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I was using laser_scan_matcher and AMCL nodes together to locate my robot in ROS Kinetic. Unfortunately, laser_scan_matcher is not working with ROS Melodic and AMCL is not enough. Are there any other packages to localize a robot by using lidars and odometry?
I followed the guidance of the @stevemacenski and installed laser_scan_matcher with catkin_make_isolated. This package works very well in ROS Melodic. So to answer my own question, there aren't any packages like laser_scan_matcher in the ROS Melodic.
Asked: 2020-01-21 08:57:43 -0500
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Last updated: Feb 02 '20
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What do you mean that laser scan matcher doesn't work with ROS melodic? There's no reason that it shouldn't
I mean it only has indigo and kinetic versions.
Kinetic is essentially the same as Melodic. It will work fine.
It is problematic to install laser-scan-matcher from source. I think somebody who use ros melodic, has to use laser odometry too. So, there must be a package to generate laser odometry. Are there any packages to localize a robot with lidar?
Why is it problematic to build from source? That sound be straight forward.
Have you asked the maintainers to release it for Melodic?
Well, I installed the
laser_scan_matcheronros-melodicand as you said it was straight forward. It was a bit scary to build a package from source but it works well. I am still confused if someone wants to use onlysudo apt-get installcommand to install packages onros-melodichow they can use navigation stack without laser odometry.