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Pointcloud_to_Laserscan correctly installed?

asked 2012-09-05 05:29:27 -0600

Flowers gravatar image

updated 2012-09-05 22:09:43 -0600

Hey guys,

I'd like to use the pointcloud_to_laserscan package to downgrade the PCL-Data, that I get from a Kinect, and use the 2D-Scan for the navigation stack.

Right now, I'm not sure, if I installed pointcloud_to_laserscan correctly. I have downloaded the files(http://bilibot-ros-pkg.googlecode.com/.../Pointcloud_to_Laserscan) and have run rosmake(no errors).

The auto-fill-in function of rosrun works fine - I can find the package.

Eventhough the "nodes" I could launch are a little awkward - "CloudScan.cfg" and "libcloud_to_scan.so" do not seem correct.

cliffs: -tried install PCL_to_Laserscan -rosmake without error -package found by roscd, rosrun, etc -nodes seem wrong(*.cfg and *.so)

Edit: So, the nodes seem fine - how do I run them?! CloudScan.cfg just creates some reconfiguration files and with libcloud_to_scan I get some memory error - guess the translation is segmentation fault.

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answered 2012-09-05 05:32:12 -0600

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The "nodes" are OK. rosrun just looks for anything executable, including libraries and the .cfg script.

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thx, still...I get an error(-> see edit above)

Flowers gravatar image Flowers  ( 2012-09-05 22:13:42 -0600 )edit

Well, you shouldn't/can't run those as ROS nodes. The package you linked to actually provides two nodelets, so you'll need to load them as such. Here is an example: http://answers.ros.org/question/9450/how-to-setup-pointcloud_to_laserscan/

dornhege gravatar image dornhege  ( 2012-09-05 23:47:14 -0600 )edit

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