_config: [false, false, false,
                false, false, false,
                true,  true,  true,
                false, false, true,
                false, false, false]
odom0_queue_size: 10
odom0_nodelay: true
odom0_differential: false
odom0_relative: false

imu0: /imu/data
imu0_config: [false, false, false,
              false,  false,  true,
              false, false, false,
              false,  false,  true,
              true,  true,  true]
imu0_nodelay: false
imu0_differential: false
imu0_relative: false
imu0_queue_size: 10
imu0_remove_gravitational_acceleration: true

use_control: false

process_noise_covariance: [0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0, 0.01745, 0,    0,    0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0, 0.01745, 0,    0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0,    0, 0.15708, 0,     0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0, 0.0004,   0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0, 0.0004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,
                            0,    0 ...
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Do bumps exist on here

PG_GrantDare gravatar image PG_GrantDare  ( 2018-12-06 00:05:00 -0500 )edit

How did you fix this?

the3kr gravatar image the3kr  ( 2019-04-17 15:18:40 -0500 )edit

Hi @the3kr, I actually just ignored this issue in the end and it didn't cause me any further issues.

PG_GrantDare gravatar image PG_GrantDare  ( 2019-04-17 16:57:54 -0500 )edit

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answered 2019-04-17 15:44:31 -0500

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Change your transform_time_offset parameter to a small positive value. This will future-date the transform it's generating.

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