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Hello,
Recently I tried to run RTABMap (using ROS wrapper for RTABMap called rtabmap_ros) on a hexapod robot. After running the simulation for a while I realized that the free space in my system has fallen down by around a GB.
Is this because the SLAM package kept on accumulating the data? If yes, where is this data being stored?
(This answer is specific to rtabmap_ros and by extension could also be an answer to the more general question contained in the title "Do SLAM packages accumulate data?")
From Section 4.1 of the documentation:
The default location of the RTAB-Map database is "~/.ros/rtabmap.db"
Also note:
By default, rtabmap is in mapping mode. To set in localization mode with a previously created map, you should set the memory not incremental [...]
Asked: 2021-06-28 05:05:15 -0500
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Last updated: Jun 29 '21
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