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RGDSlam+Mapping+Localization

asked 2013-02-13 20:50:26 -0500

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updated 2014-01-28 17:15:14 -0500

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Hello, Can i do mapping and Localization using rgbdslam using Kinect alone. thanx

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using fuerte on ubuntu 11.10.

howyda gravatar image howyda  ( 2013-02-13 20:51:43 -0500 )edit

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answered 2013-02-13 22:09:54 -0500

Yes you can run RGBD-SLAM with a Kinect only, RGBDSLAM does not require a source of odometry such as IMUs and wheel encoders. You can hold the Kinect and move it around. RGBDSLAM constructs a 3D map or your environment while also obtaining the optimized pose (localization).

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Our team search alot about methods to do mapping like hector_slam , but we faced alot of problems map has apppered empty. Any way we will use RGBD-SLAM .Can U help me to do this ?? i will use this tutorial http://www.ros.org/wiki/rgbdslam to do mapping , is it enough ? @K_Yousif

howyda gravatar image howyda  ( 2013-02-14 01:05:52 -0500 )edit

but, idon't know how to make localization using RGBD-SLAM ? Can U help me

howyda gravatar image howyda  ( 2013-02-14 01:07:52 -0500 )edit

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