Multiple Kinects: Global Options parameter?

asked 2013-01-17 08:19:34 -0600

Andrius
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All,

I am trying to get two (2) kinects to display camera data in rviz. I run the below commands to set distinction between the kinects:

(kinect #1) roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch device_id:#1 camera:=kinect1 (Kinect #2) roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch device_id:#2 camera:=kinect2

Both kinects show up in rviz properly.
I can add two instances of the camera display type, setting them to display kinect1 and kinect2
When I set the "Global Options" parameter to "kinect1_link", I can see the camera from kinect1, but not kinect2; the same goes the other way around.

What do I need to do to be able to see both kinects display in rviz?

Thanks in advance! Andrius

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Hi Andrius, Please update if you were able to fix the issue. I am stuck in a similar situation. Thanks,

Faizan A. ( 2013-04-02 05:42:40 -0600 )edit

I would also like an update on this...

Athoesen ( 2013-12-26 15:12:37 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-01-17 08:41:44 -0600

Dan Lazewatsky
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Both kinects need to be part of the same TF tree so that rviz can transform point clouds from each one into a common frame. To do this, one option is to create two static transform publishers, one that publishes map->kinect1_link and one that publishes map->kinect2_link.

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Can you elaborate on how to do this? I'm stuck on a similar problem.

Athoesen ( 2013-11-29 11:36:35 -0600 )edit

If you want to find the orientation of one camera w.r.t the other use ros package camera_pose_calibration. i.e. if you want the pointclouds from both cameras to be aligned properly. In case you only want to see images from both cameras at the same time, use static transfrom publisher.

Faizan A. ( 2014-01-07 19:20:45 -0600 )edit

Example for static transform publisher: define a transform from /world to kinect1_link. define another static transform from /world to kinect2_link. use /world as Global options in rviz and you will see both camera images. The transform can be arbitrary if you dont need the exact camera pose.

Faizan A. ( 2014-01-07 19:24:30 -0600 )edit

I've been trying to use the camera_pose_calibration package with a lot of problems: http://answers.ros.org/question/115111/errors-in-camera_pose_calibration-launch-for-3-kinects/

Athoesen ( 2014-01-09 08:52:07 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-01-17 09:06:16 -0600

dbworth
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Even if you are not planning to test on a sim/real robot, you can create a simple URDF model with the optical and rgb frames of each sensor connected to /base_link

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